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An insult defining the USSR as “Upper Volta with missiles” has been widely used since the 1980s. It has now morphed into the idea that Moscow runs a “gas station with nuclear weapons,” which appears to have its origins in comments from the late US Senator John McCain, who rarely, …

Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine has seen a dramatic rise in Russophobia all across Europe and in the US, with some leaders using rather undiplomatic language, Russia’s former president told RT and Ria Novosti on Thursday. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s leader from 2008-2012 and currently the deputy chairman of the Security …

Moscow’s actions in Ukraine have exposed a deep-seated latent racism toward the Russian people that a number of Western institutions – not least Hollywood and the legacy mainstream media – have been cultivating for far too long. Of all the major military operations that have been undertaken since the start …

British PM Boris Johnson has said that opposition to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine should not be allowed to turn into discrimination against the Russian people, after the UK government announced new sanctions against associates of President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to lawmakers on Tuesday, Johnson urged them not to slide into …

For those Americans who thought the Democratic Party could not possibly get any more mileage out of the tired bogeyman known as Russophobia, they had better start stocking up on Russian-made rifles and ammunition before store shelves are empty.  Earlier this month, the Biden administration slapped new sanctions against Russia …

Criticizing President Donald Trump for using terms such as “Chinese virus” to refer to the Covid-19-causing pathogen, Democrats insisted his rhetoric has increased “discrimination” against Asian-Americans. Their resolution, sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng (D-New York) all the way back in March, passed on Thursday in a 243-164 vote. “Sadly this …

Alexander Lukashenko and Mike Pompeo. Illustration: clickondetroit.com Events in Belarus reveal a number of chronic problems in the state and throughout the former Soviet Union. The intensity with which in the former republics of the USSR, there are political and social crises, indicates not only the external but also the …

The Russian government stipulates with entrepreneurs specific terms of the transfer of their cargo from Latvian ports to domestic ones. It is declared by the Director of the State railway administration of Latvia Juris Iesalnieks. The consequences of this policy of the Baltic Republic feels today. Transit volumes are rapidly …

The Russian Ambassador argues that the threat from Russia “decided to fully inflate”. In Sweden, there is an unprecedented scale the scale of Russophobia. This was stated by Ambassador of Russia to Sweden Victor Tatarintsev. “Let me be clear: never before in Sweden did not feel this level of Russophobia, …

Putin said that Ukraine sells Russophobia. Ekaterina Barabash funny responded to the words of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin that in Ukraine trade Russophobia. She wrote about this on his page in Facebook. “In Kiev on the Bessarabian grandmother sell Russophobia. Went to one, tried it – no, not …