Putin’s False Flag
Iain Davis The war in Ukraine, and Russia and China’s advocacy of a new multipolar world order, supposedly based upon national sovereignty, has led some to see Vladimir Putin, in...
Russian Reforms: Is Putin planning for his successor?
Kit Knightly Last week, after Putin put forward constitutional reforms that would “empower the legislative branch” and his entire government resigned, the Western press (and the West-backed “opposition” in...
Hollywood reboots Russophobia for the New Cold War
It is an age-old question as to the extent art reflects the world we live in. Bertolt Brecht allegedly said to the contrary that art was “not a mirror...
Russian Stalemate
Frank Lee The brewing conflict between the Russian Oligarchy and the Russian people is reaching a crisis point. The side that prevails will determine the future of Russia and...
The Parallel Universe of BBC Panorama
The folks at Panorama LOVE Putin, or at least love to hate him. In the last two years there have been no less than five (five!) episodes devoted to...
The West’s real interest in Chechnya isn’t gay rights
The start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has seen Western media step up its anti-Russia fervor more than ever. Already we are hearing wild exaggerations of...
“Yanks to the rescue”: Time’s not-so secret story of how Americans helped Yeltsin win 1996 presidential election
Imagine Izvestia ran a headline in January 2018 titled “Rescuing Donald”, in which it proudly boasted that a group of crack Russian election-fixers had been sent over to Washington...
The West vs. Russia: Towards the end of a Pax Americana?
by Prof. Vladislav B. Sotirovic A peaceful dissolution of the USSR according to the agreement between Mikhail Gorbachow and Ronald Reagan in 1988 in Reykjavik brought a new dimension...
The Real Boris Yeltsin: Democratic Reformer Or Brutal Dictator?
by Dr Paul Kindlon at Russia Insider This week marks the 25th anniversary of the “August coup” that brought Boris Yeltsin to prominence and power. In the western media...
Holier Than Thou: The Guardian View on The Panama Papers
by Frank We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” Leona Helmsley, American business woman and socialite 2007 The revelations contained in the Panama Papers are nothing...
