In his 20 years in power, Vladimir Putin has employed a savvy use of social policy to bolster his popularity, but it is a set of policies not well designed to address Russia's chronic under-provision of healthcare, education, and other social services—particularly in rural areas. The CO...
Do Russians really support Vladimir Putin’s aggression and war crimes in Ukraine? On the weekend of April 1st, Western media shared photos and videos of a brutal massacre in Bucha, Ukraine. The gruesome reports prompted a fresh wave of outrage over Russian war crimes. This week saw the firs...
Greene, Marten: Russians are afraid of changing from Putin, because he has provided what they wantShairbek Juraev
Pompeo: "I made clear to Foreign Minister Lavrov... that interference in American elections is unacceptable. If the Russians were engaged in that in 2020, it would put our relationship in an even worse place than it has been. I'd encourage them not to do that. We would not tolerate tha...
5 things to know about the major US-Russia prisoner swap The prisoner exchange included 16 people released from Russia and Belarus — three Americans, one U.S. green card holder, five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners in their own country. Eight Russians held in ...
Martin asked, "Have you seen any evidence that the Russians are actually trying to cover up crimes?" "Chillingly, less of that than you might expect," Van Schaack replied. "Bodies are being left in the street. They seem to be doing this in an unbelievably brazen way. That's really sho...
Is Putin Hitler? With apologies to Gary Kasparov, we decline this temptingreductio ad Hitlerum. After all, were one indulging in hyperbole, might it not as well be the Grandmaster’s nemesis who, according to his own lights and those of many Russians, confronts the ghost of a genocidal ag...
Russians Are ‘Winners’ – EU’s Kallas Pepe Escobar: In The Heart Of Donbass, Before US-Russia Meet In Riyadh ‘Glove-Puppet’ Zelensky ‘Irrelevant’ To Ukraine Peace Process – Roger Waters ‘Capitulation’ And ‘Betrayal’: Ukrainian Officials And Media Blast Trump Over Russia Talks Ukraine...
"They have between three and five axes of advance. They've been thinking about this for a long time. "They're resisting the temptation to do what the Russians tried and failed to do in Kyiv, which is raze the city and then just walk in." ...
“The Russians are taking advantage of this. I am looking at the situation now and how people are reacting. Everybody goes to Finland, and then from Finland, they either fly with AirBaltic via Riga or Vilnius, or they take a ferry to Tallinn and then drive from Tallinn. ...