Vladimir Putin looks like a blundering thug in the hollowed-out gangland to which he has reduced Russia. The Wagner Group mutiny has exposed his growing weakness https://t.co/PEg9J0bpCl pic.twitter.com/NMsHv0VgMC — The… Read more »
Vladimir Putin still maintains a strong grip on power in Russia in spite of the Kremlin’s handling of the war and its myriad consequences for Russian society, according to Bruno… Read more »
A Russian victory in Ukraine would frog-march the world down a bleak path where might is right and frontiers are drawn by violence. It may hasten the next, even worse,… Read more »
A former commander in the Russian mercenary Wagner Group is seeking asylum in Norway, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration told the Associated Press on Monday. The man, whom it identified as Andrey Medvedev,… Read more »
Шествие в Москве против войны. Храбрые, лучшие! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/njAHbSAiOp — Соболь Любовь (@SobolLubov) September 21, 2022 Russia’s opposition on Wednesday called for protests against President Vladimir Putin after he ordered… Read more »
Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the… Read more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s attempts to garner support for his country among other nations amid his widely condemned war in Ukraine demonstrates that Russia is in a “weak position,” according… Read more »
Russia’s descent into corruption and the rise of Putin are a tale that has already been told in books, films, TV documentaries, and podcasts, from the BBC’s Ukrainecast to Tortoise Media’s Invaded: Voicemails… Read more »
Russia’s first Crimean war sounds a lot like Ukraine today, NPR’s Greg Myre notes. “There are very distinct parallels. And I think Putin has probably overstretched himself in the same… Read more »
I’ve often wondered, what does it take for a lone individual to stand up to a totalitarian system, and to risk it all for the right to speak and associate… Read more »