Politique

Les émigrés de guerre russes rentrent-ils chez eux ? PRO Membres Public
Après l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, des centaines de milliers de Russes ont quitté le pays. La plupart d'entre eux étaient des personnes hautement qualifiées qui pouvaient travailler à distance ou trouver un emploi à l'étranger. Les autorités russes s'en tiennent à leur version selon laquelle la plupart de ceux qui avaient été "effrayés" au début sont revenus depuis.

La Russie n'insiste plus sur le lien entre l'Ukraine et le massacre de la salle de concert de Moscou PRO Membres Public
Les autorités russes semblent avoir discrètement perdu l'envie d'insister sur l'idée que l'Ukraine était liée d'une manière ou d'une autre au pire attentat terroriste perpétré en Russie au cours des deux dernières décennies. Lors du premier anniversaire du massacre du Crocus City Hall, les responsables ont à peine mentionné le lien supposé avec l'Ukraine, ce qu'ils n'ont jamais fait.

La Russie emprisonne pendant 16 ans un dissident qui avait été la cible de Poutine au KGB PRO Membres Public
Un tribunal de Saint-Pétersbourg a condamné Alexander Skobov, un dissident et militant soviétique de 66 ans, à 16 ans de prison pour apologie du terrorisme et adhésion à un groupe terroriste. Skovov a été arrêté pour la première fois il y a plus de quarante ans et Vladimir Poutine faisait partie des officiers du KGB qui ont travaillé sur le dossier de Skobov.

The end of Radio Liberty: What does it mean for Russia? PRO Members Public
President Donald Trump’s decision to liquidate the U.S. Agency for Global Media and stop funding Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has had a particularly strong impact on Russian society – not least because of the important role RFE/RL played throughout Soviet/Russian history. If RFE/RL ceases its

Renowned opposition rapper accused in grooming-and-assault scandal PRO Members Public
Russia’s #MeToo movement resurfaced last week, after journalist Nastya Krasilnikov released an investigation into popular rapper Oxxxymiron, in which he was accused of grooming underage girls and sexually assaulting them once they had turned 16. For more than a decade, the performer has been not only a prominent figure

Moscow revels in Oval Office row between Zelensky and Trump PRO Members Public
Russia can’t get enough of last week’s unprecedented row between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the world’s media in the Oval Office. The growing rift between the United States, Ukraine and Europe gives the Kremlin hope that it can strike a deal normalizing relations

Moscow celebrates after Putin’s conversation with Trump PRO Members Public
With officials preparing for Tuesday’s talks with the US in Saudi Arabia, Russian authorities and state media at home can hardly contain their delight over last week’s phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. It is unclear how the talks will go, or whether the Putin-Trump relationship

Moscow to demolish two Soviet architecture gems PRO Members Public
Moscow has decided to demolish two famous landmarks of the Soviet period: the former building of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) and the Great Moscow State Circus. Moscow's civic authorities have the right to pull down any building which, in their opinion, does not fit with

Opposition infighting: Navalny allies hit back at Katz PRO Members Public
Alexei Navalny’s The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) — run by the late opposition leader’s allies in exile — last week accused the wife of Maxim Katz, a popular opposition blogger, of earning hundreds of thousands of dollars from working with companies close to the Russian authorities. The investigation has prompted another

US aid suspension hits Russian independent media and NGOs PRO Members Public
The decree by US President Donald Trump’s decree halting American aid to foreign countries and suspending the work of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hits exiled Russian media and NGOs hard. For many organizations and publications, grant funding is the sole means they have of ensuring