Another Defeat for Putin’s ‘Russian World’ – Very Few Russians in Estonia Want to Leave
byStaunton – Over the last two year period for which statistics are available, only 37 ethnic Russians moved from Estonia to the Russian Federation…
Analysis
A New Sect Emerges in Russia – ‘Putin’s Witnesses’
byStaunton – Russians are ironically calling “the Network,” as the Kremlin’s new youth movement is officially known, “Putin’s Witnesses” because its members are so…
Russia discontinues cooperation with US to secure nuclear materials
byRussia has reportedly ended all cooperation with US Department of Defense personnel who have worked to protect the country’s nuclear facilities and stockpiles since…
Hannah Arendt, Putin and Today’s Russia
byHannah Arendt would have found a lot to dislike about today’s Russia. But she would have loved Pussy Riot. Hannah Arendt teaches us that…
Timeline: The Nordic Roots of The Charlie Hebdo Massacre
byUSE YOUR MOUSE OR FINGER TO SCROLL THROUGH THE UPNORTH INTERACTIVE TIMELINE ABOVE In September 2005, Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten became the first western publication…
Russian environmental group continues battle to clear its name under ‘foreign agent’ law
byST. PETERSBURG – Ecodefense, the first Russian environmental group designated a “foreign agent” by the Justice Ministry, continued its court battle to appeal the…
Should he stay or should he go?
byIt’s hard to know precisely why everyone is being so coy about what is a very simple question – should President Andris Bērziņš attend May…
Women’s Faces: Symbols of Violence Denied and Courage Remembered
byThe following text is from Imbi Paju’s presentation for the Programme of European Commemoration 2014 in Berlin. Although I have often participated in other…
Ethnic Russians in Baltic Countries ‘Love Russia but Don’t Consider It Their Home,’ New Study Finds
byStaunton – Ethnic Russians living in Latvia and Lithuania “view themselves as a community and respect Russian culture but consider their native home to…
President Putin Says He Is Clueless about Economic Policy
byA financial meltdown has ravaged Russia in the last two weeks in a fashion reminiscent of 2008 and 1998. The value of the ruble…