Friday, February 27, 2015

Putin is Not a Superman and the Russian Military is Not All Powerful

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 27 – Despite Vladimir Putin’s bombast and his apparent success in convincing many Russ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Post-Soviet Space Entering New Era of Potentially Explosive Border Changes

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 25 – When the USSR disintegrated in 1991, the United States and other Western countrie...

Six Post-Soviet Countries Now Say They Were Occupied by the USSR

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 25 – Today, Georgians marked the 94 th anniversary of what Tbilisi calls “the battle ...

Belarus, ‘Key to Baltics,’ Perhaps Even More Important for Moscow than Ukraine, Shevtsova Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 25 – For Vladimir Putin, Belarus is “the key to the Baltic countries” as a military-st...

Moscow has Made Eight Major Mistakes in Ukraine, Artemyev Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 25 – At a time when criticizing Ukraine for mistakes it has made in pursuing its goals...

Non-Russian Language Education Being Decimated Under Putin

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 25 – Between 2002 and 2010, the number of schools offering non-Russian language instru...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

War in Ukraine ‘Continuation of Decay of USSR,’ Sukhov Says

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Paul Goble               Staunton, February 24 – The war in Ukraine must be seen as a direct “continuation” of the decay and disin...