Coffee and Contemplations of Medvedev…

Coffee this cool morning in Moscow was excellent. Nothing better when the temperature is around 10 degrees Centigrade (50 F.)… I was doing some thinking’s about Medvedev, the Russian president. I realized that he has become basically (and by his own actions) a lame duck as president. He has lost much of the respect that

A declaration of defeat by NATO…

Geidar Jemal, chairman of the Islamic Council of Russia: First, I think that the NATO declaration about its readiness to prolong the bombings of Libya for some 90 days is a sign of weakness, because previously I remember they were telling us about their readiness to bomb as long as necessary. Now limiting the bombings

The Broken Reset and Russia…

Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’: Another Lost Opportunity? By Stephen F. Cohen Obama’s decision to base his Russia policy on a partnership with the presumed “liberal” Medvedev, in the hope of promoting his political fortunes over Putin’s, has further limited support for the reset in Moscow. (Like the US media, Obama and his advisers continue to denigrate