Showing posts with label Vladimir Putin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vladimir Putin. Show all posts
Saturday, September 2, 2023

Philip Short, Putin

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 From Philip Short, Putin . 
Thursday, June 15, 2023

How Putin's KGB Years in East Germany Helped Shape Him

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At the Los Angeles Times , "Super Spy or Paper Pusher ." 
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Putin’s Plot Against America

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It's Julia Ioffe, at Puck, " There is a growing fear in Washington that Russia will resort to hybrid tactics to inflict pain on Wes...
Thursday, October 6, 2022

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, The Russia Conundrum

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At Amazon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell for Putin's Power Gambit--and How to Fix It .
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Russia’s Mobilization, Plunging Oil Prices Weaken Putin’s Economic Hand

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At the Wall Street Journal , " Economic storm clouds come as Russian president orders more financial resources directed at war in Ukrai...
Saturday, September 3, 2022

Moscow’s Struggle to Sustain Its War in Ukraine

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At Foreign Affairs , " Is Russia’s Economy on the Brink? ": In April, just weeks after he launched the invasion of Ukraine, Russia...
Monday, August 22, 2022

The Underappreciated Risks of Catastrophic Escalation

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From Johm Mearsheimer, at Foreign Affairs , " Playing With Fire in Ukraine ": Western policymakers appear to have reached a consen...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Charles Clover, Black Wind, White Snow

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At the outset of the Russia-Ukraine war, this book was literally too hot. Impossible to obtain. Now Clover's out with a new edition, at ...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Cities Die in Eastern Ukraine (VIDEO)

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This ongoing war, keeps going.  At the Los Angeles Times , " Under relentless Russian bombardment, Severodonetsk and other eastern Ukra...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Vladimir Potemkin: Putin's Disaster and What Could Happen Next

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At Der Spiegel , " The world has overestimated Putin's power. His army is much weaker than thought, his intelligence services have ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

How Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot Escaped Russia (VIDEO)

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I don't listen to this band. Not particularly to my tastes, though your mileage may vary. I like their rebellious politics though. Frank...
Monday, May 9, 2022

WATCH: President Volodymyr Zelensky Video Statement Marking Allied Victory in Europe in 1945

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Yesterday. A big day for propaganda and statesmanship. The full speech is here: " Zelensky releases video on day of remembrance: 'W...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Fresh Rescue Efforts Under Way at Ukraine's Azovstal Steel Plant (VIDEO)

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 Some news out of Ukraine. At the Wall Street Journal , " Russia wants to seize the last part of Mariupol by Monday, Ukrainian presiden...
Friday, April 8, 2022

At Least 50 Killed in Russian Strike on Kramatorsk Station (VIDEO)

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Complete horror. At the Wall Street Journal , " Russian Missile Attack Kills Dozens at Railway Station in Eastern Ukraine ": Mosco...
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Putin's American Apologists

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From Joshua Muravchik, at Commentary , " A collection of voices on the left, right, and center have found a way to blame the United Sta...
Monday, April 4, 2022

Biden, Blinken, Nuland Have Led Us Into a Dead-End Crisis

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The dreaded neocons.  It's David P. Goldman, at Pajamas, " Putin Won't Go, Russia Won't Collapse — So What Will Biden Do Ab...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Catherine Belton, Putin's People

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Catherine Belton, Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West .
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

How Russia and Right-Wing Americans Converged on War in Ukraine (VIDEO)

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Following-up from yesterday, " Putin's Challenge to the American Right (VIDEO) ." At NYT , " Some conservatives have echo...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

How Russia's Revamped Military Fumbled the Invasion of Ukraine

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Things aren't going well.  At. All. At WSJ , " How Russia’s Revamped Military Fumbled the Invasion of Ukraine ": For over a de...