A photograph appeared on Facebook this Thursday revealing that Yaroslavl’s children’s rights commissioner, Mikhail Krupin, has hanging in his office a portrait of Joseph Stalin with a young child. The picture was shared online by Elena Bogdanova, an aide for Alexander Goncharov, a deputy in the regional parliament… To Read…
Oleg Anashchenko, military chief of Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), was killed in a car bomb attack in Luhansk recently. He died instantly. LPR officials accused Ukrainian intelligence operatives for the incident. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement. Mr Marochko said “Ukrainian secret services” were suspected of being behind the attack,…
The current confrontation in U.S.-Russia relations, and increasing antagonism in the relationship, makes it difficult to separate structural changes in the European security environment from politically charged sources of conflict. Yet these changes have been profound, dating back to Russian military reforms launched in late 2008. They have serious implications…
Working in the same crew brings people together, says Russian space traveler. Our cosmonauts joke that if the space launch team gathered politicians, then the world would be free of conflicts – Russian cosmonaut and writer, Yury Usachev told Radio Baltkom. “It’s incredible, but when working for a long…
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is planning to pay a visit to Moscow next month to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin – the Interfax news agency quoted Turkey’s ambassador to Russia, Huseyin Dirioz. This will be Erdoğan’s fourth meeting with Putin over the past…
Russia Emerging From Recessionary Deep Freeze.
Russian Senator Downplays New EU, Georgian Visa Regime.
Russia Says With Sanctions Eased, Joint Anti-Terror Operations Can Begin.
Russia has experience an economic contraction over the past few years as Western sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea and the collapse in the price of crude oil have taken its toll. The Russian federal budget has also suffered due to the impact of these external shocks. Although the…
In early January, Belarus introduced a visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries, including the US and EU member states. Citizens of these countries will be able to stay for five days in the country without a visa. In response to the country’s decision to abolish visas for short-term travelers,…