Putin has successfully managed to persuade his fellow citizens that he and Russia are one and the same. на русском языке
The Donbas separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian army with the help of volunteers from all over the world – like the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9.
Four Crimean residents are facing up to 20 years in prison for protesting against the Russian annexation of the peninsula.
Russia has been fanning the fires of separatism in Ukraine, but the government is not so keen on separatism at home.
On 24 July, the Moscow City Court sentenced Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the left wing of the Russian opposition, to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Cossacks have always been loyal to the Kremlin. The crisis in Ukraine has only confirmed that loyalty.
Human rights defenders in Russia have released data on the numbers of Russians arrested at protests; and what they were protesting about.
The National Liberation Movement, led by Yevgeny Fyorodov, a Duma Deputy, believes that Russia has been occupied by the Americans, that the US has been drafting Russia's laws... But the NLM has a plan to save Russia. на русском языке
Members of BORN, a Russian ultranationalist group, will soon face trial for murder. They have been linked with Centre E and the presidential administration in Moscow; and with ‘Svoboda’ and ‘Pravy Sektor’ in Kyiv.
