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Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin
mentalunrest’s 2016 Person of the Year
I’ve decided to riff on Time Magazine and name my own Person of the Year, plus four entries for the short list. Needless to say that my take will differ a bit. 1. Vladimir Putin The Russia President changed the decades-long Neoliberal … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Race, Society, War
Tagged bernie sanders, deplorables, donald trump, person of the year, time magazine, Vladimir Putin, wikileaks
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AMERICA’S GIFT TO RUSSIAN GAS KINGS AND QUEENS
The logic is straightforward – NPR reports that the Ukraine government spends about 7.5 percent of the country’s GDP on gas through a subsidy to its citizens. Over 60 percent of Ukraine’s gas comes from Russia. Plus, Ukraine’s gas … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
Tagged Congress, Gazprom, Natural Gas, NPR, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
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WARNING – MCCAIN’S THINKING AGAIN
My initial dilemma was whether or not I should write about Senator John McCain’s latest bout of tangential erraticism, better known at the moment as his recent Pravda.ru op ed response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s NY Times article. My subsequent … Continue reading
WHAT DO THE RUSSIANS THINK ABOUT SYRIA NOW?
Russian President Vladimir Putin said two interesting things during an interview with the Associated Press and a Russian television station about his support for embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The first item, which most of us have heard before, is … Continue reading
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Tagged America Sochi, Bashar al-Assad, Civil War, Russia, Syria, Terrorism, United States, Vladimir Putin
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POPCORN ALERT: SAUDIS ISSUE THREAT TO RUSSIA
Remembering what I wrote regarding Russia’s terrorism concerns during the 2014 Winter Olympic games they will host in Sochi, this article I read in As-Safir [CLICK FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION] about Russian President Putin’s meeting with Saudi intelligence … Continue reading
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Tagged As-Safir, Bashar al-Assad, Civil War, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism, Vladimir Putin, war on terror
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