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    The Kremlin’s Candidate
    Apr28

    The Kremlin’s Candidate

    Back when he hosted a prime-time talk show on MSNBC, Ed Schultz divided the world into heroes and villains. The heroes usually included Democrats like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The villains were most Republicans, and especially Donald J. Trump. When Trump obsessed over Obama’s birth certificate and academic credentials in 2011,...

    Obama’s European Folly
    Apr28

    Obama’s European Folly

    President Barack Obama’s recent — and most probably the last — visit to Europe was a failure. It could have turned the tide of declining relationship but ended up as a lackluster Good-bye toast. Multiple acts of terrorism in France and Belgium — and their intrinsic connection with the Syrian inferno — have threatened...

    Crimean Tatar Leader: Ban on Representative Body Act of ‘Updated Soviet Union’
    Apr27

    Crimean Tatar Leader: Ban on Representative Body Act of ‘Updated Soviet Union’

    The international community is criticizing Moscow for the decision by the Supreme Court in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, to ban the Mejlis, the executive representative body of the Crimean Tatars, as an “extremist organization.” In rendering its decision Tuesday, the court was following the lead of Russia’s...

    Savchenko’s Lawyer Says She Has Received Forms For Extradition
    Apr27

    Savchenko’s Lawyer Says She Has Received Forms For Extradition

    Jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko has received official forms needed for her to be extradited from Russia to Ukraine, her lawyer says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Nuclear Deterrence: Still Relevant Against Russia
    Apr27

    Nuclear Deterrence: Still Relevant Against Russia

    Constance Baroudos Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, ICBM, National Security, Pentagon, Defense, United States, Russia, China Russia continues to modernize its nuclear triad of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), bombers, and ballistic-missile submarines in spite of economic troubles at home. According to a new Gallup poll 18 percent of...

    Former NATO Ambassador Urges Alliance to Counter Russian Narrative
    Apr27

    Former NATO Ambassador Urges Alliance to Counter Russian Narrative

    NATO should actively counter the Kremlin’s claim that the Western military alliance is expanding with the aim of threatening Russia, says a former U.S. ambassador to NATO. Russia’s new national security strategy, signed by President Vladimir Putin earlier this year, identifies NATO expansion as the number one threat to Russia. It says...

    US Urges Ukraine to Jail Corrupt Officials
    Apr27

    US Urges Ukraine to Jail Corrupt Officials

    The United States is urging Ukraine to start jailing corrupt officials, after months of political turmoil that has delayed billions of dollars in foreign loans. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said in Kyiv Wednesday that she was encouraged by Ukraine’s commitment to reforms but stressed...

    Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area
    Apr27

    Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area

    Image: Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power plant. Photo by Bouarf (CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikipedia) Armenia was supposed to have a new nuclear power plant this year that would replace one that National Geographic suggested a few years ago was the most dangerous in the world. The new plant was to have twice the electrical-generating capacity of the...

    Civilians Die As Shells Rip Apart Cars Near Donetsk
    Apr27

    Civilians Die As Shells Rip Apart Cars Near Donetsk

    Ukrainian government and Russia-backed separatist forces traded accusations about responsibility for a deadly shelling of civilians on a roadway near Donestsk. Local authorities reported at least five people died near a checkpoint in the separatist-controlled area. (RFE/RL’s Current Time TV) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...

    Russian Wine Prices Spike Amid Financial Crisis
    Apr27

    Russian Wine Prices Spike Amid Financial Crisis

    Russia’s financial crisis continues to hit the alcohol industry hard, as wine prices are up by as much as 15 percent among some brands, exceeding winemakers’ bleak projections. Russia is caught in an economic recession brought on by an unstable ruble, volatile oil prices, and the effects of a ban on many Western food imports. Its...