The conservative government has long held a vendetta against Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin for the death of of the former Polish president Lech Kaczynski, twin brother of ruling Law and Justice Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, eighteen members of the Polish parliament, the Polish central bank chief, military commanders of…
Image by NVO In response to the sanctions bill against Russia which is moving through the US Congress, Russia has ordered 755 diplomats to leave, to match the number of Russian diplomats currently allowed in the United States. “The American side has made a move which, it is important to…
Image by Shakko The first monument to Ivan the Terrible, the Russian tsar who rule with an iron fist and his know for his brutality, was recently erected in Moscow. Ivan was a consequential tsar who many attribute to founding the system today in Moscow where the leader is protected…
The Kremlin is facing an increasingly unruly younger generation as hundreds of young people protested in Moscow over the weekend over new stringent internet laws and the detention of individuals based on their internet presence. While the Kremlin has had success cracking down on a free, traditional press in Russia,…
The Russian 2018 presidential election has started in earnest with the major candidates beginning attempts to shape the narrative with appearances on state television and social media, depending on the campaign’s capabilities. No one is under any illusions about the possibility of defeating the sitting President of Russia, Vladimir Putin….
Image by Rob984 Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, or DPR, announced on Russian television today that the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Donbass, as well as other ares of the former Soviet republic of Ukraine, would form a new state called Malorossiya, or ‘Little Russia,’ which…
Image by Evgeny Feldman Police in Moscow are reported to have seized the headquarters of opposition candidate, Alexei Navalny. “The Moscow headquarters has been seized. The locks are cut off again,” Navalny’s assistant Nikolai Lyaskin wrote on Facebook Thursday. “The guard says there is a search being carried out,” reported…
Geneva International Discussions The 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) was held on June 20-21 in Geneva. The GID is a multilateral mediation forum co-chaired by the EU, OSCE and UN. The GID format was designed after the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 to address security and humanitarian…
Russian State Duma Approves Controversial Housing Demolition Scheme.
Image by Evgeny Feldman Firebrand anti-corruption activist in Moscow, Alexei Navalny, was arrested by police as he left his home enroute to anti-corruption protests scheduled in cities across Russia today. Navalny’s wife, Yulia, said on his Twitter feed that he was arrested about a half-hour before the demonstration was to…