The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
IN THE NEWS In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Moscow today for talks on the Syria crisis. Russia and Finland have reached an agreement to close their common border to migrants. Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko says […]
LIVE UPDATES: Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) reports that fellow servicemen confirmed the death of a 6th Russian soldier in Syria, but his widow denies he was killed there and the Kremlin won’t confirm. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and […]
ON MY MIND After Russia forcefully annexed Crimea, the slogan and hashtag #крымнаш — Crimea is Ours — became a popular patriotic rallying cry. Two years later, Crimea has become a showcase for Russian rule: It is poorer, more corrupt, more authoritarian, less free, and more isolated from the world. And that’s saying something since […]
LIVE UPDATES: In the confusion following the terrorist attacks on the airport and metro in Brussels, where 31 have already been killed and at least 130 injured, a strange accusation emerged from Russia’s propaganda TV LifeNews: two Belarusian brothers and their Dagestani friend who now has Belarusian citizenship were claimed to have been arrested for […]
40 Percent More Protests Took Place in Russia in 2015 than the Year Before But Few Received Much Attention in Moscow 2016-03-22 19:23:29 Staunton, VA, March 22, 2016 – In 2015, there were 409 protest actions in the Russian Federation, 40 percent more than a year earlier. But few of them received much attention in the central […]
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine As Poroshenko Offers Exchange, Savchenko Says She Will Resume Dry Hunger Strike In 10 Days 2016-03-22 16:03:51 Lawyers for Nadiya Savchenko say that she […]
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. A transcript of today’s Daily Vertical can be found here.
The verdict and sentence in the case of Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko comes down on March 21-22. So what happens next? On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, we look at the fallout from the Savchenko case as it is expected to play out this week. Joining me are Senior RFE/RL editor Steve Gutterman and […]
