A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced a self-proclaimed acting president of the USSR to eight years in a penal colony for creating an extremist organization. A former dentist, the convict has called for disobeying Russian laws and restoring the Soviet KGB. According to the self-proclaimed president, the dissolution of the …
Read More »Bloodshed in Transnistria: A brutal precedent of a post-Soviet war 20 years before Ukraine
The current crisis in Ukraine, in which Russia has recognized the rebel republics in the Donbass, looks unusual, but this is not a new story for the post-Soviet space. Something similar to the events happening in the Donbass today took place in 1992, and the enclave that then arose still exists. …
Read More »Over two decades before Ukraine erupted, how another post-Soviet conflict set a bloody precedent
The current crisis in Ukraine, in which Russia has recognized the rebel republics in the Donbass, looks unusual, but this is not a new story for the post-Soviet space. Something similar to the events happening in the Donbass today took place in 1992, and the enclave that then arose still exists. …
Read More »Andrey Kortunov: Ukraine conflict is the last act in a long Soviet collapse
Thirty years ago, when the Soviet Union ceased to exist, many observers expressed their surprise at the relatively peaceful nature of the huge state’s disintegration. The deconstructions of other great European empires – including the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese – were followed by large-scale armed conflicts, some of which …
Read More »Soviet-era’s last US envoy to Moscow comments on war atrocities accusations against Russia
Moral outrage over images of apparent war atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine is understandable, but the calls to turn Russia into a pariah state are ill-advised, a former US ambassador to the Soviet Union warned on Monday, during an appearance on CNN. Jack Matlock held various positions during the height of …
Read More »US to help Kiev get Soviet-made tanks – media
Washington will act as an intermediary to help deliver Soviet-made tanks to Kiev, the New York Times reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed US official. Ukraine has been pleading for the West to supply it with heavier weapons since the start of the Russian military campaign. The source told the …
Read More »Russian culture should not be collateral damage in Ukraine war, Soviet-born ballet dancer says
Mikhail Baryshnikov, a Soviet Latvian-born Russian-American ballet dancer, has said Russian culture and sports figures should not be targeted over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “An open exchange in the arts is always a good thing,” Baryshnikov told The Guardian in an interview published on Sunday. “I don’t think it’s …
Read More »Former Soviet Republics exchange fire on the border
Violence broke out at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border late on Thursday, with the clashes occurred at a poorly-demarcated part of the frontier, where the territories of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan meet, at a point where each country has multiple enclaves in the territory of its neighboring states. The trouble reportedly began when a Tajik vehicle …
Read More »Ex-Soviet Republic makes it illegal to deface EU & NATO flags
Georgian politicians have adopted a bill that makes it illegal to deface the flags of the EU, NATO, and their member states, half a year after far-right activists tore down a European Union flag during a rally against gay rights. The approved legislation also introduces criminal liability for the desecration …
Read More »US believes Putin wants to restore Soviet Union – Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Russia is eyeing restoration of the Soviet Union, which is, in his opinion, “unacceptable” and should be addressed. He offered no evidence to support his assertion. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Russia is eyeing restoration of the …
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