In the 17 years since Vladimir Putin came to power, Russia has received some US $2.5 trillion from the sale of oil and gas abroad — more than enough to develop the country and address its many needs. But the Kremlin leader and his cronies sent more than half of that abroad so as to enrich themselves rather than invest it on Russia
Putin May Exploit Disarray in Washington to Launch Attack on Belarus, Minsk Experts Say 2017-02-06 15:21:32 Staunton, VA, February 6, 2017 – Two experts at the Minsk Center for Strategic and International Research say that Vladimir Putin may use the current policy disarray in Washington to launch an attack on Belarus, one that could range from a […]
Muslim Migrants, ISIS Militants Link Up with Russia’s Muslims and Threaten “New ‘Green’ Revolution,” Remizov Says 2017-02-06 00:09:36 Staunton, VA, February 5, 2017 – The Russian media is filled with stories about the threat that migrants from the Middle East and returning ISIS fighters pose for European countries, but Moscow has largely ignored the far greater […]
‘Trump Administration is the Obama Administration on Steroids,’ Russian Analyst Says 2017-02-06 14:52:50 The wild gyrations in Russian expectations about new US President Donald Trump are continuing with the events of February 3 prompting Veronika Krasheninnikova to say that instead of the change Moscow had expected, “the Trump Administration is the Obama Administration on steroids.” […]
“Russophobia is so deeply rooted in European-American ideology,” Sergey Markov says, that Moscow doesn’t expect new US President Donald Trump to end all sanctions all at once but rather “in a clever fashion” that avoids problems for him and over a significant period of time.
Lest things go wrong and Vladimir Putin not get the concessions from Donald Trump he hopes for and so that if he does, Russians will have another reason for viewing him as a hero, the Kremlin is lowballing prospects for an accord.
Moscow officials and commentators have treated Barack Obama with “unconcealed hatred” at the end of his presidency, blaming him for the absence of an agreement between Washington and Moscow and forgetting how they welcomed him eight years ago and how he pursued “the reset”.
Those celebrating or condemning the return of Churchill’s bust to the Oval Office as symbolic miss the point: President Trump may have put Churchill’s statue back in a place of honor, but his approach so far at least channels the ideas not of Britain’s greatest prime minister but rather of his discredited predecessor Neville Chamberlain.
Politicized Biker Wars Breaking Out in Russia 2017-01-19 17:02:17 Staunton, VA, January 19, 2017 – As a result of the prominence Vladimir Putin has given to his biker buddy “Sawbones,” it should come as no surprise that his rise is triggering conflicts between those like him who are totally loyal to the Kremlin leader and other bikers […]
Ukrainians and their friends and supporters have been so worried that any grand bargain between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will be a new “Munich” in which Ukraine will be handed over in whole or in part to the Kremlin that they have not considered fully just what any “deal” might look like.
