Andrew S. Weiss Summary:  Russia’s relations with Europe are getting worse. Time and again, it is Moscow’s own overreach and missteps that encourage greater Western unity, or at the very least leave the Europeans no alternative to confronting Russia. Summary Many observers predicted that the coronavirus pandemic might lead Russian President Vladimir Putin to rethink his highly opportunistic, zero-sum approach

It is noted that the application for his nomination was submitted by Russian writer Sergei Komkov President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The application for Putin’s nomination was sent by Russian writer Sergei Komkov, RIA Novosti reports. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin had not officially nominated the Russian

A new American film that turns the executions of Russia’s last tsar and his family into a fantasy-tinged teen comedy has caused an uproar among Russians, who say the film mocks their history. At first, the plot of “Anastasia: Once Upon a Time” sounds outrageous enough to rank among other so-bad-they’re-good classics: As Vladimir Lenin looks to destroy the imperial

A Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet that crashed this week may have been accidentally shot down by another plane during exercises, the state-run TASS news agency reported Wednesday. The Su-30 was on a routine training mission with two pilots on board Tuesday when it crashed near a village in the Tver region northwest of Moscow. The pilots ejected before the

The Russian Federation can no longer be considered a ” great energy power”, and the Kremlin’s dependence on military force has reduced the country’s international authority to a “great pariah power” Another double violation by Russia of the norms of international behavior – the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the acceptance of the discredited Belarusian autocrat, President Alexander Lukashenko –