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Ukraine Live Day 614: Russian-Backed Militants Fire on Shirokino; Russian Troop, Weapon Deployment Continues

October 24, 2015

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. For links to individual […]

Russia Update: In Belligerent Valdai Speech, Putin Antagonizes Even Supporters

President Vladimir Putin gave a belligerent keynote speech at the prestigious annual Valdai Conference, ringing all the chimes of Kremlin propaganda even more vigorously than usual. 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. […]

Russia Update: New Customs Law Planned to Require Documentation of Cash at Border

October 21, 2015

Russian customs agents will now require documentation of cash taken out of or brought into Russia under a new draft regulation planned for the Customs Code. 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. […]

Russia Update: Foreign Ministry Protests Air Incident with Speaker’s Plane and Swiss Military Jet

October 20, 2015

Russia issued a note of protest to Switzerland via Swiss envoy to Moscow Amb. Pierre Helg regarding the approach of a Swiss military plane within eye contact of a Russian civilian airliner yesterday carrying Sergei Naryshkin, head of the State Duma to a converence of parliamentarians in Geneva. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where […]

The Russian Language Does Not Belong to the Russian State, Shtepa Points Out

October 19, 2015

Staunton, October 19 – One of the most memorable passages of Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” is when one GULAG inmate explains to another that Moscow has decided what time it is — regardless of where the sun is located in the sky — prompting the latter to speculate that the […]

Russia Update: FSB Claims to Foil Terrorist Attack in Krasnodar

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had foiled a terrorist attack in Krasnodar Territory, and arrested an engine-driver’s mate said to be planning to bomb a train. 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 […]

Ukraine Live Day 608: Demonstrators in Mariupol Protest Return of ‘Regionaires’ Amid Fears of Election Tampering

October 18, 2015

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. For links to individual […]