High hurdles The barrier between the U.S., NATO allies and Russia may not be a wall, but in Olympic terms it is a high hurdle. Russia aligns with U.S. enemies at every turn and so the enemy of my enemy is my...
What the world needs now is peace, not war Given the character of the Iranian government, it is unacceptable to permit them to have nuclear weapons. In effect, with sanctions against them, Iran is already at war...
Putin speak First, there is a dilemma from a US perspective. Syrians elected their president. It is an official government. Syrians protesting the government can theoretically change their government via a...
Putin on the Ritz He’s on a roll, like tanks against the Germans on the eastern front. Putin and the gang have steamed rolled Russian voters and plowed their way back into office. See the video....
As Vladimir Putin is embarking on his third term as Russia's president, it becomes useful to know what in Russia really needs changing. The tax system is OK; the property system is OK; the educational system is OK; but there are many things that are not OK.
The worst...
Abnormality What is to be done about it? Whose business is this? Vlad is back. Russians are a tough lot, don’t you think. It has to do with the cold, I believe. Russians overthrew a Royal regime and replaced it...
Stale regime Using my criteria for electing Presidents, you would not see Putin back in government. You may never have seen him in office in the first place. He has no commercial business and economic development...
The Russian people can be so proud of their civil rights and human liberty history of freedom, right? Let’s wall it in. Totalitarian regimes are us. " “Pravda sticks it to ‘trucker-type’ Clinton...
Author - Lada Ray introduces this excellent thriller against the back drop of 1918 Revolutionary Russia and a train carrying a special cargo in a remote part of Russia. This special train is carrying a cargo which much be protected at all costs and is being guarded by the...
How many readers have heard of Battlefield Illusion? Some perhaps but I'd argue that unless you have a strong interest in military procedures, this term would not be known to you. My next question is; how...
America and allies said enough diplomacy and advocate force and revolution. Anti-UN sentiment is often fueled under these circumstances. Strong-arm regimes such as the Russian Federation and China are on the...
National needs first is the way of the world Get used to it: customers first – first the supplier nation’s customers and then everyone else. Supplier integrity and reputation is at stake in these matters. Did...
Russian youth organization Nashi (meaning "Ours"), affiliated with Vladimir Putin, has listed Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a former Soviet dissident, as one of their enemies. My response to them is: How low can you go? I met Lyudmila Alexeyeva in 1988, when my family moved to...
Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) is set to start on 12 Jan 2012 to 19 Jan 2012,10th Pune International Film Festival, jointly organised by the Pune Film Foundation and the Governement of Maharashtra is to be...
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For many years, Russians have used military power and financial outlays to forcibly keep Chechnya as part of Russia. Meanwhile there is another region in the same area - called South Ossetia - that wants to join the Russian Federation. My question to Russian leadership is...