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 So Russia’s draconian “antiterrorism” legislation is scheduled to go into effect today. But we are now learning that the country will simply be unable to implement key parts of the legislation. As I note in the news roundup below, lawmaker Anton Belyakov says there is not enough storage space for all Russian […]
Pavel Sheremet, a veteran journalist known throughout the former Soviet Union for his critical reporting, was killed in a car explosion in Kiev this morning
Putin Propaganda Based on Rejection of Possibility of Rational Thought, Shekhtman Says 2016-07-19 16:23:44 Staunton, VA, July 19, 2016 – Vladimir Putin’s propaganda is intended to destroy “all the rules of rational thought” just as those who support pseudo-science do, Pavel Shekhtman argues at the Kasparov portal; but it does so in exactly the opposite way than […]
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has suspended the deputy minister of sports pending the doping investigation, and President Vladimir Putin says he will dismiss officials named in WADA’s report.
One civilian was wounded by shelling in the Lugansk region.
Soviet Sexual Repression Continues to Cast a Dark Shadow on Russia Today, Baier Says 2016-07-18 17:47:57 Staunton, VA, July 18, 2016 – Sexual repression, which was an inherent and inalienable part of the Soviet system of control, continues to cast a shadow on Russia today, according to Aleksey Baier, who grew up in Moscow but […]
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained in Russia a translator for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), but released him and allowed him to return to Ukraine.
Activists report electoral violations during yesterday’s vote.
Just over two years ago, on July 16, 2014, The Interpreter was able to geolocate and verify video footage showing rocket launchers in Russian territory firing into Ukraine, clearly demonstrating the international nature of the conflict. https://youtu.be/-6RcvjvDq2c While the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17 on the following day overshadowed this major escalation in […]
