Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny announced this week that he was going on a hunger strike. The move came amid reports that Navalny’s health is deteriorating and his supporters are claiming that the Kremlin is slowly killing him in prison. Continue reading
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this week that there are no discussions underway about unifying Russia and Belarus. Continue reading
Don’t look now, but Russia is modernizing its military infrastructure and expanding its force structure in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad – which borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania. Continue reading
The Kremlin has been busy laying the groundwork to tighten its grip on Russia’s far smaller but strategically important western neighbor. Continue reading
We’ve got Georgia on our minds, but not for good reasons. We’ll unpack the crisis and what it means. Continue reading
The isolation of Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime is intensifying. Continue reading
With Navalny now facing years in prison, the question remains: can his network survive without its leader? Continue reading
Watch Power Vertical Podcast host Brian Whitmore discuss the Navalny Phenomenon with Maria Snegovaya and David Satter in an event sponsored by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Continue reading
Putin’s strategy for leveraging the unrest in Belarus in order to assure Moscow’s long-term dominance over the country. Continue reading
Vladimir Kara-Murza survived two poisoning attempts that were — according to the preponderance of evidence — carried out on the Kremlin’s orders. Continue reading
