Vladimir Putin praises Stalin, signals return to Russian presidency
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s post-Soviet dictator, praised Joseph Stalin for industrializing the former Soviet Union and lobbied for a fair assessment of Stalin’s overall impact on Russia.
Putin might just turn out to be the Stalin of our time. I’m not ready to compare hime to Stalin yet but he apparently idolizes the man and is determined [...]
Russians Violating Current Nuclear Arms Treaty
Chairman Obama and his Secretary of State Hilary Clinton are in the process of negotiating (to characterize it charitably) a new nuclear arms agreement with Russia.
The U.S. has already agree to further cut its nuclear arsenal and taken the unprecedented step of allowing the Russians access to its nuclear sites for inspection and inventory calculations. [...]
Russia to Gain Access to America’s Nuclear Arsenal?
Yes, at least if the current tentative agreement Secretary of State Hilary Clinton reached with her Russian counterpart is accepted.
Under the agreement, the Russians would have unprecedented access to our nuclear arsenal under the auspices of taking inventory. Right.
Secretary Clinton secured didn’t receive a reciprocal agreement from the Russians, mind you, just like Chairman Obama [...]
Why is Russia Concerned with Rehabilitating Stalin’s Image?
Most of you won’t care (but you should) about this story, but some will, and so do I.
Two sentences inscribed above the refurbished entrance hall of Moscow’s Kurskaya metro station are causing great agitation for survivors of Russian labor camps.Yuri Fidelgoldsh, who had five ribs removed after imprisonment six decades ago, is one of the [...]
Obama, Gates Make Cuts to U.S. Defense Weapons as Russia Rearms
President Obama and Sec. of Defense Robert Gates are apparently ready to undertake massive cuts to American weapons, systems and military vehicles:
As the Bush administration was drawing to a close, Robert M. Gates, whose two years as defense secretary had been devoted to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, felt compelled to warn his successor of [...]
Hugo Chavez Welcomes Russian War Ships To Venezuela
Making good a promise made a couple of months ago, Russian war ships have arrived off the coast of Venezuela.
Who’s there to welcome them with open arms? None other than Sean Penn and Danny Glover’s pal, President Hugo Chavez:
Russian warships sailed into port in Venezuela on Tuesday in a show of strength as Moscow [...]
China Says Dump U.S. Dollar, Builds Oil Pipeline With Russia
There are two very important stories out of China. The first is more evidence supporting our claims that China is not even a trade ally much less an ally overall. China is blaming the United States dollar for the recent decline in global wealth:
The United States has plundered global wealth by exploiting the dollar’s dominance, [...]
Russian Begins Overhaul of Nuclear Forces
All has not been quiet on the Russia front the last couple of weeks. The Russians did in fact send some of their naval fleet to Venezuela to participate in war games, and now we get word that, just as we have been telling you, they overhauling and strengthening their military–specifically their nuclear forces:
Russia announced [...]
Russia Planning War Games With Venezuela
Looks like the Putin-Chavez relationship is getting even closer:
With American-Russian relations declining to the point of Cold War-era posturing, Moscow is sending ships to the Caribbean.
If the scheduled joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy take place, the maneuver would be one of Russia’s most provocative exercises in the Western Hemisphere since the Soviet Union supported [...]
U.S., Poland Strike Missile Defense Deal
Think the timing of the finalization of this deal is just a coincidence?
The United States and Poland reached a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest reaction so far to Russia’s military operation in Georgia.
But the deal reflected growing alarm in countries like Poland, [...]
