As one wise Baltic leader has put it, if the Russians come back this time, and with Putin’s program of the ethnic supremacy of Russians, Moscow will not be constrained by communism and the results will be truly tragic.
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The Greatest Danger in Helsinki: New ‘Secret Protocols’ or Simply ‘Understandings’
“Trump de facto represents [only] himself and not the American government,” says Russian commentator Sergei Markov.
What Do You Call a Successful Terrorist? Your Excellency!
President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore this evening. The US decided in advance not to raise the issue of North Korea’s abysmal human rights situation, including its brutal labor camp system.
For Political Modernization to Happen, Armed Elites Must Be Forced to Play by the Rules, Sokolov Says
The only active political machine in the country consists of the regional…FSB, which control investigations, the courts, the criminal world, and officials including governors who control financial flows and major business.
In Third World War Now Going On, ‘Russia has No Allies,’ Venediktov Says
A third world war has been going on since at least NATO’s bombing of Belgrade in 1999, says Ekho Moskvy editor-in-chief Aleksei Venediktov.
Trump Helping Putin by Making Kremlin Leader Look Restrained and Rational, Kotsyubinsky Says
“In the international competition of nuclear idiotism, as before US President Donald Trump has a convincing lead,” says Russian historian Daniil Kotsyubinsky.
Five Truly Terrifying Messages of Russian Propaganda This Week
Prof. Valery Solovey of MGIMO analyzes Russia’s five current major propaganda messages.
Moscow’s Development of Poisons Like One Used against Skripal has Long History and Dark Shadow
Feliks Kubin, a Russian who defected to the US in 2013, says that he was approached before that time by FSB counter-intelligence officers who wanted him to help develop fast-acting poisons that Moscow could use against its opponents.
Costs of Putin’s Syrian Campaign Beggaring Russia
Moscow’s spending on Vladimir Putin’s much-ballyhooed military campaign in defense of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is leading to enormous cutbacks in its spending on health, education and welfare for the Russian people.
Russian Private Military Companies Rapidly Growing Sector, Participants and Experts Say
Russian Private Military Companies Rapidly Growing Sector, Participants and Experts Say 2018-03-02 05:30:53 Photo via URA.ru from depositphotos.com Staunton, February 24, 2018 — Private military companies are a highly profitable growth sector because both the Russian government and business increasingly rely on them, their employees and outside experts say. And because of that, Duma members say, […]