Russia Monitor Articles
“Secret prison” of FSB
The information that the Federal Security Service (the FSB) kidnaps people and then imprisons them in an unknown facility, torturing and forcing testimony prior to their official detention, should not come as a surprise.
Russia controls, Syria bombs
Moscow has done the next step towards an implementation of the plan to create so-called “de-escalation zones” in Syria, which was announced in May.
Russia’s games for Belgrade
It appears that Serbia, under a new president, is more clearly turned towards Russia.
Creeping border
Large military exercises in neighboring “republics”, diplomatic pressure and some border provocations – these are some of the examples of the cruel pressure that Russia exerts on Georgia.
Kremlin filters governors
Everything is going to happen lighting fast, without loud campaigns, the opposition and any second rounds. The Kremlin accelerates the implementation of “the 2017 gubernatorial elections”.
The Potemkin fleet
Russia has always been a land power and its attempts to obtain the status of a naval one always ended in a heavy defeat.
Turkish Stream or South Stream
A threat of the new sanctions to be imposed is hanging like the sword of Damocles and it forces Russia to speed up work on the gas pipeline construction to Turkey.
Malorossiya is a Russian Idea
Leaders of the self-proclaimed people’s republics in the part of Donbass occupied by Russia do not take any significant action without Moscow’s consent.
Moscow Insists on the Dacha Issue
Refraining from reacting after the expulsion of more than 30 Russian diplomats from the United States seems to be one of the strongest arguments for how much the Kremlin had hoped for fruitful cooperation with Donald Trump.
Who Will Combat „The Extremists”?
It seems that the National Guard, Kremlin’s favorite in Russian security apparatus, will – again – grow in power.
Russia Will Stay In Syria for a Long Time
The Russian Federation makes its military presence in the civil war-torn Syria official, which shows once again that the country wants to build its Middle-East fronton there, regardless of the result of the conflict.
Sentences for Killing Nemtsov
It all went according to plan. The executors of Boris Nemtsov’s assassination were found guilty and sentenced to jail. Further links in the conspiracy will remain secret and the investigation will go on for years.
Russia Covers MH17 Tracks
Three years after the Malaysian Boeing airliner flying over Donbass was shot down, new facts seem to come out which may confirm Russia’s responsibility for the disaster.
Problems with the Russian plan for Syria
The plan for the creation of four so-called “de-escalation zones” in Syria, elaborated on by Moscow, is facing more and more obstacles.
Warsaw Institute
