Doves on Ukraine, From Right and Left
It's unusual to see a longtime Republican agree with a near-Communist about any issue. Yet Henry Kissinger and Jeremy Corbyn, the leading candidate to...
Vesti “Cuts” Crimea from Ukraine
On August 21, the Ukrainian newspaper Vesti published an article entitled “24 Reason to Be Proud of Ukraine,” recording Ukraine’s achievements and successes. The...
Emails Link Kremlin Troll Farm to Bizarre New York Photography Exhibit
For about a month last year, posters advertising a touring art exhibition called Material Evidence. Syria. Ukraine were nearly impossible to avoid in New...
Edward Lucas: Russia Has Published Books I Didn’t Write!
A dodgy imprint has compiled old material by several U.S. and British analysts, without their permission. The aim is pro-Putin spin.
A new foreign-language edition...
Russia Blocks Euronews ISIS Video Over ‘Extremist’ User Comment
Roscomnadzor, Russia's Internet watchdog, has blocked YouTube videos before, threatening access to the entire service for users whose ISPs cannot filter HTTPS traffic. This...
Renovation of NATO Center of Excellence for Strategic Communications building in Riga completed
The building on Kalnciema Street 11 in the Riga suburb of Pardaugava has been completely renovated to house the NATO Center of Excellence for...
The Soviet Playbook in Ukraine
It appears that Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Ukraine. Gone are the talks about seizing so-called Novorossiya — the strip...
Game of trolls: the hip digi-kids helping Putin’s fight for online supremacy
The job ads give little away. They ask only for “content managers” or “production editors” in a nondescript part of St Petersburg, and offer...
Putin Creates a Fantasyland
‘Where is Garry Kasparov?” asked many Russians recently, when they discovered that the famed chess player was missing from the new edition of a...
Will the Burning of Food Lead to a “Conflagration” of Russia?
For nearly a week now, food products that fall under sanctions have been destroyed in Russia. Obviously, such a decision has provoked massive dissatisfaction among...