Dmitry Babich

Dmitry Babich, born in Moscow in 1970, has worked for various media outlets for 25 years, including the Moscow News, RIA Novosti news agency, and Sputnik International. He is currently editor at InoSMI Internet media project, and is a frequent guest on BBC, Al Jazeera and CNN, commenting on international affairs and history.

West rushes to accuse Moscow of ‘Novichok-type’ poisoning of Navalny… but would Russia really have reason to get rid of him? Opinion
The reaction of Western media and officials to German claims that Russian protest leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned by a “Novichok-type substance” has been disproportionately swift and emotional compared to Russia's own reaction.
Sep 2, 2020 22:41
Lukashenko: Short-term victory, long-term defeat Opinion
After two nights of protests following the presidential election in Belarus, it’s clear that the formal winner, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko, might have won tactically – but he definitely lost strategically.
Aug 11, 2020 12:51
Liberal media puzzled: Openly gay Brnabic & Weidel prefer hard work to aggressive PC campaigning Opinion
Western ultra-liberals and conservatives seem to forget the real European values, where tolerance is based on respect for a person’s private life and professional qualities are put above belonging to minority groups.
Aug 8, 2019 16:33
The West’s new ‘values-based’ racism Opinion
Psychologists say that every war first starts in human hearts – with the dehumanization of one’s opponent. The current sad state of Russia’s relations with the US and the EU is characterized by exactly that – dehumanization.
Jan 30, 2018 18:08
Twice a victim: Poland destroying monuments honoring Soviet soldiers' war sacrifice Opinion
In Poland, the destruction of monuments to the Soviet soldiers who drove the German Nazis out of the country in 1944-1945 has filled the cup of patience of Russian authorities.
Sep 23, 2017 16:34
Russia favors UN peacekeepers to Donbass – but Kiev still not satisfied Opinion
As Russian and Ukrainian representatives head to New York for the session of the United Nations’ General Assembly, it is becoming clear that each delegation will propose its own variation of a draft resolution for the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Sep 13, 2017 15:10
Hello Stalin! US media frets over 'foreign agents' amid reports on mythical 'Russian Atlantis' Opinion
Soviet Stalinism, denounced so many times for encouraging 'vigilant' citizens to report on the other, less vigilant ones, is now being reborn in many media and political circles in the United States and Western Europe.
Jul 15, 2017 10:24
Former Russian MP killed in Kiev: Moscow guilty by default? Opinion
The murder in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev of the former deputy of the Russian State Duma, Denis Voronenkov, was quickly interpreted as “a Russian crime” by both Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the anti-Russia hawks in the West.
Mar 25, 2017 16:59
Churkin’s death: Why ‘nasty jesters’ from Ukraine operate with impunity? Opinion
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov came out with an angry but justified reaction to Ukraine’s move to block a UNSC statement on the death of Moscow’s envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin.
Feb 22, 2017 16:45
A new crisis in the Balkans: Made in the EU Opinion
Will Donald Trump’s presidency be a moment of truth for Serbia-Kosovo relations, or is the Balkans issue off the radar for the new administration?
Jan 22, 2017 12:42

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