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bsp;This combination of pictures shows President Joe Biden speaking at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021; and Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his annual press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2019. &nbsp;(Photo by JIM WATSON,ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) This combin

ussia," Peter wrote. "'I know you have separate plants for chickens for America and chickens for Russia,' Putin told Bush." "Bush was astonished. 'Vladimir, you're wrong.'" "Putin refused to believe him. 'My people have told me this is true.' In another vignette, Bush told British Prime Minister Tony B

Barack Obama's small talk. "We compared notes on President Putin's expertise in judo and my declining skills in b

believe — some pretty bizarre stuff, even with the resources of what is supposed to be a world-class spy service. I don't mean his 2005 claim that the Soviet Union's collapse was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20th century, or his July 2021 EFTA00162741 essay arguing Ukrainians and Russians wer

impulsion. America's inward turn finds Europe introverted, unable to take a leadership role on any crisis but its own. EFTA00707096 Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is a spoiling power above all, still driven by the notion that, as he once put it, the Soviet Union's collapse was "the greatest geopolitical cata

t its own. EFTA00707096 Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is a spoiling power above all, still driven by

crisis but its own. EFTA00707096 Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is a spoiling power above all, still drive

crisis but its own. EFTA00707096 Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is a spoiling power above all, still driven by the notion that, as he once put it, the Soviet Union's collapse was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century." Its ambitions lie in turning back the clock. China, the heir apparent to nobo

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

MOCRACY: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians In May 2014, Putin signed a new law that criminalized the purposeful distortion of the Soviet Union's role in World War II. It could easily be applied to historians who, for example, criticize Stalin's Great Terror and its decimation of the militar

y 5, 2014 -- The German philosopher Jurgen Habermas once defined our times as "the age of post-national identity." Try convincing Russian President Vladimir Putin of that. Indeed, the great paradox of the current era of globalization is that the quest for homogeneity has been accompanied by a longing for ethn

A similar risk can be found in Catalonia's bid for independence from Spain. The central state always has its own nation-building responsibilities. Putin can manipulate Ukraine not because there is a shred of credibility to his claim that the Russian minority there faces persecution, but because Ukr

onal identity." Try convincing Russian President Vladimir Putin of that. Indeed, the great paradox of the

the rebel-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk. The week ahead will see two decisive days of reckoning: May 9, when Russians commemorate the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, and May 11, when pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings in a dozen cities in eastern Ukraine will hold a

stinian— Israeli peace talks Barakat El-Farra Article 4. Foreign Affairs The Czar of Brinkmanship Cynthia A. Roberts Article S. Al Jazeera Is Putin going all the wav in Ukraine? Peter Zalmayev Article 6. Project Syndicate The Techno-Political Transformation Klaus Schwab Article 7. Bloomber

master in the Kremlin may go all the way in his Ukrainian adventure and there is little stopping him; and 2) Ukraine is a crucial battleground for Vladimir Putin's emerging new doctrine and a decisive test of the western resolve. To the last point, I would add that Putin's emerging "New Russia" doctrine serves

o discern the precise limits to Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to escalate the crisis in Uk

ith Soviet subsidies, and stem any risk of contagion within the Soviet bloc, which proved an immense economic burden that eventually contributed to the Soviet Union's final economic crisis. In Putin's case, as in Khrushchev's, short-term gains could boomerang into long-term disasters. CYNTHIA A. ROBERTS teaches

aceful protest movement into a virtual civil war. But he still has a few friends in low places. The Iranians aren't giving up on him, and in Moscow Vladimir Putin won't abandon the son of the Soviet Union's favorite Arab tyrant, Hafez Assad. Far from it. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week reject

blatant interference in its internal affairs." The Kremlin's support makes it harder to ease Mr. Assad out peacefully in Damascus. But perhaps Mr. Putin's loyalty can be explained by the fact that he faces his own growing opposition. His ruling party cheated in December's parliamentary elections and

e Iranians aren't giving up on him, and in Moscow Vladimir Putin won't abandon the son of the Soviet Union'

vil war. But he still has a few friends in low places. The Iranians aren't giving up on him, and in Moscow Vladimir Putin won't abandon the son of the Soviet Union's favorite Arab tyrant, Hafez Assad. Far from it. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week rejected any talk of new U.N. sanctions or arms em

berg's footsteps, with little =uccess. Muscovite Vladimir Weisberg devoted much of his working =ife to pain

gs, consciousness, an understanding of truth have = claim on me, I am not afraid to liberate myself from =olor. Weisberg's=work was too strange for the Soviet Union's tame official art scene, =nd his first big exhibition took place three years after he died, =n 1988. One white-on-white painting, =ith just a hint o

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

sides. Communist rule end=d because Mikhail Gorbachev maneuvered it out of exclusive power. It was Gorbachev who ended Communist rule. He did it in the Soviet Union's own interest. The people who present=it as a victory of one country over another are incorrect, but it was the victory of one idea over another. Thi