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Ukraine: Arresting Dissidents, Eager for U.S.’s Full Military Support
Trouble is, still, a-brewing in Ukraine (see our P.M. links both today and yesterday) and prominent Republican candidate Ted Cruz seems to think it is our sworn duty to provide the Ukrainians with weapons to fight their enemies foreign and domestic, while the Obama administration is seriously considering it. Stephen Walt in Foreign Policy gave...
Garry Kasparov, Master Chess Player, Speaks Out on the Cold War and the West’s Shameful Appeasement of Putin
Initially posted December 8, 2014. Original text below: “I think we’ve forgotten many important lessons of the Cold war,” says human-rights activist and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. Especially when it comes to dealing with Russian leader Vladimir Putin: “You cannot project weakness….Putin’s game is [not chess but]...
A Drone in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
If you’d like to get a glimpse of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone but don’t feel like sneaking in illegally, check out this video from Danny Cooke, a photographer who gathered footage from the nuclear disaster site both in person and via drone: Cooke put that film together while working on a recent 60 Minutes report on Chernobyl. For a...
Russia Undermining 20 Years of Nuclear Cooperation With U.S.
The U.S.’s relationship with Russia is about to get even more tense. The latter nation announced that it’s going to curtail nuclear cooperation with America, backtracking on the last two decades of security work. The New York Times sheds some light: The message delivered by [Sergey Kirienko, the head of Russia’s state nuclear...
U.S. Criticizes Russia as Troops Pour Into Ukraine
Russia’s military is pouring into Ukraine, and the U.S. has issued some stern words. At a United Nations emergency Security Council meeting yesterday, Ambassador Samantha Power said: Time and again, Russia has made commitments and then failed to live up to them; and subsequently offered explanations to this Council that it knows are untrue....
Russia Launches Another Propaganda Outlet in the West, Claims Miami Is the Next Eastern Ukraine
One of Russia’s most powerful tools has been its propaganda. Get ready for some more wild, outright false claims about the war in Ukraine and a bunch of other issues, because Russia just launched another propaganda outlet, called “Sputnik News,” specifically aimed at an American audience. Sputnik “slickly remixes President...
Obama Administration Issues Stern Warning as Russian Tanks Penetrate Ukraine
Although a two-month ceasefire is still technically in place, Russia’s invasive ground war in Ukraine is escalating. The United States has some stern words for Vladimir Putin over this incursion. Yesterday U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meeha issued this statement on behalf of the White House: We are very concerned...
Kerry to Talk With Russia Tomorrow. Putin Sends Tanks Into Ukraine Today.
Russia is making no effort to conceal its invasive war in Ukraine anymore. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tomorrow to discuss the situation. A Kremlin source tells reporters that the two will have an unofficial “sideline” meeting in Beijing at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
Dozens of Russian Tanks Enter Ukraine
Dozens of tanks and other military vehicles crossed the border into Ukraine from Russia, the government in Kiev said, as tensions between the former Soviet republics threatened to escalate into open war. Military vehicles poured into Ukraine in multiple places and Ukraine’s army is preparing “for an adequate reaction,” military spokesman...
Obama and Putin Likely to Have Informal Talks as Russia Advances on Ukraine
President Barack Obama is likely to have informal talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin as tensions continue to rise over the war in Ukraine. Both the leaders are scheduled to be at the Asia-Pacific (APEC) summit in Beijing and the G20 summit in Brisbane next week. Although an “official bilateral meeting between Obama and Putin [is] not...
