Day: December 14, 2018

14 декабря 2018, 20:42

Полицейский обвинен в пытках жителя Кабардино-Балкарии

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Is Putin Grooming His Daughter to Succeed Him? Some Russians Think So

Paul Goble

Staunton, December 13 – The appearance of Vladimir Putin’s daughter on Russian television has prompted Pavel Lokshin, the Moscow correspondent of Germany’s Die Welt newspaper to raise the possibility that the Kremlin leader may be grooming her to be his successor, something that might allow him to remain in power while no longer in office. Read more →

Friday, December 14, 2018

A Milestone or a Millstone? Duma Passes 8,000th Law

Paul Goble

Staunton, December 13 – Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said yesterday that the lower house of the Russian parliament has now passed its 8,000^th law. Not insignificantly, it was written by the notorious Irina Yarovaya and tightened control over regional governments (znak.com/2018-12-13/gosduma_rf_prinyala_vosmitysyachnyy_zakon_avtor_yarovaya). Read more →

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Clash Between Chechen and Ingush Inmates in KBR Prison Camp Worries Grozny

Paul Goble

Staunton, December 12 – A recent clash between Chechen and Ingush inmates in a Kabardino-Balkaria prison colony has attracted a delegation of senior Chechen officials who said they were checking “rumors” the prisoners’ rights had been violated. Prison officials denied that and that the fighting had anything to do with nationality (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/329018/). Read more →

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Twenty-Four Years Ago Today, Moscow Attacked Chechnya, Triggering a War that Changed Everything

Paul Goble

Staunton, December 11 – Most people today are focusing on bidding farewell to Lyudmila Alekseyeva, the great human rights activists that Vladimir Putin is trying to coopt as one of his own, or to the centenary of the birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose slogan “live not by lies” played an essential role in unmasking and then destroying the Soviet system. Read more →