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Opinion: Nord Stream 2 — Angela Merkel’s damaging legacy
Germany must now regain trust — and stand by Ukraine, says Frank Hofmann. Deutsche Welle So now it’s on after…
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To Use Turkey as a Bulwark Against Russia and Iran Is Wishful Thinking
Both are foolish delusions. Michael Rubin The National Interest For decades, Turkey was a staunch Cold War ally. One of…
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Can Europe escape Gazprom’s energy stranglehold?
Is Russia building up political pressure in order to push through the operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline? Andrey…
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‘It will be a catastrophe’: fate of Syria’s last aid channel rests in Russia’s hands
Just over half a mile away from the Bab al-Hawa border crossing connecting Syria and Turkey a 6th-century triumphal arch…
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Lavrov To The West: Your Hegemony Is Over, Your Rules Don’t Apply
In Moscow daily Kommersant, a long and fiery response from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the U.S. and European…
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Grand Illusions: The Impact of Misperceptions About Russia on U.S. Policy
A critical examination of U.S. policy misfires in dealing with Russia and its intentions and capabilities over the past several…
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Russia Policy Puts Biden Under Pressure Across Europe
After four years of U.S. President Donald Trump’s oft-compliant attitude toward Russia, the Biden administration is facing pressure from Capitol…
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Five things we learned from the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva
1) The weird and unpredictable Trump era is over. Luke Harding The Guardian In 2018 Donald Trump held a disastrous…
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Biden-Putin Summit: The View from Moscow
President Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold their first-ever summit on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland. Dimitri Alexander Simes The…
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After Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, uneasy calm prevails at new border
What is the situation on the ground? Do people feel safe? A DW report from the frontier. Ashot Gazazyan Deutsche…
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A ‘disturbing’ interview with jailed Belarus activist Roman Protasevich has been widely condemned
European powers on Friday lined up to condemn a tearful interview shown on Belarusian state television with a dissident journalist…
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Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Perform Flights Above Eastern Mediterranean
“The pilots practiced fulfilling tasks in new geographical areas,” the press office said. Naval News TASS Russian news agency The aircraft…
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Hijacking Western Complacency
And yet, Western governments for years have shown that they are perfectly willing to tolerate KGB-style abuses right under their…
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Can the Reykjavik Meeting Really Improve U.S.-Russia Ties?
The real question is whether Biden and Putin are prepared to bargain. Nikolas K. Gvosdev The National Interest Here we…
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Life goes on at Chernobyl 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident
Radioactive particles can be sandblasted from the surface of metal to decontaminate it and prepare it for resale. The money…
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Remember Artsakh but never forget the Armenian genocide
The entire lead was this: “The Armenian genocide.” Michael Krikorian Los Angeles Times That was it. The whole shebang. Not…
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