Live Updates: Yesterday five hospitals and two schools were destroyed in Russian airstrikes in Syria. Today, moderate rebels are suffering more defeats, and civilians have far fewer hospitals to receive treatment in. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. The True Price Of Russia’s Bombing Of Syrian Hospitals Is […]
Upcoming Russian Duma Elections Becoming Ever More Meaningless – and Thus More Dangerous for the Kremlin 2016-02-16 21:30:19 Staunton, VA, February 16, 2016 — In addition to all the other “administrative resources” Moscow officials have to control the outcomes of elections, two developments this week suggest that the upcoming Duma vote, if in fact it is […]
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LIVE UPDATES: Within minutes of the news that Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak had met with OPEC members in Doha and agreed to freeze oil extraction at the level of January 11, the ruble, which had been rallying, fell in value, Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments […]
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual updates click on the timestamps. For the latest summary of evidence surrounding the shooting down of flight MH17 see our separate article: […]
The Kremlin’s sharks are circling, likely because at the moment there are large pools of blood spilling into the water. Vladimir Putin’s strategy to break the West and expand Russia’s power has perfectly exploited current events and the lack of resolve of his chief opponents. As Ukraine faces a major political crisis, Russian troops are […]
Facebook and Twitter Now More Important News Sources for Yandex than TASS 2016-02-15 18:31:50 Facebook and Twitter “have become a main source of information for Yandex News,” the primary sources for about eight percent and five percent of all stories respectively, a new Yandex analysis shows; but traditional media still account for a total of […]
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual updates click on the timestamps. For the latest summary of evidence surrounding the shooting down of flight MH17 see our separate article: […]
Anybody who was expecting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to make conciliatory noises at the Munich Security Conference must have been severely disappointed. And anybody who was expecting the cease-fire agreement reached in Munich last week to result in an actual cease-fire must be severely disappointed as well. Not only is Russia’s bombing campaign in […]
Live Updates: Three hospitals in rebel-held areas of Syria have been struck this morning, causing heavy civilian casualties. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. From Ukraine To Amsterdam To Syria, Vladimir Putin Is Running This Poker Table 2016-02-15 19:37:22 Our latest analysis of Russia’s strategy in Ukraine, Syria, […]
