The Water is Getting Warmer for the Frog 2016-01-24 15:05:17 Staunton, VA, January 23, 2016 – Many are expecting that the conclusion of the British judicial investigation into the murder of Aleksandr Litvinenko that Vladimir Putin was behind that crime will lead to a sea change in the reaction of the West to Putin and his regime. […]
One Russian in Four Afraid to Tell Pollsters the Truth – and One in Two Say Most Russians Don’t 2016-01-23 12:59:34 Staunton, VA, January 22, 2016 — Roughly a quarter of all Russians — 26 percent — are afraid to express their personal opinions to sociologists about current Russian events; and slightly under half — 49 […]
Economic Crisis Putting Russia at Risk of New Wave of Xenophobic Attacks, Brod Says 2016-01-22 20:57:59 Staunton, VA, January 21, 2016 — Many Russians now suffering from sharp declines in their standard of living or even unemployment may direct their anger at migrants and representatives of non-Russian nationalities, according to Aleksandr Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau […]
US Appears to Have Accepted ‘Donbass Model’ Not Only for Ukraine but for Other Conflicts, Russian Analyst Says 2016-01-20 21:56:24 Staunton, VA, January 20, 2016 — Pyotr Iskenderov, a researcher at the Moscow Institute of Slavic Studies and a commentator for Russia Today, says that it now appears the US has accepted what he calls “the Donbass […]
Putin Gets His Wish: Moscow Now Talking with US Alone about Fate of Ukraine 2016-01-21 02:27:37 Staunton, VA, January 19, 2016 — One of the aspects of the latest upsurge in US-Russian diplomatic exchanges about Ukraine that has not attracted much attention as it should but that may prove to be the most important at least as […]
A Baker’s Dozen of Neglected Russian Stories – No. 19 2016-01-23 11:31:44 Staunton, VA, January 15, 2016 — The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to […]
12 More Lithuanians to Be Remembered 2016-01-14 02:45:54 Staunton, VA, January 13, 2016 – Many are remembering today the 13 Lithuanians Soviet forces shot and killed at the television tower in Vilnius. They made the ultimate sacrifice, and they thus deserve to be recalled whenever people speak of the defense of freedom in the world. […]
Altay Artist Who Sought Independence for Siberia’s Turkic Peoples Celebrated in His Homeland 2016-01-12 20:23:36 Staunton, VA, January 12, 2016 — Today, in Gorno-Altaysk, the capital of the Altay Republic, more than 300 people assembled to honor the memory of Grigory Choros-Gurkin, an artist who briefly headed an independent Altay Republic during the Russian civil war […]
Kadyrov’s Public Shaming of His Opponents Beginning to Backfire, Memorial Says 2016-01-10 02:13:39 Staunton, VA, January 7, 2016 — Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has already attracted attention for his calls to hold the relatives of those who protest against his regime criminally responsible for the actions of their family members. But he has also sought to exploit […]
Shevtsova’s Disturbing But Compelling Pointillilst Portrait of Our Time 2016-02-05 15:03:27 Staunton, VA, January 10, 2016 – Sometimes a simple enumeration of apparently unrelated events provides a more compelling and often more disturbing portrait of a time than a more formal analysis. That is what Russian analyst Lilia Shevtsova has provided today in a Facebook page. Under […]
