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A Russian Diplomat’s Take on the World

By Gilbert Doctorow | Consortium News | January 29, 2016 On Jan. 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held an important year-in-review press conference before an audience of about 150 journalists, including the BBC correspondent Steve Rosenberg and many other well-known representatives of mainstream Western media. The purpose of this annual event is to look […]

Anti-Russian Sanctions Cost West Influence, Credibility, and $100 Billion

Sputnik – 26.12.2015 For nearly two years, independent journalists and analysts in the US and Europe have been saying that sanctions against Russia should be repealed. Now, surprisingly, even the hawkishly anti-Russian foreign policy journal Foreign Affairs has joined the chorus, a recent article suggesting that sanctions have been nothing but a costly mistake. The […]