April 26, 2014

Under the Sword of Damocles

Nobody knows exactly what Putin is doing in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, protected by a six-meter-high wall and a ring of heavily-armed security men. All we know that he cancelled his official visit to the Crimea. It seems quit...

April 13, 2014

The Russians Came

It was only 15 years ago that former U.S. president George W. Bush found permanent Russian President Vladimir Putin to be “very straightforward and trustworthy.” Now, at last the mask is off, and we see a barefaced dictator with an iron h...

April 5, 2014

The Crimea Crisis -- Cui Bono?

It seems nobody is able to workout the real cost of Crimea, an obscure piece of land about the size of Sicily. The annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula in the Black Sea appears to have little to do with political or economic logic at all. ...

March 28, 2014

The Enigmatic 'Russian Soul'

What makes the Russian national character so special? Is it really true that they are different from the other people? The answer is… yes, definitely. Born In The USSR Ranked at number 155 according to the Global Peace Index, Russia i...

March 17, 2014

The Russian Empire Strikes Back

Vladimir Putin’s strategic and private ambitions  extend far beyond the rocky and waterless Crimean peninsula reaching out into the Black Sea. These days, he is often described as an aggressive revanchist, seeking to restore the former glo...

March 12, 2014

How the Russian Media Are Treating Putin and Crimea

Before starting to write this article, I sat in front of the TV and began to switch back and forth between Channel One, TVC, RTR and NTV, which are the main television stations in Russia, with a combined audience of 98 per cent of the country’s...