3
Shared Docs
3
Same-Page
7 / 3
Mentions
for it, Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian civil war— particularly the White House's inept and improvisational response to it—has accidentally transformed Putin into a major power- broker for the post-Arab Spring Middle East. (This is no small feat considering that Sunni Muslim antipathy toward Russia is at
ing in Cairo as a direct result of EFTA00706389 its government's support for the still-popular military regime: "The positive stance of President Vladimir Putin towards the June revolution was behind the rise in his popularity." Portraits of Putin today hang alongside those of Sisi in Cairo. The Russian-Eg
litary regime: "The positive stance of President Vladimir Putin towards the June revolution was behind the
he attack from the point of view of U.S. intelligence, which intercepted freak-out communications from Moscow to Damascus on August 21.) Next came Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Duma's foreign affairs committee, who on September 11 suggested to his colleagues in Russia's sycophantic parliament that, in the
dle East: The End of America's Moment? NYT Russia vs. Europe Bill Keller December 15, 2013 -- The world needs Nelson Mandelas. Instead, it gets Vladimir Putins. As the South African hero was being sung to his grave last week, the Russian president was bullying neighboring Ukraine into a new customs union t
nion Lite, and consolidating his control of state-run media by creating a new Kremlin news agency under a nationalistic and homophobic hard-liner. Putin's moves were not isolated events. They fit into a pattern of behavior over the past couple of years that deliberately distances Russia from the soc
he world needs Nelson Mandelas. Instead, it gets Vladimir Putins. As the South African hero was being sung
n's rival "Eurasian" union instead? More than you might think. Listen to the chairman of the Russian Parliament's International Affairs Committee, Alexei Pushkov, warning that if Ukraine joins the E.U., European advisers will infiltrate the country and introduce "a broadening of the sphere of gay culture." O
02686118 Dian Triansyah Djani Kirill Dmitriev Vladimir A. Dmitriev Steve Dobbs Evgeny Dod Colin Dodge
ia Deepak Puri Chairman and Managing Director Moser Baer India Ltd India Amon Purie Chairman and Editor-in-Chief The India Today Group India Alexei Pushkov Author. Anchor and Executive Producer, Postscript TV Show TV-Center (NC) Russian Federation Khaled A. Qahlani Vice-Chairman Abdulhadi A. Al Qa
Entities connected to both Vladimir Putin and Alexei Pushkov

Barack Obama
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Prince Andrew
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Bloomberg L.P.
ORGANIZATION
Marc Rich
PERSON
Michael Cohen
PERSON
John F. Kennedy
PERSON
Tehran
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
Middle East
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Boris Nikolic
PERSON
Condoleezza Rice
PERSON
United Kingdom
LOCATION
John Kerry
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Yemen
LOCATION
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON