Friday, March 28, 2025

Putin Now Promoting Ivan the Terrible and His Regime as Models for Russia, Khapayeva Says

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 18 – For most of the last four hundred years, Russians have been taught to view Ivan the Terrible and his viol...

Moscow Launches Major Effort to Combat Ethnic Bullying, a Problem It has Only Rarely Acknowledged

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 21 – Supported by a Presidential grant and Russia’s Social Chamber, the Guild of Journalists Specializing on E...

Siltification of Caspian and Volga-Don Waterway Threatens Not Only Transportation but People along Their Shores and Beyond

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 20 – The impact of siltification and declining water levels on the Caspian and along the Volga-Don route on tr...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

By Including Ingushetia in New Grozny Bishopric, Moscow Patriarchate Weakens Dagestan and Ingushetia and Helps Chechnya’s Kadyrov

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 20 – Moscow Patriarch Kirill has significantly increased the number of bishoprics but typically either because...

Despite Current Defeat, Russian Liberals have a Future if They Seek a Parliamentary System in which Regions are the Most Important Actors, Sorkin Says

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 16 – Repressed by the Putin regime at home and no longer with allies in the West that they had earlier, Russia...

Putin’s War Leading Directly to More Fires in Ukraine and Indirectly to More in Russia, Lanshina Says

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 17 – Putin’s expanded war in Ukraine is leading directly to more fires in Ukraine as the exchange of fire sets...

Since Putin Began His Expanded War in Ukraine, Torture in Russia has Become More Widespread and Vicious, Rights Activist Says

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Paul Goble     Staunton, Mar. 16 – Since February 2022 when Putin began his expanded war in Ukraine, the use of torture by militiamen and ja...