A simple tombstone marks the grave of the lone American buried in the vast Naval Cemetery in Vladivostok overlooking Russia’s Pacific coast.
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In Russia, France’s Macron Tries His Next Charm Offensive On ‘Cher Vladimir’
“He is trying to position France again as a global power, not a European power, and of course in this situation contacts to Putin are pretty indispensable.”
Diplomatic Corps In Moscow Shrinks Just When U.S.-Russia Tensions Are At A High
“I’m departing here very sad at having to leave my friends and my colleagues,” said US embassy spokeswoman Maria Olson.
Putin Fends Off Fire And Fury, At Home And Abroad
“We’re seeing false stories spreading through social media, including from abroad, to sow panic and mistrust, and to pit people against one other,” Vladimir Putin said.
Russians, With No Real Alternatives, Give Putin 6 More Years In Power
“Russians don’t want things to get any worse; Americans always expect things to get better,” said Anton Volkhin. “Too many people have too much to lose.”
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 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.
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.”
