A certain Vadim Popov, a political scientist and activist, decided to make a name for himself by proposing that Russia restrict screenings of the beloved (indeed, globally beloved) cartoon Masha and…
The United States has once again reached for its most familiar geopolitical weapon — sanctions. In what officials call the strictest-ever package, the Trump administration has announced a sweeping new wave of restrictions against…
Wartime Russia has seen an unprecedented wave of political arrests. It has included the routing of the political clan of the once-powerful former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu; the detentions of…
Wartime Russia has seen an unprecedented wave of political arrests. It has included the routing of the political clan of the once-powerful former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu; the detentions of…
The Russian Central Bank has cut the key interest rate again from 17% to 16.5%, as most experts had predicted. The cut is symbolic: the Central Bank itself doesn’t even hide that it was forced into…
Russian propagandists are trumpeting the “successful test” of the Burevestnik missile — a cruise missile with a nuclear-powered engine that supposedly gives it unlimited range. Similar claims of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is clearly in no rush to spoil his relationship with his United States counterpart Donald Trump, despite occasional criticism from the latter. Putin went out of his way…
