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John Bolton Urges Senate To Reject Kash Patel's FBI Nomination

John Bolton criticizes Trump's nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director, urging Senate to reject.

Blaming Bill Buckley for Racism, January 6, and More

Historian David Austin Walsh tries and fails to rebut Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism thesis.

Reason · Nov 23, 2024

Fall of Khrushchev: 60 years since the ‘most democratic coup’ in Soviet history, how Comrade Nikita was toppled

The overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev from the posts of first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and the leader of the Soviet state in October 1964 was an unprecedented event in the history of the Soviet Union.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2024

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Head of Nobel-winning rights group says Russia sliding back toward Stalinist times under Putin

Freed last week in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, Orlov is now forced into exile – just like Soviet dissidents of his youth

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024

Is Putin drawing inspiration from Stalin’s military purge? Despite parallels, probably not

May 2024 was a noteworthy month for Russia’s military. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with economist Andrey Belousov. Several military leaders were also arrested by the FSB, the Russian successor to the Soviet KGB.

The Conversation · Jul 1, 2024

If D-day ceremony aimed to send Putin a message about fighting tyranny, Ukraine’s allies should have paid more attention to history

The recent D-day commemorations strove to project a message of western unity in the face of a new European aggression. This time it was not Nazi Germany that was the threat, but Russia.

The Conversation · Jun 11, 2024

US action film star Steven Seagal makes surprise appearance at Putin inauguration

Seagal is a long-term friend of the Russian leader and has expressed his support for the country’s invasion of Ukraine

Evening Standard · May 7, 2024

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Putin's Fifth Term: Challenges And Controversies Ahead

Vladimir Putin's fifth term as Russian President begins amidst political turmoil, international conflict, and domestic challenges. Uncertain future traject...

Russia’s presidential election: Putin, power, the possibility of protests

The 71-year-old president is all but certain to win another term in a vote that begins on March 15.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2024

Russia's Communist Wing Calls For Probe Into Stalin's Death

Russia's communist faction calls for investigation into Western involvement in Stalin's death, sparking debates and controversies.

Russia faces Putin’s iron grip until at least 2030 as he stands for president again

The 71-year-old leader is the longest-serving Russian president since Joseph Stalin – and there is little doubt he will extend his rule after announcing his candidacy for 2024

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Russian attempt to control narrative in Ukraine employs age-old tactic of 'othering' the enemy

Controlling the narrative has long been crucial to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2023

From Stalin to Putin, abortion has had a complicated history in Russia

Abortion has had a complicated history in the Soviet Union and Russia

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences

U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to travel to an active war zone and the scene of an unfolding humanitarian crisis spoke volumes, even before his arrival.

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2023

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The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia

The Crimean Peninsula's balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and Soviet general secretaries

Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2023

Does Prigozhin, Russia’s Wagner chief, have political ambitions?

The Wagner leader is becoming a recognisable public figure in Russia and has staked out a niche among conservatives.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2023

Moscow human rights centre packs up as state tightens 'monopoly on memory'

Posters chronicling the end of the Cold War lie discarded near outdoor rubbish containers, and staff inside sift through papers and stack books as over a quarter of a century of Russian human rights work is packed up.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

Moscow prison for US reporter was used in Stalin's purges

Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times

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Financial Times · Mar 30, 2023

‘Total distrust’: rise of the Russian informers

Teachers, neighbours and even family members are turning to Soviet-style denunciations in wartime Russia

Al Jazeera · Mar 25, 2023

Joe Biden says no sign yet of China sending Russia weapons

Ex-President Medvedev quotes threatening 1941 Stalin message to urge more weapons production by Russia’s arms industry.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

China and Russia: explaining a long, complicated friendship

Chinaese leader Xi Jinping just concluded a three-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a warm affair in which the two men praised each other and spoke of a profound friendship

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

Brawling with elite, Russian mercenary boss wishes politician shot

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the shaven-headed former convict and catering magnate who runs Russia's Wagner mercenary army on the Ukraine frontline, said on Friday that a politician who criticised him should be shot and may end up on a pitchfork.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Review: 'Sell Us the Rope,' by Stephen May

FICTION: An insightful, improbably wry historical novel about a future dictator.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2023

Putin evokes Stalingrad to predict victory over 'new Nazism' in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces at Stalingrad 80 years ago to declare on Thursday that Russia would defeat a Ukraine supposedly in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2023

New monument to Soviet leader Stalin unveiled ahead of WW2 anniversary

A new bust of Soviet leader Josef Stalin has been unveiled in Volgograd ahead of Wednesday's 80th anniversary of the Red Army's defeat of Nazi invaders in the bloodiest battle of World War Two.

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