Tag: Dmitry Bykov

Putin’s Anti-Maidan Movement Won’t Be Any More Capable of Blocking Change than Nicholas II’s Black Hundreds, Bykov Says

March 11, 2015

Staunton, March 11 – Vladimir Putin’s Anti-Maidan movement has received a great deal of media attention, but it will not be any more capable of stopping change and even revolutionary change in Russia once the number of dissatisfied Russians reaches “critical mass,” according to Dmitry Bykov. That has not yet happened, the Moscow commentator says, […]

Putin’s Anti-Maidan Movement Won’t Be Any More Capable of Blocking Change than Nicholas II’s Black Hundreds, Bykov Says

Staunton, March 11 – Vladimir Putin’s Anti-Maidan movement has received a great deal of media attention, but it will not be any more capable of stopping change and even revolutionary change in Russia once the number of dissatisfied Russians reaches “critical mass,” according to Dmitry Bykov. That has not yet happened, the Moscow commentator says, […]

Russia This Week: Opposition Protests Vote Fraud at Civic Chamber (26-30 May)

May 30, 2014

Updated Daily. A critical review of Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide by noted Russian intelligence and cybersecurity expert Andrei Soldatov reveals how little is known about Snowden in Russia. Another NGO has lost its court case attempting to challenge the prosecutor’s designation of “foreign agent,” even as the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that […]

Like All Aggressors, Putin Must Continue Attack or Risk Appearing to Be Backing Down, Bykov Says

March 19, 2014

Staunton, March 19 – Despite Vladimir Putin’s assurance that he won’t seek to absorb more of Ukraine than he has done already, the Kremlin leader almost certainly will continue his offensive approach there and elsewhere lest he look to himself or to his supporters as if he is backing down in the face of international […]

Like All Aggressors, Putin Must Continue Attack or Risk Appearing to Be Backing Down, Bykov Says

Staunton, March 19 – Despite Vladimir Putin’s assurance that he won’t seek to absorb more of Ukraine than he has done already, the Kremlin leader almost certainly will continue his offensive approach there and elsewhere lest he look to himself or to his supporters as if he is backing down in the face of international […]