The mothers of young men who have been “disappeared” by the Russian authorities in Daghestan have organized to try to find out what has happened to their sons.
Because of the current crisis caused by the collapse in oil prices and the imposition of sanctions as a result of Putin’s aggression, 14 million Russians who had been members of the middle class have now fallen into poverty.
Vladimir Putin and the country he heads are far weaker than Moscow propaganda suggests and, what is equally important, far weaker than many in Russia and the West think
Russia-backed forces are not likely to attack Mariupol but Odessa is in danger next year, says Russian military analyst Pavel Felgengauer.
The Moscow media are filled with stories suggesting that Russia is preparing for war, but a close examination of the Russian government budget calls that conclusion into question.
A Baker’s Dozen of Neglected Russian Stories – No. 52 2016-10-11 20:01:24 Stanford, VA, October 7, 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 […]
By putting Russian missiles in Kaliningrad and conducting joint exercises with Belarusian forces, Vladimir Putin is creating a new “Cuban missile crisis,” one that threatens Europe and the world and that the Kremlin leader won’t end unless the West takes action to force him to back down, says Andrei Sannikov, leader of the opposition European Belarus campaign.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a list of demands to the West as he pulled out of the plutonium agreement, and it’s surprising he hasn’t asked for Alaska back, says a Moscow commentator.
Kadyrov’s Time has ‘Really Passed,’ Moscow Paper Says 2016-10-04 20:50:24 Staunton, VA, October 4, 2016 – The report by Novaya gazeta that Ramzan Kadyrov barely escaped an assassination attempt some months ago is attracting a great deal of attention, but the paper’s argument as to why it has concluded after a length study that the Chechen […]
Kazan’s Business-Gazeta has published the prediction by Artyom Dragunov that Vladimir Putin plans to do away with the office of Russian president and create instead a State Council he would head.
