Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin

mentalunrest’s 2016 Person of the Year

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

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 →

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PUTIN SHOWS OBAMA WHAT ‘DEGRADE AND DESTROY’ ISLAMIC STATE LOOKS LIKE

Posted on March 16, 2016 by

Did Russia just pull a fast one on the US by withdrawing military forces from Syria? Well, before we get to that — do you remember when President Obama shared his plan to “Degrade and destroy” Islamic State (or ISIL … Continue reading →

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RANDOM RUSSIA-ISIL-US THOUGHTS

Posted on October 4, 2015 by

Russia, now on its fourth day of bombing Islamic State and other terrorist fighters in Syria, estimated that its operation will conclude in 3-4 months. This means Russia will have been able to accomplish what the US has been trying … Continue reading →

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EU GIVES RUSSIA THE UKRAINE HEAD FAKE – AND OTHER NEWS

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

Russia President Vladimir Putin must be having a Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot moment after the latest Ukraine events. Putin negotiated with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s François Holland in Minsk for hours to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between … Continue reading →

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APEC NOTES: WHAT’S LEFT FOR OBAMA, PUTIN OR JINGPING TO SAY?

Posted on November 16, 2014 by

I want to post some thoughts about the latest APEC summit since most news agencies either ignored key events in the months prior to this meeting, or their approach to distribute “news bits” in the namesake’s most literal way possible prevents … Continue reading →

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AMERICA’S GIFT TO RUSSIAN GAS KINGS AND QUEENS

Posted on March 25, 2014 by

    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 →

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WARNING – MCCAIN’S THINKING AGAIN

Posted on September 19, 2013 by

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 →

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WHAT DO THE RUSSIANS THINK ABOUT SYRIA NOW?

Posted on September 4, 2013 by

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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POPCORN ALERT: SAUDIS ISSUE THREAT TO RUSSIA

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

        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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IS FRIEDMAN TRIPPIN’?

Posted on August 16, 2013 by

      The question is which drugs Thomas L. Friedman took before writing his Obama, Snowden and Putin article for the NY Times? The first piece of madness he wrote referenced President Obama’s surveillance reforms: Considering the breadth of … Continue reading →

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