“What’s happening with the ruthenium cloud reminds me a lot of what went on with Chernobyl. The pattern of behavior is exactly the same.”
Russia
Russia won’t let me go. I became fascinated by Russia as a boy when my parents gave me a 700-page book of Russian fairy-tales one Christmas. The fact the Soviet Union was closed, far away and America’s mortal enemy added to the country’s mystique. I devoured every book on Russia I could get my hands on. When I went to college, I started studying Russian.
What continues to intrigue me is that no matter how close I get to Russia and Russians, I always end up feeling like a foreigner. Despite all the Western influence, Russia preserves its distinctiveness, belonging to neither Europe nor Asia.
What Was Russia’s Role In 2016 U.S. Election? 2 Former KGB Officials Weigh In
“I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told anyone before,” Gennady Gudkov, a retired KGB colonel, told me in his office in an old Moscow manor house.
In Moscow’s Local Elections, Opponents Of Putin Find A Glimmer Of Hope
“There’s a huge demand among young people to go into politics, and there’s an understanding of how to do it.”
In Putin’s Russia, An ‘Adhocracy’ Marked By Ambiguity And Plausible Deniability
From Russian “volunteers” fighting in eastern Ukraine to “patriotic hackers,” nongovernment actors provide the Kremlin with a cushion of plausible deniability.
Moscow’s Likely New Ambassador To U.S.: ‘Tough’ And ‘Not That Easy To Work With’
“Anatoly Antonov masterfully employs the full range of emotions, able to shift in a nanosecond from warmly charming to caustically sarcastic.”
What Putin Wants From His G-20 Meeting With President Trump
Clinton, Bush and Obama first met their Russian counterparts at full-scale bilateral summits. Trump is different.
In Russia’s Siberian Silicon Valley, Business Is Good But Risks Can Be High
Sixty years after its founding, Akademgorodok continues to innovate, despite a brain drain and legal challenges confronting some of its most successful entrepreneurs.
Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia’s Capital
“I believed that Putin would make things better,” Galina Vorivoda, 62, said. “But it didn’t work out. He made things better only for a few people.”
Banned From Russian TV, A Putin Critic Gets His Message Out On YouTube
Navalny at 20:18 is part-Jon Stewart in its righteous skewering of the powers that be, but also part-Vladimir Putin in its know-it-all approach to that which ails Russia.
With Trump In Office, Did The Kremlin Get More Than It Bargained For?
“Initially we were amused,” Putin said. “But now the spectacle is becoming quite simply sad, and it is causing us concern.”
