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rdless of the human cost. The atrocities at Houla merely raised the temperature of that dispute. In the days after the massacre, Russia's President Vladimir Putin made it clear to European counterparts that his opposition to foreign military intervention in Syria was as strong as ever. This has put Russia on

tary for an alliance with Russia to stand up to the U.S. pressure. China's political leadership, for the time being, remains skeptical, and so does Putin. But in Moscow, too, there's a pro-China EFTA00702013 lobby, and Western intervention in Syria could provide the catalyst for a strategic rebalan

mes against humanity, indeed near-genocide, that Vladimir Putin ordered in Chechnya at the turn of the cen

ationalisation of YPF, the Spanish-owned oil company, in Argentina and First Quantum, the Canadian mining enterprise, in the Democratic Republic of Congo is testimony to this new era of resource strife between investors and host governments. The race for new resources has also opened frontiers, not l

A display of supremacy In December 2011, members of the Russian opposition obtained video evidence of ballot stuffing committed by operatives from Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in that month's parliamentary elections. A series of unusu- ally large protests ensued. Putin weathered the furor and went on t

n authoritarians. Again, Russia has taken the lead, with the state's asser- tion of authority over history textbooks and the process, encouraged by Putin, of reassessing the historical role of Joseph Stalin. • The hiring of political consultants and lobbyists from democratic countries to represent t

hinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. 2016. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

dinand Marcos, the strongman of the Philippines until 1986; Mobutu Sese Seko, the klepto- cratic dictator of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo; Sani Abacha, a Nigerian military ruler; and Viktor Yanukovych, president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014, when he was forced to abandon the presidenc

nder Gershom Gorenberg Article 4. Al-Monitor Iran resumes monetary aid to Hamas Adnan Abu Amer Articles. The Washington Post Why the study of Vladimir Putin is so important Richard Cohen Article 6. BBC The deep discord bedevilling the Arab world Gerald Butt Article 7. Asharq Al Awsat Diverting the

theirs. A case in point is the Saudi offer to pay for the $2-billion to $3-billion arms package Egypt is seeking from the Russians. At a time when Putin needs to pay a price for flouting international norms in Crimea, this is hardly the time to be offering funds for Russian arms. Even from their own

Articles. The Washington Post Why the study of Vladimir Putin is so important Richard Cohen Article 6.

allows for the signatories to carry out water projects on the Nile without the approval of Egypt. South Sudan said it will join the agreement while Congo and Eretria remained on the sidelines. But the agreement was opposed by both Egypt and Sudan, which, following the overthrow of Egypt's Muslim Brot

Siebold) reports that on Monday, European Union foreign ministers "agreed...to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in a mainly symbolic response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny." The agreement, which "came after France, Germany, Poland and the Ba

ritic Alexei Navalny." The agreement, which "came after France, Germany, Poland and the Baltic states urged the 27-member bloc to send a message to Putin that debate and protest must be allowed in Russia." Reuters reports that an unnamed EU diplomat "said the proposed new travel bans and asset freezes

four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in a mainly symbolic response to the jaili

t when park rangers opened fire." Attanasio "was hit in the abdomen and died several hours later at the U.N. hospital in the regional capital Goma, Congo's interior ministry said." Attanasio's bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci was also killed, as well as driver Mustapha Milambo. The AP (2/22, Kamale, Winf

d one fifth of its real estate taken by Vladimir Putin with virtually no response" and that "Syria was h

kraine had one fifth of its real estate taken by Vladimir Putin with virtually no response" and that "Syria

t "it was on the Obama watch, under the Susan Rice watch, under Vice President Biden's watch that Ukraine had one fifth of its real estate taken by Vladimir Putin with virtually no response" and that "Syria was handed over to the Russians as a result of a redline that Obama had drawn in the sand but then refus

to have any ramifications for Trump, as the US is not a member of the UN Human Rights Council, crashing out in 2018 after clashing over Israel, the Congo, and China." Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution, on Monday "submitted a report to the UN Human

le attempt to engage Russian strongman Vladi-mir Putin in another round of nuclear arms reduction talks

last year, U.S. allies in the Middle East and Europe have marveled as Obama doggedly pursued a patently futile attempt to engage Russian strongman Vladi-mir Putin in another round of nuclear arms reduction talks even while tolerating toxic EFTA_R1_00440984 EFTA01964308 Russian intervention in Syria and rej

rn a realist; Obama is a convert. He has explained his reluctance to intervene forcefully in Syria by asking why he should act there and not in the Congo, where even more people have been killed -- a strangely rhetorical question from a man who has embraced the principle that states have a responsibi

RFK Jr, Kelly Loeffler confirmation hearings for top Trump posts; Zelenskyy praises Trump for 'just and fair' rhetoric toward Russia: 'Exactly what Putin is afraid of; Denmark to increase military spending in North Atlantic by $2 billion amid row with Trump over Greenland CNN • Why Trump's funding f

Drugs and Greenland • What It's Like to Be a Kid After a Fire Took Almost Everything • Rwanda, the West's 'Donor Darling,' Seizes an Opportunity in Congo • Patel's Loyalty to Trump Raises Doubts Over F.B.I.'s Independence Wall Street Journal • DeepSeek's Rise Exposes Nvidia's Weakness • Deported Co

War and one of the biggest reasons is that militar=sts and neocons are pushing Europe to the brink of conflict by building fences around Russia and Putin. Speaking to the Russian state-owned news agency Tass on Monday, the 83-year-old former Sovi=t President said that "triumphalism" emanating =rom Was

rnational research team has just confi=med that the scourge broke out in 1920 in Kinshasa, the capital of what is now =he Democratic Republic of the Congo. By comparing this result with historical data, researchers explain how, from a single contamination by a chimpanzee, HIV spread to humans. AIDS is

ia Raid New York Times, CNN, Reuters 15 Dead After New Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, BBC Putin Says Foreign Troops Deployed to Ukraine Would Be Legitimate Targets Associated Press Israeli Foreign Minister Says Gaza War Could End if Hostages R

In the Red Sea, Disrupting Internet Access in Asia and the Mideast • U.N. Accuses Rwanda-Backed Rebels of Slaughtering Children, Other Civilians in Congo • Russian Strike Breaks Through Most Protected Part of Kyiv EFTA01655402 • Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan Will Step Down, Reports Say •