Archives: March 2017

MPs are proposing that with the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, it’s time to bury Lenin.

The release of a few prisoners and “the stylistic softening of the Russian regime” has led some to suggest Vladimir Putin is promoting “a thaw” on the model of the 1950s, Sergey Shelin says, completely forgetting that such a move “does not contradict” either growing centralization of power or greater restrictions on the life of the population.

The US Justice Department has urged Russia to turn over 3 Russian citizens wanted for hacking in the US. Documents have been found showing payments of more than $50,000 to Michael Flynn by Russian companies.

Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 4 wounded near Lobachevo in Lugansk Region.

Live Updates: The US government has accused Russia of the hack against Yahoo. The UK has passed the Magnitsky Asset Freezing legislation in the second reading. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: ‘Hybrid Cyberwars’: Are the Russian Hackers’ Arrests About American or Internal Russian issues? Don’t Forget About ‘Soft Power’ Part of […]

Police fired over the heads of protesters crashing a checkpoint in Konstantinovka today as clashes between blockaders and law-enforcers resumed. The National Council on Defense and Security supported President Petro Poroshenko’s own proposal of a ban on freight traffic from the Russia-backed separatist-held territories of the Donbass.

Although most observers recognize that Moscow is treating the Minsk Accords as a dead letter, few of them have focused on a more serious aspect of the Kremlin’s current policy in Ukraine: its effort to seize Mariupol and thus gain a land corridor to Russian-occupied Crimea.

Forty-five protesters supporting a blockade of Russia-backed separatist-controlled regions of southeast Ukraine were detained in clashes with the National Guard this evening. Seven officers were injured and MP Volodymyr Parasyuk was hospitalized after being teargassed.

The Russian Defense Ministry denies reports that it has sent troops to the Libyan border in Egypt. The number of Russians with savings accounts dropped 33%.

Nearly “non-stop” fighting was reported in Avdeyevka on Sunday, and Monday was another bloody day