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The agony of Chechnya: trapped between the Kremlin and Kadyrov

Vladimir Putin portrayed the Chechens as ideological terrorists. However, drawing parallels between the war in Ukraine and the war in Chechnya would be constructive in recognizing the human rights abuses and the suffering of the Chechen people at both the hands of the Russians and of their own government. On December 21 Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]

by Antonio Graceffo Jan 9, 2023Jan 9, 2023 / 7 mins /

Russian ethnic minorities

Russia’s ethnic minorities are dying in Putin’s war

by Antonio Graceffo Jan 1, 2023Jan 2, 2023 / 3 mins /

Russia

Could Russia collapse?

by Matthew Sussex Nov 2, 2022Nov 2, 2022 / 5 mins /

Russian Orthodox church

Few Russians go to church. Many who don’t may still be influenced by their Patriarch’s tirades

by Massimo Introvigne Apr 29, 2022Apr 29, 2022 / 4 mins /

Zelenskyy channels Shakespeare: ‘being brave is our brand’

by Michael Cook Apr 8, 2022Feb 7, 2023 / 4 mins /

How can Vladimir Putin be described as a defender of Christian values?

by Michael Cook Mar 31, 2022Oct 28, 2022 / 5 mins /

Russians are fighting and dying to shore up Putin’s flawed version of history

by Félix Krawatzek and George Soroka Mar 23, 2022Mar 23, 2022 / 3 mins /

How Zelenskyy has proved you don’t need to be a bare-chested strongman to be a great leader

by Michael Blake Mar 7, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 4 mins /

Putin’s wrath shows the danger in cosying up to ‘Christian’ autocrats

by Michael Cook Mar 2, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 3 mins /

Dazed and deluded: as Putin launches invasion of Ukraine, Russian society reels

by Robert Coalson Feb 25, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 5 mins /

Putin - Ukraine

Putin’s fabricated history of Ukraine is cancel culture on steroids

by Michael Cook Feb 22, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 3 mins /

We must not forget that just because war is unthinkable to us, it’s unthinkable to dictators

by Tony Abbott Feb 22, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 7 mins /

The crisis in Ukraine shows that anti-imperialism has been poisoned by woke politics

by Gabriel Andrade Feb 1, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 3 mins /

Ukraine cyberattack

Ukraine under cyberattack again

by Karl D. Stephan Jan 19, 2022Mar 17, 2022 / 4 mins /

How does an authoritarian regime celebrate a revolution?

by Cynthia Hooper Nov 8, 2017May 1, 2020 / 7 mins /