Russian Newspapers Monitor with Prof. Filip Kovacevic

Russia: We Live in the Post-Western World

In the twenty-second edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from five Russian newspapers: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Izvestia, Sovietskaya Rossiya, and Komsomolskaya Pravda. He discusses the interview of the prominent German geopolitical analyst Alexander Rar, the territorial dispute between NATO member states Denmark and Germany, the status of the Moldova-Transnistria negotiations, the recent activities of the Russian Communist Party, and the sensationalist news story which blames the anti-Putin U.S.

NATO-CFR Allies Pence and Mattis Subvert Trump on Russia

In the twenty-first edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses articles from three Russian newspapers: Izvestia, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. He discusses Russia’s paying the last Soviet Union debts, the Pentagon-Russian Ministry of Defense war of words, U.S. Vice President Michael Pence’s speech at the 2017 Munich Security Conference, the sudden death of the Russian ambassador to the U.N., Vitaly Churkin, and new Russian weapons and military technologies.

Russia Wants to Work with Trump Despite CIA-MI6 Sabotage Efforts

In the twentieth edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from four Russian newspapers: Izvestia, Parlamentskaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and Komsomolskaya Pravda. He discusses the interviews given by the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and the ranking Russian parliamentarian Aleksey Pushkov, the current Ukrainian blockade in the Donbas, the CIA’s warning to its potential Russian informants, and the Russian prankers’ making fun of the U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

Will World War 3 Start in Ukraine?

In the nineteenth of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from four Russian newspapers: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Izvestia, Kommersant, and Komsomolskaya Pravda. He discusses the joint NATO-Ukraine military exercises in the Black Sea, the recent dangerous massing of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass, the improving Russia-Georgia ties, the Russian pro-government take on the victory of Donald Trump, and the range of activities of the U.S. cyber command as seen by one of the best Russian digital technologies expert.

Nuland-McCain-Poroshenko’s Desperate Stand Against Trump-Putin Detente

In the eighteenth edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from four Russian newspapers: Kommersant, Novaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and Izvestia. He discusses the Obama Administration Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland’s resignation, the partial privatization of the Russian state-owned oil company “Rosneft,” the implications of the Trump-Putin phone conversation, the Russian military presence in Kyrgyzstan, and the increased violence in the Donbass.

Will NATO Attack Russia?

In the seventeenth edition of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from five Russian newspapers: Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Kommersant, and Komsomolskaya Pravda. He discusses the NATO plans against Russia, the fate of the anti-Russian EU sanctions, the plans of the Kiev government to arrange a meeting between the president Poroshenko and the U.S. president Donald Trump, the Russian perspective on the U.S.