Navalny Is a NATO Agent, But Not All Unauthorized Protesters Are Foreign Proxies

February 19, 2021

Recent statements from President Putin, spy chief Naryshkin, and Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova confirm that anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny is a NATO agent, but that doesn't mean that …

Why’d Navalny Return to the Same Country That He Claimed Tried to Kill Him?

January 22, 2021

Opinion

Russian anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny inexplicably decided to return to the same country that he claimed had unsuccessfully tried to kill him, curiously timing his trip to coincide with the i…

The Trump Administration’s Parting Outrage Against Cuba

January 16, 2021

Opinion

On January 11, in his final days before leaving office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added one parting blow to the series of bludgeons his administration has inflicted on Cuba for four years: puttin…

More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone

January 11, 2021

Opinion

More sanctions, by all means. More grief and suffering and more people around the world wondering what exactly the United States is doing. I am a recipient of regular, usual weekly, emails from the De…

Who Gains From Misportraying Russia As A Rogue Regime?

January 2, 2021

Opinion

The push by Western forces and those sympathetic to them to misportray Russia as a “rogue regime” after this summer's Navalny incident is meant to pave the way for a more comprehensive sanctions polic…

Russia & Turkey Stand to Lose the Most From a Biden Presidency

November 13, 2020

Opinion

In the event that Biden's “projected” presidency become a reality, Russia and Turkey would stand to lose the most during America's new era of engagement with the world due to the former Vice President…

Goodbye: Has Russia Had Enough Insults?

November 10, 2020

Opinion

I have argued that Russia is not a “European country”; my argument stands on the fact that Russia and Europe had quite different histories and little contact until the Emperor Peter became a major pla…

A New Wall for a New Cold War?

October 15, 2020

Opinion

The head of the prestigious Munich Security Conference warned late last month against efforts to “build a new 'wall' between Russia and the West” in light of the Navalny incident and the many other di…