This week marks 31 years since the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro, thus hermetically sealing off the country, leaving its survival to human endurance, smuggling, and looting. Instead of admitting the mistake and trying to fix…
The families of three students and three adults killed at a Christian school in Nashville don’t care about the beliefs of the 28-year-old girl who took the lives of their loved ones in one of the latest assassinations in US…
Vladimir Putin gave a 10-minute speech in Red Square celebrating the victory in World War II. He did not say the word “Ukraine” once. At least 8 million Ukrainians gave their lives so that Putin could continue to declare victory…
Russia’s new foreign policy strategy sounds like one of those papers that will forever stay in a drawer, useless, because it cannot be implemented. Moscow continues to simulate important state affairs, specifically foreign policy, and it still tries to adapt…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow awakened some old emotions about the strength and power of the great Eastern despots, as opposed to inhumane Western capitalism. Hearts of those nostalgic for the days of the Soviet Union and Mao’s…
Bashar al-Assad visited Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It was a friendly meeting between two autocrats who understand the other’s difficulties, partly because of the war they are both waging, and partly because they are isolated from most of the world.…
In Georgia, they are called Georgian Dream, and they have been in power since 2012. They were founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who made a fortune in Russia during the 1990’s. In Moldova they are called Shor, and…
Vučić’s critics were malicious before he left for the meeting in Brussels, and sadistic when he returned and explained the situation regarding Kosovo on RTS. As members of the opposition, they have been waiting for this moment for ten years,…
Around this time 75 years ago, a storm was brewing in Josip Broz Tito’s cabinet. Alternatives were tested on how to respond to Big Brother from Moscow if he made an aggressive move. The generals and security officers probably briefed…
Vladimir Putin received a standing ovation from thousands of his supporters a year ago at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. He addressed them wearing a jacket that cost between ten and twelve thousand euros. A year later, at the beginning of this…
