Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Scribbled Note Shows Slain Opposition Leader Nemtsov On Trail Of Russian Deaths In Ukraine
MOSCOW, March 5 (Reuters) – It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain white sheet of A4 paper. A day before he was shot dead near the Kremlin last week, the Russian opposition figure and his close aide Olga Shorina were discussing a sensitive investigation he was preparing into...
Russia Holds Large-Scale Military Exercises In Disputed Territories
MOSCOW, March 5 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southern Russia and in disputed territories on Russia’s borders. The exercises involve over 2,000 anti-aircraft troops and 500 items of weaponry and will last until April 10, Interfax news agency reported....
Russian-Speaking Jihadists
Last week, New York police arrested three Brooklyn men, immigrants from post-Soviet states Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and charged them with aiding the Islamic State (ISIL). One of the men’s online postings questioned whether it is “possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs while here [in the U.S.]… to shoot Obama and...
Zasyadko Coal Mine Explosion In Eastern Ukraine Kills Dozens, Official Says
DONETSK, Ukraine, March 4 (Reuters) – An early morning mine blast in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people and injured 14, a local official said on Wednesday. Approximately 70 people were working underground at the time of the explosion, a local emergencies ministry official told the Donetsk separatist...
Broadening the Spectrum for Engaging North Korea: What Are the Six Party Talks?
Read the first installment of this series here. The Six Party Talks have gone on for a long time, but need to be revitalized. What are those talks about? Especially what the countries surrounding Korea think. The first step towards a new evolution in our interactions with North Korea is to appreciate the perspectives that each of the nations...
Funeral Of Russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov Held In Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — One by one, thousands of mourners and dignitaries filed past the white-lined coffin of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday, many offering flowers as they paid their last respects to one of the most prominent figures of Russia’s beleaguered opposition.So many came, that when the viewing ended after its scheduled four...
Susan Rice Doesn’t Deserve Being Smeared
As a close observer of the Obama administration, I have had my share of disagreements with how the White House has conducted its foreign policy and how the National Security Council staff has operated in relation to other departments and agencies in the national security bureaucracy. The reset with Russia was a good idea at the time, but it died...
Nemtsov and the Smoking Gun
Boris Nemtsov has been dead for less than three days. During this time, the media and blogsosphere have understandably gone into overdrive in the attempt to figure out exactly what happened. Journalists are trained to answer the key questions “who, what, when, where, how, and why”, but the most important ones in this case (who and...
In Egypt, Seeing the Muslim Brotherhood for What It Is
By Stanley A. Weiss and Raphael BenaroyaGSTAAD AND CAIRO–In the early 1990s, Robert Pelletreau, the United States Ambassador to Egypt, met with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Washington, DC. Pelletreau had been asked by then-Secretary of State Warren Christopher to discuss the possibility of Egypt relaxing its repressive stance towards...
In Ukraine, U.S. Is Forfeiting New Cold War
No, the Soviet Union isn’t coming back. However, the Russian Federation is reasserting itself and a new Cold War has already opened. The first front in this war is Ukraine. How the United States responds now will influence how Russia acts and how Europe evolves for the rest of this century. Punishing Russia economically is poor consolation...
