Putin says, no one will build a wall around us. Putin says, no one will build a wall around us.Russian President Vladimir Putin blames the West for frosty relations and says Moscow will not. |
Ex-Soviet countries on front line of Russias media war with the west
Moscow has greatly increased projected spending for its foreign-focused media outlets for 2015, budgeting 15.38 billion roubles ($245m) for its RT television channel and 6.48 billion roubles ($103m) for Rossiya Segodnya, the state news agency that.
Putin urges Ukraine to withdraw troops, rebels to stop advancing
Ukraine, NATO and the West have accused Russia of sending its troops and weapons to support the insurgents. Moscow has denied the charge. AP reporters on the ground have run into numerous Russian fighters among the rebels and have seen large .
Berlins digital exiles: where tech activists go to escape the NSA
With its strict privacy laws, Germany is the refuge of choice for those hounded by the security services. Carole Cadwalladr visits Berlin to meet Laura Poitras, the director of Edward Snowden film Citizenfour, and a growing community of surveillance.
Putins overcoat: An act of chivalry toward Chinas first lady
BEIJING ��� In the race for manliest world leader, Vladmir Putin has been leaving all others in the dust for years. Already famous for his iron-pumping, horse-riding, tiger-hunting ways and his affinity for being photographed sans shirt with buff.
Charlie Hebdo and the Blowback Debate
The vicious murder of the editors and writers of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris has had an effect similar to the hysteria that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: demands that we invade Iraq (again!) and.
Russia, How To End The Bad Behavior Of A Fallen Empire
It was not infrequent that what we celebrated in front of the Iron Curtain as conciliation was nothing more than pussyfooting around. After the fall of the Berlin Wall came the. The West has answered with sanctions. But basically its still not.
Ice Cold War: Red Army Showcases the Height of Soviet Hockey
Their leaders scheme plans of attack, drawing arrows toward the enemys flank. And backing the. Polsky couldnt have scored a better centerpiece subject than Soviet team captain Slava Fetisov���even if, at the start, were not sure the brusque.
25 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, the far right is on the rise
And the separatism and division that emerged as one of the most durable legacies of 1989 has had worrying political consequences, rehabilitating the reputations of interwar dictators like Polands Marshal Pilsudski, Slovakias Josef Tiso and Hungarys.
Videochatting With Communists
In a country where all professionals have business cards in the same format���last name, first name and patronymic, academic degree, title, address���Joseph has stationery showing a drawing of a mans head: The lower half is a face gazing at you intently.
Taking the plunge
On a bright yet cold winters day I can think of many things to do, and throwing myself into cold water is not one of them. Yet, around the globe there seems to be no end of volunteers to attempt this, and at the weekend about 650 swimmers of all ages.
How NATO Reinvented Itself in Less Than Six Months
After Russia began its aggression in Ukraine in February 2014, few (including Russian President Vladimir Putin) would have expected NATO to move so quickly from crisis management to a fundamentally new defense posture. But the alliance has done just.
Russias Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine? Vladimir Putin May Invade Using Crimea.
���When you look at the amount of Russian equipment that the proxies were using prior to the Minsk agreements, that amount has doubled beginning in December into the hundreds,��� he said, adding that Russian surveillance drones have been spotted .
Tony Blair pictured with two of Italys ministers during dinner with Italian PM
Its a world away from Berlusconi and his bunga bunga parties, but at least Tony Blair can always rely on an Italian Prime Minister to seat him next to some pretty girls. Blair dined with his acolyte, Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, and MPs during.
Tearing down the Berlin Wall
On either side, back then, lay ���a half-world of ruin, drawn in two dimensions, crags of war,��� writes le Carr��. in the 13 years between 1949 and 1962, 2.5 million East Germans escaped. After the Wall was. ���[W]ould I have turned out so differently.
That little bit of vandalism will cost you $25000
Mayonnaise was first introduced to Russia when the country was ruled by the tsars ��� but through Communist revolutions, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the rise of Vladimir Putin, it has remained a must-have on Russian menus. In fact, the average.
Has Putin drawn the Iron Curtain? ��� The Globe and Mail
Over the past 36 hours, hes had to issue some of the most awkward statements of his long career as the other voice of Vladimir Putin. On Thursday, Mr.. Vladimir Putins girlfriend has given birthTelegraph.co.uk. Metro -Zee��.
Has Putin drawn the Iron Curtain?
On Thursday, Mr. Peskov had to respond to rumours that his boss was gravely ill, with some on the Internet speculating that the Russian President was dead, after an unnamed Kazakh official let slip that Mr. Putins health was the reason a planned trip.