russian Special Services Want to Poison Czech Politicians
Three weeks ago, a man with a russian diplomatic passport arrived at Václav Havel Airport from russia. Sources claim that the passenger traveled with a briefcase...
russian media offer 200 euros to Italians if they thank putin on camera
EUR 200 to thank russia and putin for humanitarian assistance on camera for "russian media." According to La Repubblica, this is the exact amount of...
russia is trying to whitewash its reputation using coronavirus pandemic
A russian state-owned fund that says it footed half the bill of a coronavirus aid shipment delivered to the U.S. on Wednesday has been on...
putin prohibits Ukrainians to own their land in Crimea
Six years after illegally invading and annexing Crimea, russia is to prohibit Ukrainians from owning their own land. russian President Vladimir putin’s decree, dated 20...
putin is nothing like Western myths about him
Vladimir putin does like to surprise. Having launched a series of constitutional reforms, he said there should be a hard two-term limit for a president but...
russian billionaire is suing banks for refusing to do business with him
russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg is suing four Nordic banks for not doing business with him, Bloomberg reports. The oligarch, an associate of President Vladimir putin,...
Ukraine Peace Talks Get Help From putin. Crazy, right?
russia is letting Zelensky lay out “red lines” to convince voters he can compromise without capitulating, writes Leonid Bershidsky for Bloomberg from moscow. No, he...
Biology Is the Only Limiting Factor for putin’s Power
Since Vladimir putin came to power 20 years ago, russia has lost its influence in Georgia, the Balkans, and Ukraine. moscow shut down all of...
The end of putinism won’t be the end of russia’s geopolitical ambitions
Tyrannies are fragile things and when the fear upon which they are based crumbles, they collapse, write an associate professor at the Catholic University of...