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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Mueller: russia Had Blackmail on Trump
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller confirmed that russia had blackmail leverage over Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, nymag.com reports. Naturally,...
Israeli historian allows russian dictator to change his chapter on dangers of dictatorship
A section from a book by Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari discussing lies told by russian President Vladimir putin was...
Daily Beast: Oliver Stone’s New “Documentary” is a Pro-putin Propaganda
When at the end of June Oliver Stone announced that he would present new documentary, Revealing Ukraine, at the Taormina Film Festival in...
Ukraine’s envoy to UN: What’s next? USSR revival?
Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, drew parallels between Vladimir putin’s desire to issue passports to Ukrainians...