Moscow’s strategy to carve up Europe
By Janusz Bugajski, for CEPA
Moscow’s strategy toward Europe is reminiscent of carving a hunted game. It exploits and exacerbates the vulnerabilities of targeted states, and...
Kremlin narratives on Crimea resurface in German election debate
This article is part of ECFR's Wider Europe Forum
By Andreas Umland, for European Council of Foreign Relations
For the future of Ukraine, what Germany thinks and...
Kremlin propaganda methods and American extremism
By Kseniya Kirillova, for EUToday
The past month was marked in the United States by a series of highly disturbing events. This includes a clash...
Fake Terrorism Is a Real Threat to the Kremlin (Op-ed)
The string of bomb hoaxes put Putin's reputation as a 'security president' on the line
By Mark Galeotti, for The Moscow Times
Could bomb scares, no blood,...
The Daily Vertical: What Is ‘Undesirable’? (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
What is undesirable is usually in the eye of the beholder.
Consider the case of the Sova Center.
The Sova Center is a...
The Daily Vertical: Back To Article 70 (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL
So don't look now, but Russia may be about to get yet another law that will allow Vladimir Putin's regime...
Kremlin’s Efforts to Use Russophobia as the ‘Anti-Sovietism’ of Today Don’t Quite Work, Troitsky...
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
When the USSR existed, calling someone “anti-Soviet” was one of the most damning labels, even if some wore that...
The Daily Vertical: The Ghosts Of August 1939 (Transcript)
By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL
It happens every August, almost without fail.
As the summer winds down, you can count on the annual controversy about the...
Facing facts: Why the Great Famine in Ukraine still matters today
By Edward Lucas, for CEPA
The Holodomor happened almost a century ago. It's legacy still shapes contemporary conflict.
Was the Holodomor a genocide? No, says modern...
Is Russia losing the information war?
By Donald N. Jensen, for CEPA
Nikolay Patrushev, head of the Russian Security Council, warns that the use of foreign data technology by state structures...