[authorbox authorid="61" title="The Author"]
F ollowing his re-election on 18 March, Russia’s old and new president Vladimir Putin was inaugurated in the Kremlin on 07 May. Both the dates of the election and the inauguration…
[authorbox authorid="83" title="The Author"]
A t Tuesday’s press conference with Turkey’s President Erdogan, the best Theresa May could muster in the form of condemnation of Turkey’s human rights abuses was a pious reminder: “I have…
[toggler title="Editor’s Note" ] ‘zapret’ (запрет) is the Russian word for ‘ban’. [/toggler]
T here is much to unpack in the US Treasury Department’s latest sanctions expansion, announced on 6 April. Seven Russians explicitly labeled…
W e are living in the world where the facts "who makes" and "where it is made" are much more important than "what for" issue. Nowadays the world political scene is divided between superpowers supported…
[authorbox authorid="65" title="The Author"]
L otus Coffman, the fifth president of the University of Minnesota, said: "The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated…
[authorbox authorid="71" title="The Author"]
T hese days data from the Syrian regime leaked out, including lists of people wanted by the authorities. Names count over one million, including mine.
The lists include the names of the…
[authorbox authorid="56" title="The Author"]
I n the days following Vladimir Putin’s “electoral victory”, we have seen the usual mix of indignation, humor and derision aimed at the deplorable situation within the Russian Federation. People laugh at…
[authorbox authorid="42" title="The Author"]
T he results of yesterday’s voting for Russian Presidential elections hardly came as a surprise for anybody. Former President Vladimir Putin was re-elected to his fourth term with an overwhelming majority,…
[authorbox authorid="81" title="The Author"]
[toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe.[/toggler]
C urrent relations between the EU and Russia have been frozen for a long time. Some…
[authorbox authorid="61" title="The Author"]
[toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe.[/toggler]
“For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no…