Failure of Kremlin’s ‘Trump is Ours’ plan leading it to rethink Ukraine policy, Piontkovsky says
The failure of Vladimir Putin to get a sit down with Donald Trump represents “the agony of [the…
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US sanctions against Russia
Russian-American relations will fundamentally change on February 2, Piontkovsky says
The August 2, 2017 law to counter Russian aggression requires that the Trump Administration identify in a report…
Putin blames West for all of Russia’s problems but refuses to criticize Trump
Speaking to this year’s Valdai Conference, Vladimir Putin delivered a speech blaming the West for all of Russia’s…
Is Trump’s delay in imposing new sanctions playing into a larger Moscow game to lift them?
Many Russian commentators are suggesting that Donald Trump’s refusal to impose Congress-mandated sanctions on Russian leaders is an…
Putin’s system is irreversibly collapsing, says Piontkovsky
The future of Vladimir Putin and system of power he created will be determined in the next few…
Arms race, on top of sanctions, destroyed the USSR and will destroy Russia
Vladimir Putin’s plans to spend more money on rearmament is “a squandering of valuable natural and labor resources,…
Putin and Trump may have chemistry but they don’t have physics to make a deal, Portnikov says
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may have achieved a certain “chemistry” at their meeting in Hamburg, as US…
Russia considering introducing Islamic banking to get around Western sanctions
Facing ever greater difficulty in raising money in the West because of sanctions and calls by its own…
US sanctions on Russia effective, don’t hurt American economy, report finds
A new independent report released on 22 March 2017 shows that US sanctions against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine have…
Putin has provoked US to take steps that threaten Gazprom, his own ‘purse,’ Portnikov says
In advance of the G-20 summit in China, both Moscow and Washington have sent powerful signals of their…
US-Russia trade flourishes despite sanctions
The sanctions against Russia are causing significant problems for European companies – by contrast, their American competitors are…
Finally written off. How the West will restrain Putin
According to Putin, at the G-20 summit in Australia, “the media somewhat increased the tensions,” however “reality and…
Careful Optimism or What Would Have Done (or Would Do) Ronald Reagan with the Situation in Crimea
8 March 2014 'I am not going to start that World War III because of you" General Michael…