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Zigfeld: Russia, Obama, and America the ‘Parasite’

Two news reports from August 2, 2011, place the true horror of the Obama presidency into stark relief. First, the world learned that Vladimir Putin had attended the annual convention of his Hitler-Jugend equivalent, Nashi, and boldly declared that the … Continue reading

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Journalists in Norway, Russia get WikiLeaks files

A Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, now claims to have the full cache of over 250,000 State Department cables originally obtained by WikiLeaks. It's not clear how Aftenposten got the documents, which presumably were not provided directly from WikiLeaks. "We have no … Continue reading

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Russia will not renew Kyoto protocol (2)

The UN climate change conference in Cancún – and the future of the Kyoto protocol – was cast into doubt today after Russia said it would not renew its commitment to the treaty that has governed climate negotiations for more … Continue reading

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Pirates’ Catch Exposed Route of Arms in a Tense Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan — It was September 2008 and a band of Somali pirates made a startling discovery. The Ukrainian freighter they had just commandeered in the Gulf of Aden was packed with weapons, including 32 Soviet-era battle tanks, and the … Continue reading

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Coughlin: While Putin still believes the West is the enemy, Russia will not change

If any good is to come from the WikiLeaks about Russia, it is that we can finally drop the pretence that we are dealing with a responsible, democratic government that poses no threat to our welfare. For years, diplomats have … Continue reading

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Russia waged covert war on Georgia starting in '04

Russia waged a covert war against Georgia that included missile attacks, arms shipments to anti-government rebels and car bombings since 2004, a newly disclosed U.S. Embassy cable says. Among the secret war operations were a 2007 helicopter gunship attack on … Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Is Russia the Next Target?

Say what you will about Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, but his work has shown him to be pretty fearless. After his site published the biggest cache of secret files in U.S. history on Oct. 22, detailing … Continue reading

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Pirates have been released: Russia

MOSCOW (AP) — The pirates seized by a Russian warship off the coast of Somalia have been released because of “imperfections” in international law, the Defense Ministry said Friday, a judgment sharply questioned by a prominent Russian shipping expert. Authorities … Continue reading

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Chechnya Suffers a Relapse

MOSCOW — Just a year ago, Russian authorities were so proud of their success at bringing order to the north Caucasus that they made Chechnya a stop for the Valdai Discussion Club, the handpicked group of Western analysts flown to … Continue reading

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Alcohol Responsible for 50 Percent of Russian Deaths: Report (1)

Russia is grappling with a major public health crisis in which residents are essentially drinking and smoking themselves to death, according to the country’s public health officials. About a million Russians die each year from alcohol- and smoking-related causes — … Continue reading

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