In 2013, President Vladimir Putin became, in effect, the leader of the free world. He did this when President Obama made an empty threat against Syria crossing Mr. Obama’s own defined “red line” in terms of their own civil conflict. Syria, (or false-flag forces) crossed the line, and President Obama’s weakness was revealed. He hesitated […]
There is no guarantee of successful outcome. But at the very least there must be a commitment to work together and to dialogue. Thus, New START is a step in the right direction.
Despite facing repression, Alexei Navalny is no hero. Russian writer Katya Kazbek reveals the Western-backed opposition figure’s real history. This interview was originally published at Royce Kurmelovs’ Raising Hell Substack newsletter and republished with permission. Compressed into a two-minute soundbite, the story of Alexei Navalny and the recent protests that have erupted across Russia seems simple enough. The Russian opposition figure who recently survived an attempt on his life — an alleged poisoning delivered via Novichok-laced pants — was arrested and convicted […]
The Sydney Morning Herald has always been regarded as a reasonably responsible newspaper. Although editorially it was generally a supporter of the misnamed Liberal Party, its opinion pieces generally try to pursue an open mind. Its editorial commentary of course generally favoured one side of the political divide rather than the other. The writers were […]
You may recall that last year I wrote about what I called the "Quadruple Entente," an emerging "informal understanding" among the Asian powers that …
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Pushback rounds out 2020 by airing an unpublished interview with Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent Russia historian and scholar who passed away in September at the age of 81. In an interview recorded one year before his death, Stephen F. Cohen discusses local elections and protests in Russia; opposition leader Alexei Navalny; as well as the state of Russia’s post-Soviet democratization and how US meddling undermines it. Guest: Stephen F. Cohen. Professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University […]
Mr Putin answers questions by press representatives and the general public in his annual press conference. This video is the live stream and we are already 3 hours into the
Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in the main discussion at the Artificial Intelligence Journey Conference (AI Journey 2020), titled Artificial Intelligence as the Prime Technology of the 21st Century.
Whatever Trump may be, there's no denying he's been the least militarily aggressive president in recent memory. For the first time in nearly 40 years, a President did not start a new war in his term. That is likely to change.
Russophrenia: a condition where the sufferer believes Russia is both about to collapse, and take over the world.
