Hitler-Stalin Pact Still Casts a Shadow Over Europe 77 Years On
bySeventy-seven years ago, Hitler and Stalin reached the agreement on the division of Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, an agreement known as the…
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Kremlin Propaganda Exploiting Five American Vulnerabilities: Kirillova
byOne of the most damning indications of this was the discovery by historian and diplomat Romuald Misiunas in the library of KGB materials…
Brexit Puts NATO at Risk Too, Putin Ally Says
byMany in both Moscow and the West believe, happily or unhappily, that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will spark similar referenda in other…
Moscow Creating Military Units It Would Need to Invade Baltic Countries, Shtepa Says
byIt is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the…
Victory Cult Intended to Keep Russian Federation’s Non-Russians within an Empire and Former Soviet Republics Together: Ukrainian Commentator
byMany Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is about the legitimation of the Soviet…
Moscow May Soon Blame Extraterrestrials for Boeing Catastrophe, Russian Aviation Expert Says
byIt would be entirely consistent with the Russian approach since the shooting down of the Boeing airliner over the Donbas for Moscow soon to…
Numerically Small Indigenous Peoples of The Russian North an Ever Bigger Problem for Moscow
byWhen people in Moscow or the West talk about “nationality problems” in Russia, they typically focus on ethnic groups which, because of their large…