Andrei Malgin

Opinion 9 months ago

Alexievich Gets the Solzhenitsyn Treatment

Alexievich Gets the Solzhenitsyn Treatment

Opinion 9 months ago

Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970 and his book "The Gulag Archipelago" was first published in the West in 1973.

Opinion 9 months ago

Keeping Tabs on Moscow's Strategic Friendships

Keeping Tabs on Moscow's Strategic Friendships

Opinion 9 months ago

Despite the fact that Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday denied plans to establish a major Russian air base in that country, demonstrators had already begun protesting on the streets of Minsk.

Opinion 10 months ago

Buying Russia's Risky Bonds

Buying Russia's Risky Bonds

Opinion 10 months ago

The Finance Ministry announced that it will soon reinstate the practice of issuing government bonds to the public.

Opinion 10 months ago

What Is Putin's Game Plan in Syria?

What Is Putin's Game Plan in Syria?

Opinion 10 months ago

According to a number of sources, Russia has increased its military presence in Syria. The international community has been debating why on earth Moscow would do such a thing and Russia continues ...

Opinion 11 months ago

Kremlin Doesn't Understand International Law

Kremlin Doesn't Understand International Law

Opinion 11 months ago

Whenever an appeal reaches President Vladimir Putin to spare someone getting crushed by Russia's repressive judicial machine, he always replies with the same, sardonic comment: "How could I influence the decision of ...

Opinion 11 months ago

FSB Has Russia in a Choke Hold

FSB Has Russia in a Choke Hold

Opinion 11 months ago

Let's recall the events of these days 16 years ago. On Aug. 9, 1999, Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin acting head of the Russian government. On the same day, in a televised speech, ...

Opinion 1 year ago

Russian Society Is Increasingly Paranoid

Russian Society Is Increasingly Paranoid

Opinion 1 year ago

A paranoid person harbors unhealthy suspicions and sees in random events conspiracies and intrigues against him by his enemies.

Opinion 1 year ago

Putin Needs Another Victory in Ukraine

Putin Needs Another Victory in Ukraine

Opinion 1 year ago

Ukrainian media raise the alarm every few days that the Russian army is about to attack and seize this or that town.

Opinion 1 year ago

Kremlin in a Tizzy Over West's 'Russophobia'

Kremlin in a Tizzy Over West's 'Russophobia'

Opinion 1 year ago

The propaganda campaign by President Vladimir Putin's regime has convinced Russians that the West, and especially the United States, devotes a lot of thought to Russia. Why? Because the West is full ...

Opinion 1 year ago

Kremlin Propaganda Leaves No Russian Behind

Kremlin Propaganda Leaves No Russian Behind

Opinion 1 year ago

The Kremlin shelled out big money last week to host the so-called "World Congress of Russian Press" that brought together representatives of more than 500 Russian-language media outlets from 63 countries.

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