Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Sunday, March 01, 2026
Jeffrey Sachs: “US Will Fail” in Iran War | Israel a Terror State? | Russia & China’s Next Move
Friday, February 27, 2026
Steve Rosenberg: Russian Newspaper Refers to “the Machine of Persecution & Punishment” in Today's Russia
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Four Years into Its Full-scale War in Ukraine, Russia Is Feeling the Effects
BBC: At first glance, Yelets in winter looks like something from a Russian fairy tale.
From the embankment I spy the golden domes of Orthodox churches and, down below, ice fishermen dotted along the frozen river.
But in this town, 350km (217 miles) south of Moscow, the fairy tale feeling is transient.
On the riverbank I spot an army recruitment billboard. It promises a one-off sum equivalent to £15,000 to anyone who'll sign up to fight in Ukraine.
Close by there's a poster of a Russian soldier taking aim with a Kalashnikov.
"We're there where we need to be," the accompanying slogan declares.
The Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Outside Russia it was widely seen as an attempt to force Kyiv back into Moscow's orbit and to overturn the entire post-Cold War security architecture in Europe.
The Russian leadership envisaged a short and successful military operation.
It didn't go to plan. » | Steve Rosenberg, Russia editor, in Lipetsk | Monday, February 23, 2026
From the embankment I spy the golden domes of Orthodox churches and, down below, ice fishermen dotted along the frozen river.
But in this town, 350km (217 miles) south of Moscow, the fairy tale feeling is transient.
On the riverbank I spot an army recruitment billboard. It promises a one-off sum equivalent to £15,000 to anyone who'll sign up to fight in Ukraine.
Close by there's a poster of a Russian soldier taking aim with a Kalashnikov.
"We're there where we need to be," the accompanying slogan declares.
The Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Outside Russia it was widely seen as an attempt to force Kyiv back into Moscow's orbit and to overturn the entire post-Cold War security architecture in Europe.
The Russian leadership envisaged a short and successful military operation.
It didn't go to plan. » | Steve Rosenberg, Russia editor, in Lipetsk | Monday, February 23, 2026
What Is Putin's Plan after Four Years of War in Ukraine? | Global News Podcast
Feb 23, 2026 | We take a look at Russia, its leader, and its people, after four years of war in Ukraine. What is Vladimir Putin's end game? Have his talks with US President Donald Trump emboldened him? And what does the Russian public make of the conflict, as casualties rise and the economy struggles?
We speak to the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, one of the few Western journalists covering the Kremlin from inside the country.
We speak to the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, one of the few Western journalists covering the Kremlin from inside the country.
Steve Rosenberg: "Russia Needs a Military Alliance" Says Russian Paper.
Monday, February 23, 2026
Ben Hodges: Europe Has the Power — But Not the Political Will | DW News
Feb 20, 2026 | Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war is far from over — and its outcome remains uncertain.
DW’s Washington Bureau Chief sits down with retired U.S. General Ben Hodges for a blunt conversation about what went wrong and what comes next. Hodges criticizes U.S. leadership for lacking a clear objective, calls Trump’s negotiation strategy “doomed from the start,” and explains how NATO emerged stronger with the addition of Sweden and Finland.
He also delivers a stark message to Europe: the power to stop Russia exists — but the political will does not.
DW’s Washington Bureau Chief sits down with retired U.S. General Ben Hodges for a blunt conversation about what went wrong and what comes next. Hodges criticizes U.S. leadership for lacking a clear objective, calls Trump’s negotiation strategy “doomed from the start,” and explains how NATO emerged stronger with the addition of Sweden and Finland.
He also delivers a stark message to Europe: the power to stop Russia exists — but the political will does not.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
What Russia Was Like Before the Revolution?
Feb 17, 2026 | Before the Bolsheviks, before Lenin and Stalin, before the Soviet Union even existed, Russia was a different world. It was the last absolute monarchy in Europe, ruled by a Tsar who claimed divine right, where peasants still lived in conditions barely changed since medieval times, and where revolutionary ideas were spreading among workers, intellectuals, and soldiers exhausted by war. Understanding pre-revolutionary Russia is essential to understanding why the revolution happened at all.
This video explores what life was actually like in Imperial Russia before 1917. We examine the rigid class system: the tiny aristocracy living in luxury, the growing middle class in cities, and the vast majority—peasants who had only been freed from serfdom in 1861 but still lived in poverty, illiteracy, and desperation. We look at Tsar Nicholas II's autocratic rule, the brutal secret police (Okhrana), and a government that violently suppressed dissent while refusing meaningful reform.
We explore the industrialization that was transforming cities like St. Petersburg and Moscow, creating a new working class crammed into slums, working 12-hour shifts in dangerous factories for barely enough to survive. We examine the growing revolutionary movements—Social Democrats, Social Revolutionaries, anarchists—who debated how to overthrow the system, and the 1905 Revolution that nearly succeeded before being crushed.
We also look at World War I's catastrophic impact: millions of Russian soldiers killed or wounded, food shortages in cities, inflation destroying what little wealth people had, and a government completely unprepared for modern war. By early 1917, Russia was collapsing—and the revolution became inevitable.
This is about understanding the powder keg that exploded into revolution, the old world that was dying, and why so many Russians were ready to tear it all down.
This video explores what life was actually like in Imperial Russia before 1917. We examine the rigid class system: the tiny aristocracy living in luxury, the growing middle class in cities, and the vast majority—peasants who had only been freed from serfdom in 1861 but still lived in poverty, illiteracy, and desperation. We look at Tsar Nicholas II's autocratic rule, the brutal secret police (Okhrana), and a government that violently suppressed dissent while refusing meaningful reform.
We explore the industrialization that was transforming cities like St. Petersburg and Moscow, creating a new working class crammed into slums, working 12-hour shifts in dangerous factories for barely enough to survive. We examine the growing revolutionary movements—Social Democrats, Social Revolutionaries, anarchists—who debated how to overthrow the system, and the 1905 Revolution that nearly succeeded before being crushed.
We also look at World War I's catastrophic impact: millions of Russian soldiers killed or wounded, food shortages in cities, inflation destroying what little wealth people had, and a government completely unprepared for modern war. By early 1917, Russia was collapsing—and the revolution became inevitable.
This is about understanding the powder keg that exploded into revolution, the old world that was dying, and why so many Russians were ready to tear it all down.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Is Russia Getting Ready to Wage War on Europe?
Friday, February 20, 2026
Is Graham Out of His Mind? Imperial US Is an Ally No More!
Feb 19, 2026 | Silicon Bites Ep288 | 2026-02-18 | All the evidence points to the U.S. no longer being an ally of Europe. But it’s not a neutral or indifferent stance. It’s actively malicious, meddling, malignant and intentionally destabilising. The evidence is all around, and yet Rubio still got a standing ovation at the MSC. Could there be any greater show of craven weakness and appeasement to an increasingly tyrannical, capricious and imperial U.S.?!
This episode: the Munich Meltdown and the “Kremlin Vassal” Tour, of Hungary and Slovakia: Graham’s unseemly tantrum, Rubio’s weasel words, and the Geneva so-called ‘peace conference’ squeeze on Ukraine. The U.S. is being unfair to Ukraine, and to everyone, except Vladimir Putin and his client states. Isn’t this clear to everyone yet?
This episode: the Munich Meltdown and the “Kremlin Vassal” Tour, of Hungary and Slovakia: Graham’s unseemly tantrum, Rubio’s weasel words, and the Geneva so-called ‘peace conference’ squeeze on Ukraine. The U.S. is being unfair to Ukraine, and to everyone, except Vladimir Putin and his client states. Isn’t this clear to everyone yet?
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Our Man in Moscow: Inside Putin's Russia | BBC Panorama
Feb 11, 2026 | Russia has become one of the most challenging places in the world to be a journalist, where reporters face threats of intimidation, expulsion and imprisonment.
BBC Panorama has followed a year in the life of the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, as he tries to walk the tightrope during a time of geopolitical upheaval. He is confronted by police, suspected spies pop up and local TV crews doorstep him – all while doing his job as a reporter. Steve also reflects on how Russia has changed in the more than 30 years he has been living there.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he hosted the country’s Eurovision Song Contest, but now he is mocked on national television, with one pundit describing him as an enemy of the state.
BBC Panorama has followed a year in the life of the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, as he tries to walk the tightrope during a time of geopolitical upheaval. He is confronted by police, suspected spies pop up and local TV crews doorstep him – all while doing his job as a reporter. Steve also reflects on how Russia has changed in the more than 30 years he has been living there.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he hosted the country’s Eurovision Song Contest, but now he is mocked on national television, with one pundit describing him as an enemy of the state.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026
”God Is With Us” — Extraordinary Art Exhibition in Moscow
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Russia Killed Alexei Navalny with Frog Toxin, UK and Four European Allies Say
THE GUARDIAN: Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was killed by dart frog poison administered by the Russian state two years ago, a multi-intelligence agency inquiry has found, according to a statement released by five countries, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
The US was not one of the intelligence agencies making the claim.
Navalny died in a remote Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. Samples from his body were secured before his burial and sent to the laboratories of two countries. » | Patrick Wintour in Munich | Saturday, February 14, 2026
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was killed by dart frog poison administered by the Russian state two years ago, a multi-intelligence agency inquiry has found, according to a statement released by five countries, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
The US was not one of the intelligence agencies making the claim.
Navalny died in a remote Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. Samples from his body were secured before his burial and sent to the laboratories of two countries. » | Patrick Wintour in Munich | Saturday, February 14, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Sunday, February 08, 2026
Steve Rosenberg: Reading Russia Weekend Extra: Memories of a NATO Visit to Moscow.
Friday, February 06, 2026
Steve Rosenberg: “Several Think Tanks Warning of a Recession in Russia": Russian Paper
Thursday, February 05, 2026
Was Jeffrey Epstein Trying to Blackmail People for Russia Using Compromising Material? | DW News
Feb 5, 2026 | Last Friday, US authorities released another batch of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein, if you need reminding, was a convicted sex offender. He died in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting another trial for running a sex trafficking operation involving underage girls. The latest release – made up of more than 3 million documents, images, and videos – gives new insights into Epstein's ties to the rich and powerful.
It is also fuelling speculation that Epstein could have been working for Russia. The suspicion is that Epstein would lure his powerful connections into sexual encounters, which were then used for the purposes of blackmail.
This tactic is synonymous with Russian intelligence, who have their very own name for this compromising material: 'kompromat'. At least one European leader appears to be taking the potential Russian connection very seriously – Polish prime minister Donald Tusk. He has ordered a probe into whether Epstein's activities were directed by the Kremlin.
It is also fuelling speculation that Epstein could have been working for Russia. The suspicion is that Epstein would lure his powerful connections into sexual encounters, which were then used for the purposes of blackmail.
This tactic is synonymous with Russian intelligence, who have their very own name for this compromising material: 'kompromat'. At least one European leader appears to be taking the potential Russian connection very seriously – Polish prime minister Donald Tusk. He has ordered a probe into whether Epstein's activities were directed by the Kremlin.
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