News and Analysis: Russia

Not one step back!

70th anniversary of the people’s victory at Stalingrad

February 5, 2013

On Feb. 2, the people of the former Soviet Union—now dismantled by capitalist counter-revolution—celebrated the 70th anniversary of the victory at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Pussy Riot and the NGO “human rights” hypocrites

Manipulating the unjust sentence to further Western imperialist agenda

August 24, 2012

One cannot discuss the unjust Pussy Riot verdict without looking at the case in the greater global context.

US fuels new arms race in Asia

Brian Becker speaks to RT about Leon Panetta's Trip to India

June 6, 2012

Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, analyzes U.S. military strategy on RT and President Obama's "pivot toward Asia," which marks an escalation of military assertiveness by the Pentagon against China and Russia.

Wildfires and resulting smog ravage Russia

Effects of environmental crisis magnified by destruction of socialism

August 24, 2010

While a cold front that started Aug. 19 has ended the two-month heat wave in Russia, the heat had caused wildfires to rage through a region east of Moscow, and the city itself was covered in smog that caused a severe health crisis.

The new START agreement raises false hopes

Iran and North Korea remain in the nuclear crosshairs

April 16, 2010

On April 8, Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague. In his speech at the signing, President Obama projected a sentiment of good will toward the peoples of the world and called for an end to nuclear aggression--at the same time making it clear to Iran and North Korea that they continue to be in the nuclear crosshairs of the United States.

Fall of Berlin Wall aftermath: social and economic hardship

In brief

November 13, 2009

As the capitalist press celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, residents of Russia and the former Soviet bloc countries lamented the social and economic hardships resulting from the traumatic transition to capitalism.

Russian Revolution still a shining example

On the 92nd anniversary of the world-shaking event

November 7, 2009

When the majority of workers, peasants and soldiers took over state power, for the first time in the history of class society a country was not controlled by a tiny group of monarchists, capitalists or other exploiting class.

U.N. reports massive population drop in Russia

Capitalist counterrevolution spells disaster for Russian workers

October 9, 2009

According to an Oct. 5 United Nations report, Russia's population has fallen by 6.6 million people since 1993. It is predicted that by 2025, the population of Russia could fall by as much as 11 million people.

Lenin's contributions

April 22 was Marxist revolutionary's birthday

April 30, 2009

Lenin and the Bolshevik Party did something that had never been done before in history. They helped lead the first successful socialist revolution. The Russian Revolution inspired the world’s oppressed masses and helped change the world relationship of forces.

The role of leadership in revolutionary struggle - Lenin's April Theses

Lenin's April Theses

April 3, 2009

The article below was first published in Socialism and Liberation in April 2005. The 1917 Russian Revolution was the first time in history that the working class seized and held power, organizing a workers state in the interest of the vast majority of toilers rather than a rich minority elite.

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