VOA Harms Putin Opposition in Russia; Faked Interviews, Lax Web Security Are Signs a Shakeup Is NeededByline: Ted Lipien, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Broadcasting Board of Governors...Lipien, Ted
“ He wrote once, twice, and then we got a reply. We have the answer in the archive. The CIA replied: ”We have been working with the opposition in Russia. We believe that this is the right thing to do and we will keep on doing it.“ Just ridiculous. Well, okay. We realized ...
Speaking of Russia's ties with the European Union (EU) which has slapped a new round of sanctions on Moscow, Putin said Russia has been in talks with separate countries within the EU when it finds it impossible to deal with the bloc as a whole. "It is business as usual today. In pri...
it's scary, especially when you're sitting in his office on his side of the wall and your bodyguards are on the other side. He's got an intense way of looking at you. He did this once to me when he was basically accusing me of supporting the opposition in Russia, and he ...
A month before Russia's presidential election, certain to be won again by Vladimir Putin, the country's anti-war opposition in exile admits that it is unable to influence the results but hopes the West will "do the right thing".
The analyst does not predict any protests following the election in Russia, since the recent attempts to organize mass protests failed due to the absence of real opposition. "The presidential administration has done a lot by facilitating the process of registration and creation of parties, as well...
Putin hascompletely dismantledall of Russia’s nascent democratic institutions.Elections are neither free nor fair. Putin’s party,United Russia, always wins, andoppositionists are routinely harassed or killed. Themedia have been curbed;freedom of speech and assembly no longer exists; anddraconian pun...
What support Putin has among average Russians is difficult to gauge, said Michnik, amid worsening repression and the muzzling of any opposition media. Ordinary Russians can face up to 15 years in prison for questioning or contradicting the Kremlin’s war narrative, with thousands detained so far ...
Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Putin has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition, running independent-minded journalists out of the country and promoting an increasing devotion to prudish “traditional values” that pushes many in society into the marg...
This severely damaged Russia’s global standing but Putin’s approval ratings at home soared above 80 per cent. With little meaningful opposition, his appetite for adventurism grew — culminating in a 2015 military intervention that turned the tide of the Syrian civil war. ...