Another in our series of translations of the latest Carnegie Politika articles. Oil and Reputation: What a New War in the Middle East Means for Russia Russian leadership tends to value tactical gains over long-term planning, so it may well believe that a new crisis in the Middle East is more likely to play intoContinueContinue reading “Oil and Reputation: Russia’s Wins and Losses from the Israeli-Iranian Conflict – Carnegie Politika”
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Declassified Russian Documents Spell Out Europe Campaign to Disrupt Trump’s Ukrainian Peace Efforts
On 5 June 2025, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) published two declassified human intelligence reports on European efforts to stifle the peace-building process being explored by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to “resolve “resolve the Ukraine crisis.” The first report, supposedly received by the SVR in late March 2025, stating thatContinueContinue reading “Declassified Russian Documents Spell Out Europe Campaign to Disrupt Trump’s Ukrainian Peace Efforts”
Here’s Why LGBT+ is Russia’s Main Domestic Enemy – Carnegie Politika
Photo: Getty Images Another in our series of translations of the latest Carnegie Politika articles. Resolving the Gay Question. Why was LGBT+ designated the main domestic enemy in Russia during the era of the Special Military Operation? Unlike the Soviet approach, Putin’s neo-Victorianism is not directed against same-sex relations as such, or even the peopleContinueContinue reading “Here’s Why LGBT+ is Russia’s Main Domestic Enemy – Carnegie Politika”
Chernobyl: KGB Inexplicably Seeks to Prevent Departure of Foreign Students, Downplays Radiation Threat, 30 April 1986
The following is a translated special report from the head of the KGB of the Ukrainian SSR for Kyiv and Kyiv region L. Bykhov to the first secretary of the Kyiv City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Yu. Yelchenko regarding the growing panic among visiting British students in connection with the Chernobyl accident.ContinueContinue reading “Chernobyl: KGB Inexplicably Seeks to Prevent Departure of Foreign Students, Downplays Radiation Threat, 30 April 1986”
Russia’s Precarious Dance with Yemen – Carnegie Politika
Another in our series of translations of the latest Carnegie Politika articles. Their War and Ours: What Russia is Counting on in the Yemen Conflict Russia, along with Iran, has become one of the few countries actively interacting with the Houthis, including at the diplomatic level. This closeness makes contacts with Russia important for otherContinueContinue reading “Russia’s Precarious Dance with Yemen – Carnegie Politika”
Casting Blame for the Chernobyl Disaster: Foreign Students in Ukraine Chime In
On 30 April 1986, less than four full days after the explosion that rocked the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, an official with the 5th Directorate of the Ukrainian KGB penned a Secret report based on human intelligence sources regarding wild rumors on the source of the catastrophe that had been already been spreading throughout theContinueContinue reading “Casting Blame for the Chernobyl Disaster: Foreign Students in Ukraine Chime In”
Ukrainian KGB Tries to Keep Track of Panicky Foreigners Days After the Chernobyl Disaster
On 26 April 1986, the landscape of Pripyat, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, would change forever. Pripyat was home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, whose Number 4 reactor exploded that day, setting off a chain of horrific events that would cause insurmountable damage and impact tens of thousands of innocent lives. Never oneContinueContinue reading “Ukrainian KGB Tries to Keep Track of Panicky Foreigners Days After the Chernobyl Disaster”
Putin or Stalin – Force or Legitimization: Why Putin Needs Direct Talks – Carnegie Politika
Photo: Getty Images The following is a translation of a remarkable Russian-language article from Carnegie Politika, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP). If you follow current global events but do not subscribe to CEIP’s news feeds or podcasts, do yourself a favor and make that happen today. The article presented today is clearlyContinueContinue reading “Putin or Stalin – Force or Legitimization: Why Putin Needs Direct Talks – Carnegie Politika”
Declassified Interrogation of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Commander: Part 3
We continue our translation of the Russian-language record of the December 1946 interrogation of SS Standartenführer Anton Kaindl who, at the time of his arrest in May 1945, was the commandant of the infamous Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Due to its length, the translation is being published bit by bit throughout the week. In Part One Kaindl described his early yearsContinueContinue reading “Declassified Interrogation of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Commander: Part 3”
Soviet Persecution of Family of Executed Ukrainian Writer Hnat Khotkevych
Please note: The English translation of Ukrainian names and placenames in declassified Russian-language material uses Russian spelling conventions rather than Ukrainian. This is not done with any intent to disrespect the Ukrainian language or people, but is merely a translation convention for historical documents of this sort. The following background information was translated from theContinueContinue reading “Soviet Persecution of Family of Executed Ukrainian Writer Hnat Khotkevych”
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