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Russia Will Struggle To Turn On Siemens Turbines In Sanctions-Bound Crimea.
Russian State Duma Passes Law To Strip Terrorists Of Russian Citizenship.
Image by Egor Gribanov Russians are happier this year than during the last few years of the recession, according to a poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, reports Russian state news agency TASS. Although fears of cuts in medical care, schools, and other social services have left their…
Image by Tan Khaerr The ceasefire agreement in southern Syria reached by Moscow and Washington will not be revoked only because Israel’s fears, and it would be more reasonable for Israel to find a way “to live with this” instead of coming down on this agreement, a senior Russian parliamentarian…
Image by Rob984 Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, or DPR, announced on Russian television today that the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Donbass, as well as other ares of the former Soviet republic of Ukraine, would form a new state called Malorossiya, or ‘Little Russia,’ which…
Image by AgnosticPreachersKid Russia and the Trump administration traded comments over the ‘dacha’ issue over the last few days in the press. The Obama administration seized the diplomatic compounds as punishment for Russia’s ‘interference’ in the 2016 election. There was no mention by Obama at the time, of Hillary Clinton’s…
Netanyahu Visits Orban In Hungary, Refutes Anti-Semitic Narrative.
The European Union, keen to facilitate Ukraine’s move towards the West, has authorized another three years of tariff-free imports for agriculture and other products. The measure was seen as a reward for reforms already incorporated and as a carrot for Ukraine to do more. The IMF has also been pushing…
It’s nice to be tsar! Russian President Vladimir Putin literally changed history with a few comments to mine workers during a meeting recently. A Weekend in Moscow…ooh, la, la! Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible famously murdered his own son by striking him in the head during an argument. This came…