“The situation is changing dramatically in regards to the deployment of troops to Afghanistan,” said veteran Sergei Morozov. “Those who fought are being looked up to again.”
Cold War
What Trump’s Threat To End A U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty Means For Putin
“For Russia’s military-industrial complex and security services, the INF Treaty was always like a bullfighter’s red cape; it symbolized the country’s defeat in the Cold War.”
Latest Collateral Damage In U.S.-Russia Spat: An Anglo-American School Is Shut
One-hundred-forty schoolchildren in St. Petersburg became the latest victims of the chill in U.S.-Russian relations when they were forced out of their school.
Now A Museum, This USSR Submarine Base Was Built To Endure U.S. Nukes — And Retaliate
After the annexation of Crimea, Yury Tarariyev’s museum came under the control of the Russian Defense Ministry, and a portrait of Putin went up at the entrance.
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.”
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.
German City Accepts Karl Marx Statue From China, But Not Everyone’s Happy
Trier has never been particularly fond of its most famous son, Karl Marx, who helped turn communism into an ideology that changed the course of history.
How To Salvage U.S.-Russia Relations: One Expert’s Take
“The demonization of Putin is a reflection of our declining confidence,” said Thomas Graham. “He’s pursuing Russian interests, not running world affairs.”
Playing to the Gallery
Renewed calls for rapprochement with the Kremlin bear the fingerprints of Gerhard Schröder, who still pulls considerable weight inside the SPD.
NATO Is Having an Existential Crisis
“We’re vulnerable to bullshit thrown in the fan,” an eastern European diplomat said, requesting anonymity so as to speak undiplomatically.
