Putin, Stalin and the Ever-Changing Meanings of Victory Day
At precisely 10 a.m. Moscow time Monday, thousands of Russian soldiers and sailors will have begun to parade into Red…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Tag: Putin
Is Moldova Next Stop on Putin’s Outrage Tour?
Russian news outlet quoted Major General Rustam Minnekaev, who commands troops in central Russia, declared that a goal of the…
Putin’s Sunken Battleship Exposes Military Deficiencies
Showcase battleship turns out to be floating Potemkin village.
Tsar Putin the Crazy or Master Manipulator? Maybe Both.
He features himself a history expert, even if he gets accounts of Russia’s past wrong. He throws judo masters to…
Central Asia Faces Grim Reality of Putin’s Wrath
Escaping Russia’s grip won’t be easy. It’s not clear whether Central Asian leaders will blame Moscow or the West for…
Why Does Putin Hate Odessa? And Ukraine, Too?
A statue of Catherine the Great, 18th Century Russian Empress, stands in the center of a main square of besieged…
Ukraine Pits US vs China. Up Next, Taiwan.
The Ukraine war has added a new layer of hostility between the United States and China, with Beijing formally pleading…
To View Ukraine’s Future, Look at Chechnya, 2000
Of the wars Russians have fought since the last years of the Soviet Union and in the decades since it…
Putin Goes for Renewal of Soviet-style Power to Bully Neighbors
Let the games begin, and I don’t mean the just-concluded Beijing Winter Olympics. Rather, it’s the pending Russian invasion of…
Putin to Ukraine: Submit or Else
Military intimidation from Russia and, in reaction, threats of economic punishment from the West suggest there’s no end in sight…