The Soviet Union erased Russia’s history as a European cultural nation
A crucial rule of successful diplomacy is that one does not have to approve of one enemy’s actions, but one does have to understand what motivates them.
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To see what Putin’s 2022 invasion means, look to 1494
The French invasion of Italy in 1494 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, although divided by centuries, bear uncanny parallels.
Putin is trying to resurrect Imperial Russia – Will he claim back Alaska? Surely even the Kremlin dictator will draw a line at the Empire’s California outpost
Vladimir Putin wants to re-establish the old borders of the USSR. We know that. In 2014 he annexed Crimea. Next, he invaded Ukraine.
Russian politician threatens Lithuania and Poland with ‘cutting new corridor to Kaliningrad’
Senior Russian politician and former diplomat Dmitry Rogozin wants his country to “cut a corridor” to link Russia with Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Lithuania…
Moscow may annex Georgian breakaway regions, former Russian president says
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the Caucasus, which most countries recognise…