Twelve years ago on this date, Russian nationalists associated with the Russian National Unity organization murdered Nikolai Girenko, a St. Petersburg ethnographer.
Ukraine Day 853: 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 3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed, 1 Wounded from Mines and Shelling; Russian-Backed Militants Fire on Ambulance 2016-06-19 15:16:50 Aleksandr Motuzyanik, presidential administration […]
Two Ukrainian teens were injured from a grenade in Lugansk Region.
Boris Yeltsin is gradually replacing Mikhail Gorbachev as the chief demon for Russian nationalists.
LIVE UPDATES: The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Islamic State Has Benefited From Russian Airstrikes, And Their Enemies Have Been Hammered 2016-06-17 17:00:50 Yesterday, June 17, there was news that a Russian airstrike in Syria may have struck rebel groups who belong to the coalition of anti-ISIS fighters […]
Wider sanctions against Russia are expected to be renewed next week.
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A court in Marseilles has sentenced from one to two years three Russian soccer fans who were part of a Russian group that instigated violent clashes during Europe 2016.
ON MY MIND The foundations of Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime were established by what appeared at the time to be a triumph of democracy. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Russia’s first post-Soviet presidential election, the first round of which took place on June 16, 1996. When Boris Yeltsin ultimately defeated Communist leader Gennady […]
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