Tag: Osama bin Laden

Are Russia’s Failed Statelets in Eastern Ukraine Safe Havens for Terrorists?

April 12, 2015

Staunton, April 10 – A great deal of attention has been given to Chechens, Buryats and other non-Russians going to the Donbass to fight for the pro-Moscow “peoples republics” there, a flow that Russian propagandists have played up as evidence that support for Vladimir Putin’s “Russian world” is broader than just among ethnic Russians. But […]

Putin Acting As a Terrorist Because He Can’t Afford Full-Scale Invasion Of Ukraine

January 27, 2015

Staunton, January 27 – Despite fears that Vladimir Putin may soon shift from his partially covert and still in some circles deniable offensive in Ukraine to a full-scale military invasion of that country, there are five compelling reasons why that won’t happen, Kseniya Kirillova says. But the very fact that a full-scale invasion won’t happen […]