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      Here’s How to Fight Back Against Russian Political Warfare
      Jun21

      Here’s How to Fight Back Against Russian Political Warfare

      Three-and-a-half years ago, Russia illegally annexed Crimea and launched its campaign to destabilize eastern Ukraine. Russian aggression prompted the biggest increase in NATO’s collective defense capabilities since the Cold War—including the historic deployment in June of four multinational battlegroups in the three Baltic States and...

      The 1917 Revolution Still Resonates in Modern Russia

      One hundred years after the Russian revolution, the Bolsheviks’ historical legacy remains highly politicised. Some backers of Putin argue that, without his guiding hand, Russia would again witness the chaos of 1917. The year 1917 was a momentous one in Russian history. It started with a democratic uprising that overthrew the absolutist...

      The Quiet Assault – A Glance at Interdicted Tech Smuggling to Russia and China
      Jun18

      The Quiet Assault – A Glance at Interdicted Tech Smuggling to Russia and China

      Set aside Anna and her ring. Last week’s short wee-hour’s shutdown of a portion of Charleston’s port set off by a potentially disinformed conspiracy blogger and webcaster signaled popular American concern and sensitivity to the defense of the homeland, never mind the capabilities and sensitivities of the nation’s capacious...

      Also in Media: “The Kremlin’s Newest Hybrid Warfare Asset: Gangsters” | Foreign Policy | June 12, 2017
      Jun14

      Also in Media: “The Kremlin’s Newest Hybrid Warfare Asset: Gangsters” | Foreign Policy | June 12, 2017

      . . . as they look to prosecute their “political war” against the West, the Russians are emerging as the most enthusiastic users of gangsters’ services. Given that their intelligence services are now up to Cold War levels, it seems ironic that they would even need such amateur auxiliaries. However, so ambitious and numerous are their...

      Ukraine celebrates visa-free travel into EU

      Ukraine celebrated on Sunday the first day of visa-free access to the European Union with hundreds crossing the border in what has been seen as a breakaway from Russia. …read more Source:...

      Russian artillery systems in Donbas start to shell at longer distance
      Jun01

      Russian artillery systems in Donbas start to shell at longer distance

      Ukrainian military journalist and blogger Yuriy Butusov claims that Russian artillery systems used against the Ukrainian army in Donbas have begun shelling at longer distances. According to him, two instances of shelling of the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a distance of about 20 km from the front line have recently been recorded. In...

      Russian VKontakte to close Kyiv`s office
      Jun01

      Russian VKontakte to close Kyiv`s office

      Russia`s VKontakte social network will close its office in the Ukrainian capital, according to the Russian online publication about startups, innovations and Internet projects vc.ru. The social network`s management has decided to dismiss part of the office staff, vc.ru reported, citing a source inside the company and a market player familiar with...

      Stockholm arbitration cancels Gazprom`s take or pay demands to Naftogaz
      Jun01

      Stockholm arbitration cancels Gazprom`s take or pay demands to Naftogaz

      The demand of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom that Ukraine annually buy 52 billion cubic meters of gas or pay for it even without buying (the ”take or pay” principle), was canceled by a separate award rendered by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Naftogaz of Ukraine`s press service reports. ”The Stockholm...

      Putin, Macron did not discuss issue of Ukrainian political prisoners – Kremlin spox
      May31

      Putin, Macron did not discuss issue of Ukrainian political prisoners – Kremlin spox

      The issue of the release of Ukrainian political prisoners has not been discussed during Monday talks in Paris between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Putin`s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. Answering an UaPosition correspondent`s question on whether the two leaders discussed the fate...

      War crimes suspect in Ukraine conflict extradited to Austria
      May31

      War crimes suspect in Ukraine conflict extradited to Austria

      Poland has extradited to Austria a man suspected of war crimes after he allegedly killed civilians and enemy troops after they had surrendered while fighting for Ukrainian forces, authorities said Tuesday, according to The Washington Post. The 25-year-old Austrian man allegedly carried out the killings last year against mostly ethnic Russian...