Archives: May 2016

RT’s Freudian slip is not the only evidence that the Russian government supports Europe’s far-right movements.

Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko was captured by Russian-backed fighters in eastern Ukraine and kidnapped into Russia to stand trial. She is now free. LIVE UPDATES

President Vladimir Putin said he was “dictated by considerations of humanism” in his release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko although he received two GRU agents in return.

The Kremlin has finally released its most famous hostage. As a result, Ukraine might have gained something it has long lacked: a political figure with clear and unambiguous moral authority.

ON MY MIND So the Kremlin has finally released its most famous hostage. As I write this, kidnapped Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko is on a flight from Russia to Ukraine. Not much time to process all this, but here are my initial thoughts: This saga, which has dragged on for nearly two years, has […]

RT gets the headline wrong but demonstrates how Russian propaganda supports ultranationalism and Euro-skepticism.

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law raising the pension age for officials from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 63 for women.

ISIS appears to have had accurate intelligence on the T4 airbase.

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 One has to wonder how much longer the charade of the so-called Normandy Format can continue. Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko, Angela Merkel, and Francois Hollande spoke yet by telephone again this week about ways to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine. And as far as I can see, all the call did […]