Even for those who supported the war, the May 30, 2023 Ukrainian UAV attack on Moscow was a dramatic event in Russia's war with Ukraine, heralding that the conflict had ceased to be "something on the TV screen," and now may affect even the privileged citizens of the capital.
The May 30, 2023 Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow confirmed the accuracy of the title of the column by a senior Russian commentator published a week ago.
The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS MEMRI Daily Brief No. 482 – Defiance And Death: Dominique Venner Ten Years Later, May 19, 2023 Special Dispatch No. 10619 – Russian Journalist Nikiforova: Russia Is In The Same
The war in Ukraine has created a labor shortage in Russia, which has attracted labor migrants from the central Asian states, the former Soviet republics. This in turn has led to tensions between Russians and the migrants. The head of the Russian Federation's Investigative Committee, reported "group attacks by migrants designed to humiliate Russians." According to Bastrykin,
The visit to Russia by Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu that began on April 16, 2023, was, to a large extent, evocative of the visit made by China's President Xi Jinping less than a month earlier.[1]It began with a sit-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin and took place in an atmosphere of great positivity. One senior journalist described it as part of a continued