‘If the Russians Come Back Again, They Won’t Be Constrained by Communism’
byToomas Hendrik Ilves, who has just completed his service as president of Estonia, once remarked that “if the Russians come back again, they won’t…
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Chechen Strongman Kadyrov Puts Children Into MMA Fight
byChechen ruler, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been broadly criticized after he entered his three sons, aged 8, 9 and 10, to fight in a caged mixed-martial-arts fight on…
Svetova: Nekrasov Anti-Magnitsky Film Propaganada, not Art
by“I am not Mr. Browder’s attorney. I am defending the memory of Sergei Magnitsky. Therefore, I consider the film by Andrey Nekrasov to be…
The Kremlin’s Voice: Johan Bäckman
byThe Kremlin’s Voice, is a new UpNorth series profiling some of the most outspoken cheerleaders and spokesmen for the Putin regime around the world:…
The 2016 Election Is a Referendum on U.S. Policy on Russia
byThe 2016 election in the United States has challenged traditional party views on foreign policy. Populist isolationism is on the rise in the fringes…
Putin: A 21st Century Hitler?
byThe similarities between Hitler’s Germany and Putin’s Russia are striking – and thoroughly disturbing. Will an increasingly stressed Putin push his country towards war,…
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…
Russia Threatens Sweden with Missile Deployment
byIn a recent interview, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov told Sweden’s Dagen Nyheter warned that “it’s every country’s right to decide what form its security…
The Impact of Western Sanctions on The Russian Oil Sector
byWestern governments imposed sanctions on Russia for violating the sovereignty of Ukraine in the spring of 2014. Some of the restrictions were directed against…
A Very Putin Calendar 2016
byVladimir Putin recently launched his 2016 calendar. UpNorth is pleased to offer an alternative Putin calendar.