Paul Goble

  • One-third of Russian militiamen psychopaths or alcoholics

    By Paul Goble   Nearly one in every three militiamen in Russia is likely a psychopath or an alcoholic, the result, a leading specialist says, of the attraction militia service has for such people, the end of psychological screening of applicants...

  • No Ukrainian language school in Russia for about 2M Ukrainians

    By Paul Goble Ukraine Has Nearly 3,000 Russian-Language Schools, but Russia Doesn’t Have Even a Single Ukrainian-Language One   Despite Moscow’s frequent charges and complaints, Kyiv pays for the operation of nearly 3,000 Russian...

  • Half of Russian University Students ‘Regularly’ Bribe Instructors

    By Paul Goble Up to 50 percent of the students in Russian universities pay bribes to their instructors on a regular basis, and as many as a third of all instructors systematically take them, according to Russian experts who were reacting to a UNESCO...