Live Updates: The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Putin Confirms Deaths of Russian Soldiers in Syria 2016-03-17 19:28:32 At a meeting with Russia’s Armed Forces today, President Vladimir Putin confirmed that four Russian servicemen had died in the war in Syria, Novaya Gazeta reported. During an awards ceremony […]
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 One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Two Wounded Yesterday 2016-03-17 17:35:44 Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, a military spokesman for the Presidential Administration, announced at noon today that […]
LIVE UPDATES: Police cracked down on residents of a Roma community in Tula who were accused of illegal gas-siphoning. The villagers said they would pay for gas but it had been cut off by authorities. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s […]
Live Updates: The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Russian Jets Pulling Out Of Syria, But It Seems New Helicopters Are Just Arriving 2016-03-16 19:57:46 As we have been reporting for days now, Russia has begun withdrawal of its fixed-wing aircraft from Syria. Reuters has posted this video, released […]
When a minivan with eight Russian and European journalists and human rights activists was attacked on March 9 by a band of professional thugs near the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya last week, the story was covered briefly in some world news outlets but didn’t attract much attention. Putin’s war in Syria has distracted from […]
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LIVE UPDATES: Andrei Shalayev, editor-in-chief of the “Immortal Barracks” project to commemorate victims of the GULAG, was forcibly taken off the train from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod by police 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 domestic policies. The previous […]
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 Ukrainian Military Claims Civilians Wounded During Shelling Of Zaytsevo Today 2016-03-16 15:59:18 The Ukrainian military claims that civilians have been wounded after Russian-backed fighters […]
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 Missing Lawyer And Attack On Witness’ Wife Cast Shadow Over Trial Of Spetsnaz Soldiers 2016-03-15 17:01:47 Oksana Sokolovksaya, a lawyer defending captured Russian spetsnaz […]
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