Epstein Secrets

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

r jobs, homes, or gov- ernment services if they did not turn out for the party. The most charismatic opposition figure, the leader of the Unity and Justice Party, Birtukan Mideksa, re- mained in prison during the election, in which opposi- tion candidates took only two seats 22 The possible motivations for ret

rding to the projections." EFTA00135826 Putin Hints At Russia-China Military Alliance. The AP (10/22) reports that on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin "said...there is no need for a Russia-China military alliance now, but noted it could be forged in the future." The AP says that when "asked during

asked during a video conference with international foreign policy experts Thursday whether a military union between Moscow and Beijing was possible, Putin replied that 'we don't need it, but, theoretically, it's quite possible to imagine it." According to the AP, "Putin's statement signaled deepening

0/22) reports that on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin "said...there is no need for a Russia-Chin

otecting the life of every individual." The Wall. Street Journal (10/22, Hinshaw, Ojewska, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says the ruling Law and Justice Party has tried to remove the fetal-exemption clause since taking power in 2015. The New York Times (10/22, Pronczuk, 18.61M) says the ruling "effectively

nd 21 years to develop — comes of age in a much more open, pluralistic society. The current Iraqi leaders are holdovers from the old era, just like Vladimir Putin in Russia. They will always be weighed down by the past. But as Putin is discovering — some 21 years after Russia's democratic awakening began — th

The current Iraqi leaders are holdovers from the old era, just like Vladimir Putin in Russia. They will always be weighed down by the past. But as Putin is discovering — some 21 years after Russia's democratic awakening began — that new generation thinks differently. I don't know if Iraq will make i

eaders are holdovers from the old era, just like Vladimir Putin in Russia. They will always be weighed dow

years. The two largest political factions in the so-called "lower house"—the Muslim Brotherhood (represented by its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)) and the Salafi Al-Nour Party—are well aware that within that term, their constituents will expect them to deliver on some of their promises

g with Iraq, the Palestinian issue, Iran and now Syria. What to do? Albright and 15 other former foreign ministers just sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin saying they were "gravely disappointed" by Russia's failure to support the U.N. mission and pleading for action to stop the war in Syria. Albright'

nisters just sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin saying they were "gravely disappointed" by Russi

oreign ministers just sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin saying they were "gravely disappointed" by

al analogies that are interesting but are hardly predictive of the Brotherhood's political trajectory. Still, if the reception that the Freedom and Justice Party received in Washington last March is any indication, these arguments hold sway and insulate Morsi and the EFTA00711986 Brotherhood from the wides

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

ure, repression and stagnation. We are not buying. And America shouldn't either. Amr Darrag is a member of the executive board of the Freedom and Justice Party, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He was Egypt's minister of planning and international cooperation under President Mohamed Morsi.