Waking up in a new world
“Their world is collapsing. Ours is being built”. With these words the chief strategist of French right-wing leader…
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Russia’s nuclear threats and spy games
Last week it was reported that three Russians were arrested on espionage charges. Two Russian citizens and one naturalized US…
MH17: Crime without punishment
It was supposed to be an effective public relations move, creating doubt and sowing distrust among the Western…
Russia is losing the ‘real’ World War 3, Varlamov says
Historically, wars were fought over territory; in the 20th century, they were mostly about resources; today, they are…
Putin-supporting pianist to give concert in Boston – again
On 29 October, Russian pianist Denis Matsuev will give a concert at the New England Conservatory in Boston.…
American diplomats and Russian “special assignments”
A few months ago one of the most prominent newspapers in the US published a series of articles about…
Photo essence of Putin’s “Russian world” in the Donbas
This is [Russian-occupied] Luhansk today. Goats graze weeds growing from cracks in the pavement near the robbed and abandoned…
Wagging the finger: where the West fails to understand Ukraine
I grew up in the West, where few people know much about Ukraine. In the USA—my home country—most…
Ukraine: 25 years of wandering in the desert
It took Moses forty years to lead the Israeli people out of the desert into the Promised Land,…
The Ordinary Fascism
Note with how much love the [Russian] military propagandists talk about everything that brings death to others. On the 55th…
Mr Putin, lay aside your superhero mask, only peace is the way forward
Dear President Putin, I am writing to you, as a simple Western citizen, daring to challenge your policy…
Lackluster journalism on Russo-Ukrainian war from PBS and Pulitzer Center
On July 5, the PBS NewsHour, the nation's longest running nightly news broadcast, aired a report prepared by…
Why the world needs America
On the West Coast the fireworks in honor of the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration…
Brexit, Putin, and ISIS nexus: geopolitical and security dimensions
As Britons are heading for a referendum on June 23rd to decide if they are to remain within the…
“I would sell his Gold Star of Valour in order to save my son, a true hero”
Among the countless advertisements found in a newspaper’s “Buy and Sell” Section, one item for sale has everyone’s…
Ukraine and the French Republican betrayal
Dear Monsieur Mariani, Congratulations! I can only admire your unfailing love for Russia and bow to your perseverance…
Ringing silence: US sending the wrong signal to peoples of Russia
At a time when Vladimir Putin is suppressing media freedom across his country and Russianizing the media space…
USSR dead? Not in Russia-occupied Crimea!
Did you ever think of what basic reason drives some people in Russia-occupied Crimea to support Putin? No,…
Moscow may preemptively boycott Rio Olympiad, Inozemtsev says
Much attention has been devoted to the possibility that the doping scandal that has engulfed Russian sports will…
Russian coverage of Jamala’s victory descends to the level of old Soviet anecdote
The Russian media which had predicted the victory of the Russian competitor in this year’s Eurovision song competition,…