In 1983, Yury Andropov famously told the Communist Party Plenum that “if we speak openly, we still do not know sufficiently the society in which we live and work.” The same thing could be said of Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s power does “not even come close” to that of the US, Andrey Manoylo says, but Moscow has an advantage because “the US clearly has difficulties with predicting Russia’s activities” due to its simplistic models.
Twelve years ago on this date, Russian nationalists associated with the Russian National Unity organization murdered Nikolai Girenko, a St. Petersburg ethnographer.
Boris Yeltsin is gradually replacing Mikhail Gorbachev as the chief demon for Russian nationalists.
The attack of Russian football louts against English fans in Marseilles was a well-organized action that was part and parcel of Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid war” against the West.
Russian Orthodox Church Income Rises Dramatically Despite Economic Crisis 2016-06-14 04:34:42 Staunton, VA, June 13, 2016 – It is a rare trend indeed in which there are not exceptions, when some individuals and institutions suffer while most are benefiting or when others benefit at a time when the overwhelming majority are suffering. Such is the case of […]
Vladimir Putin’s creation of a national guard is an effort by the Kremlin leader to create a force totally loyal to himself and to escape the influence of the FSB.
Under heavy police presence, the gay parade today in Kiev proceeded without major incident, although some 50 arrests were made of some unruly counter-demonstrators.
Russian economic hardship is so great now that bread is being adulterated, hospital patients are committing suicide due to lack of treatment, and Russians are increasingly turning to dangerous surrogates for alcohol.
Many have forgotten that the war in the North Caucasus goes on, and they have failed to see that the methods the Kremlin leader has employed there are spreading to ever more parts of Russian life.
