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"Nuclear Trash Talk" I will describe what we need to do but first here is the reasoning: Fact #1: Our approach hinges upon this first and foremost. First of all the Russian people have been suffering in a terrible economy and all the consequences that come along with it ever since...

Clinton’s assessment of Xi Jinping, the tough-minded president of China, was far more flattering. In a June 2013 speech to Goldman Sachs, Clinton praised Xi as a “more sophisticated, more effective public leader” than his predecessor, Hu Jintao. She noted that Xi had brought to heel the corrupt...

Turkey, Russia strike strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline deal - ENERGY Turkey, Russia strike strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline deal ISTANBUL Russia signed the strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline agreement on Oct. 10. The pipeline will carry Russian natural gas to Turkey and on to...

:ALERTRED: NYTIMES has released the ultimate, in depth graphical timeline of the Trump Russian Affair. Newcomers should catch up: A Timeline Showing the Full Scale of Russia’s Unprecedented Interference in the 2016 Election, and Its Aftermath The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the...

especially with Obama's 2012 campaign that's shaped everything WHEN A MAJOR PARTY cynically espouses a set of beliefs as a tactic for winning an election, those beliefs get entrenched in popular discourse and often endure well past the election, with very significant consequences. The most...

An American embedded within the top ranks of Moscow’s foreign-policy brain trust explains why Putin and his cadres are backing Trump. By Clinton Ehrlich Clinton Ehrlich is a visiting researcher at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He is an...

Fivethirtyeight has been projecting Trump's election chances at around 15-20% for a solid month now, and the poll averages haven't had Trump within 5% of Clinton since the DNC. But there is still one pathway to victory for Trump even if the voters never get on board themselves. Russian hackers...

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Erdogan taunts Obama over coup attempt in Turkey BY M.K. BHADRAKUMAR on JULY 17, 2016 in AT TOP WRITERS, M.K. BHADRAKUMAR The Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s sensational demand on Saturday to US President Barack Obama to extradite the Islamist preacher Fetullah Gulen living in exile in...

M of A - Know-Nothing "Diplomats" Prepare For Hillary's War On Syria There are at least 51 stupid or dishonest "diplomats" working in the U.S. State Department. Also - Mark Lander is a stupid or dishonest NYT writer. The result is this piece: Dozens of U.S. Diplomats, in Memo, Urge Strikes...

Abe breaks ranks with Obama by visiting Putin | The Japan Times MOSCOW – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set Friday to hold a rare meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking a breakthrough in the Kremlin’s efforts to end Russia’s two-year isolation over Ukraine. Abe was to meet with...

WAR & CONFLICT What Ceasefire? Assad and Russia Are Gearing Up to Seize Syria's Second-Largest City By VICE News April 29, 2016 | 2:32 pm More than 100 people have reportedly been killed over the past week in Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, and it appears that forces loyal to Syrian...

Russia blocks UN report on Darfur militia mining © AFP file photo | A Sudanese child in a Darfuri village. Text by NEWS WIRES Latest update : 2016-04-06 Russia is blocking the release of a confidential UN report showing that pro-government militias in Sudan’s Darfur region rake in $54...