Tag: August

Ukraine Live Day 540: Russian-Backed Forces Continue Shelling With Grads And Heavy Artillery

August 11, 2015

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Both Putin’s Supporters And His Opponents Overestimate Him

February 26, 2015

Staunton, February 24 – Both those who support Vladimir Putin and those who oppose him overestimate the Kremlin leader, Vitaly Portnikov says, with the former assuming there is nothing he cannot do and the latter explaining away their own shortcomings and failures by making the same assumption. As a result, the former assume that whatever […]