In the North Caucasus region, the Russian president even before moving to Chechnya visited two other autonomous republics, Kabardino-Balkar and North Ossetia, where, two weeks before the anniversary, he honored the memory of the victims of the Beslan school massacre. In September 2004, 334 people, including 186 children, died there during an attempt to free … Read more
Surprising new claims may shed light on why Vladimir Putin so eagerly freed the murderer Vadim Krasikov from a German prison and brought him back to Russia. The 58-year-old state assassin was instrumental in the deal that freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, falsely accused by Moscow of espionage. When Krasikov landed, Putin shook … Read more
“First we’ll clear Ukraine of fascists and banders, then we’ll go after Google and Wikipedia,” proclaimed last summer the head of the non-profit organization League of Safe Internet, which now and then appears in the official media or travels to large school debates in different parts of Russia. It is also sharply defined against people … Read more
