Russia’s increasingly belligerent actions are universally condemned, both at home and abroad. Its people suffer and starve while Putin and his elite cadre of oligarchs inflate their bank accounts. Turns out that’s not all they […]
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Observer Severely Beaten For Reporting Russian Election Fraud
An observer who witnessed electoral violations in a Moscow-region local election was hospitalized with a ruptured spleen after being attacked by a group of men late last week, a news report said. Stanislav Pozdnyakov was […]
Putin’s Instability Grows As He Recruits Child Soldiers
In the latest sign that megalomaniac Russian despot Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on reality, the country’s leader has re-instituted Soviet era children’s militias. Despite no enemy to fight the groups have been re-launched […]
Russia Seizes Ukrainian President’s Candy Factory
In the latest belligerent move by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Russian authorities have seized the assets of a candy factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk. The move is […]
Deluded Putin Thinks Seizing Crimea “Rights Historical Injustice”
Increasingly erratic Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s seizure of Crimea righted a historical injustice, according to news agency reports on Sunday. The comment was observed by a documentary film crew it was reported. The […]
Russian Propaganda Offensive Draws U.S. Response
Russia’s massive and increasingly complex sprawling propaganda network didn’t persuade the world that Ukraine is run by Nazis, that Crimea was annexed in a “popular uprising” or that Germany is a failed state but the […]
EU Charges Gazprom With Abusing Dominant Position
Google isn’t the only one feeling the heat from the European Commission (EC). Americans.org learned this morning that the EU competition regulator has charged Gazprom, the Russian state energy company, with abusing its dominant market […]
Worst May Be Over But Tough Times For Russia Ahead
Vladimir Putin welcomed the ruble’s rebound and banks’ stability, saying that Russia is coping with “difficult economic conditions.” Yet even with an on again off again cease-fire in Ukraine and stabilizing oil prices, the central […]