Andrei Soldatov: The Kremlin’s VPN ban has KGB roots (Op-ed)
The Kremlin’s ban on VPNs is less about national security than self preservation.
By Andrei Soldatov, for The Moscow Times
Putin went after technology last week...
Leonid Gozman: Is there a rebirth of stalinism in Russia?
Stalinism was criminal, costly and inefficient. Today's Russia could meet the same fate.
By Leonid Gozman, for The Moscow Times
Today’s Russia doesn’t have the concentration...
The Daily Vertical: The limits of dark power (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
Agitprop has its limits.
Active measures have a downside.
Influence operations often result in blowback.
And if these lessons aren't yet obvious to Vladimir...
Russia Without BS: Soros Can’t Revolution
By Jim Kovpak, Russia Without BS
You’ve got to hand it to George Soros. Not because he got so rich, but because he’s now considered...
The Daily Vertical: Federalize This! (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFERL
Russia's official name is now officially a fiction.
The Russian Federation has now completely ceased to be anything remotely resembling a federation.
When...
Unpacking the history of the Baltic “Forest Brothers”
By Edward Lucas, for CEPA
War is never two dimensional. Edward Lucas considers one chapter of anti-Soviet resistance.
Russia is fuming about a new NATO video...
Jim Kovpak: The Competition
By Jim Kovpak, Russia Without BS
I’ve spent a lot of time making fun of Russian propaganda on this blog, but you don’t really get...
The Daily Vertical: Rebranding the Donbas (transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
Whenever the Kremlin or its proxies dream up a new name for Ukraine, it's often a sure sign that trouble is...
Kremlin-promoted mythologized Russian past opens the way to a return to stalinism, Orekh Says
By Paul Goble, Window on Ukraine
Many expected that with the passage of time, new generations of Russians would reject the worst aspects of their...
Crimean residents, Russians increasingly hostile and at odds, political scientist says
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
Even Crimean residents who initially welcomed the Russian Anschluss are now disappointed with the occupation and angry at Russians...