Russian attitudes about North Caucasians and the situation in the North Caucasus have stabilized or even improved over the last three year, even though there are potentially serious problems ahead; but their feelings toward Muslims in general have become increasingly negative, according to Yana Amelina.
A Spanish judge has issued an order for the arrest of high-ranking Russian officials said to be close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and involved in organized crime.
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.
ON MY MIND NATO is planning on rotating four battalions through front-line states in the east. The European Union has significantly reduced its dependency on Russian energy supplies. Two items from today’s Morning Vertical that illustrate ways in which the West is moving to address both the kinetic and nonkinetic threat emanating from Moscow. Two […]
Although at least one scuffle broke out and several people, some of them allegedly armed, were arrested yesterday, yesterday’s anniversary in Odessa passed peacefully.
Moscow’s Actions Producing Exactly the Opposite of Its Proclaimed Goals, Eidman Says 2016-05-03 00:30:45 Staunton, VA, May 2, 2016 – Even during the first Cold War, Moscow commentator Igor Eidman says, there was no talk about Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Now that is very much on the front burner of discussions, a reflection of the […]
President Vladimir Putin fired several high-ranking law enforcement officials over the weekend in one of the biggest reshuffles of law-enforcement in years. He also appointed economist Aleksei Kudrin as deputy chair of the presidential economic council.
On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, Brian Whitmore discusses the rising tensions in usually jovial Odesa with Pavel Butorin, managing editor of RFE/RL’s Russian-language television program Current Time.
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.
ON MY MIND Ukraine’s usually jovial Black Sea port city of Odesa is tense this week. It’s tense because today marks the second anniversary of clashes between pro-Kyiv demonstrators and Moscow-backed militants that killed dozens of people. It’s tense because local residents are demanding the resignation of Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov, who has been revealed […]
