Saturday, February 24, 2024

Putin Following Same Strategy in Navalny Case He Earlier Used with Magnitsky, Pastukhov Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 20 – Vladimir Putin is following exactly the same playbook in both the case of Andrey Navalny that h...

Fear of Destabilization has Heightened Russian Hostility to Any Opposition and Support for Harsh Punishments, Makarkin Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 20 – Moscow analyst Aleksey Markarkin says there are two “political fears” in contemporary Russia: th...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Lack of Amenities in Russia’s Villages and Smaller Cities Behind Rather than Low Pay Primary Cause of Flight of Young to Major Cities, New Study Finds

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 19 – It is generally believed that young Russians are fleeing the country’s villages and smaller cit...

Moscow and Minsk Seek to Destroy Radically Conservative Orthodox Group whose Views are Spreading within ROC MP

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 19 -- More than 700 of the 10,000 followers of a dissident Russian Orthodox sect have been arrested ...

Moscow Passes 300th Anniversary of Russian Academy of Sciences ‘Without Fanfare’

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 18 – For a country that routinely celebrates the most inconsequential anniversaries, Russia last wee...

Putin’s Murder of Navalny Gives Permission to Dictators Everywhere to Do Their Worst, Alexievich Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 18 – The world must understand that Putin by murdering Aleksey Navalny has “opened the abyss of perm...

Russian Society does Not have Either the Means of Achieving Consensus or Stable Divisions but Regularly Shifts Direction, Mokhov Says

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Paul Goble             Staunton, Feb. 18 – Sergey Mokhov, who has achieved international recognition for his work on funerary customs in Ru...