Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week feature The Kremlinâs Policy-Making on Ukraine is âA Messâ; âManaged Springâ: How Moscow Parted Easily with the âNovorossiyaâ Leaders […]
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Ukraine Live Day 300: Some Fighting Continues Despite Ceasefire
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]
Russia Update: Office of Human Rights Group Set on Fire in Grozny
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week story The Kremlinâs Policy-Making on Ukraine is âA Messâ as well as our other features âManaged Springâ: How Moscow […]
Russia Update: Western Tech Companies Withdrawing As Climate Worsens for Internet Freedom
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week feature on disarray in the Kremlin’s Ukraine policy shop; âManaged Springâ: How Moscow Parted Easily with the âNovorossiyaâ Leaders […]
In This Info-War, The Problem Is Not Only Russia
Much has been written in recent weeks regarding the readiness of Western democracies to fight disinformation in the “information war” led by the Russian intelligence services. [Read our report: The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money] While it is true that disinformation and active measures remain disciplines in which Russian […]
Russia Update: 4 Gunmen Killed as Police in Nalchik Open Fire on Apartment Building
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week feature on disarray in the Kremlin’s Ukraine policy shop; âManaged Springâ: How Moscow Parted Easily with the âNovorossiyaâ Leaders […]
Putin ‘The Imperialist’ A Runner-Up For Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
This year Time Magazine named the brave health workers and first responders who have been fighting the Ebola outbreak as its “Person of the Year.” One can understand why. These people are selflessly trying to fight one of the scariest viruses known to the human race, and have been doing it while also dealing with the […]
Russia Update: Homes of Relatives of Terrorists Who Attacked Grozny Burned to the Ground
Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week and feature Is Putin Really Reining in Hard-Liners? Fact-Checking Gordon Hahnâs Article In The Moscow Times Chechen leader Ramzan […]
Ukraine Live Day 296: Bomb Explodes in Odessa at Volunteer Center to Support Troops
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]
‘Managed Spring’: How Moscow Parted Easily with the ‘Novorossiya’ Leaders
Novaya Gazeta’s correspondent Pavel Kanygin, among the best chroniclers of the Russian-backed separatist leaders in the Donbass, published a good round up on December 8 on the fate of the Russian-backed separatists, titled “Managed Spring,” in a reference to the concept of the “managed democracy” of President Vladimir Putin. He covers Colonel Igor Strelkov (Girkin), […]