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Working from Within or Without? Clinton’s visit to Laos should focus on cleaning up the 80 million unexploded bombs the US left behind from the Vietnam War. Instead, it’s all about realpolitik. — Alternet, July 10, 2012 A symbolic moment periodically illuminates both the true nature of U.S. foreign policy and how even once-idealistic youth becomeContinue reading Secretary Clinton in Laos by Fred Branfman…

Well it looks like this weekend we are going to the village and have a week of fun in the sun. I can’t wait and need a break from all the work that I have been doing and I know that Sveta needs a break badly. She burns the candle at both ends so toContinue reading What is up in Russia by Kyle and Sveta…

MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Lower House of Parliament, the State Duma, ratified on Tuesday adoption deals with the United States and France, stipulating that a Russian child can only be adopted by a foreign family if no Russian parents can be found at home. The need for such an agreement became particularlyContinue reading Russia Ratifies Adoption Deals With U.S. and France…

Russia has sent a naval flotilla of warships led by an anti-submarine destroyer to its naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. The Admiral Chabanenko and three landing craft have left their home port of Severomorsk in the Arctic Circle on their way to the Mediterranean whereContinue reading Are You Watching the Russian Moves in the Chess Game?

Communists are holding a protest in front of the State Duma while the lower house considers the ratification of the protocol on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). About 50 activists of the Communist Party (KPRF) gathered in downtown Moscow waving banners reading “WTO accession – a road to abyss!” and “WTO isContinue reading I have to say the Communist Party is Correct about the WTO… (World Trade Organization)

MPs of the Kemerovo Region in South Siberia have passed a bill/law according to which Americans have no right to adopt children anymore on the territory of the region. Exceptions from America are allowed only for very close relatives who have documents proving kinship to people living in the Kemerovo Region in South Siberia… TheContinue reading American Adoption No More in Russia’s Kemerovo Region in South Siberia…

Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday and Monday is a day of National Mourning… Flags will fly at half mast, TV will not show light entertainment programs, and Orthodox services throughout the country will commemorate the several hundred victims of the floods in the Krasnodar region… The last national day of mourning happened almost exactlyContinue reading Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday… (July 8th, 2012)

When force seems to be the only solution to ending the unrest in Syria, according to the West the only concern for all parties is who will take control of the country. Who cares about the Syrian people? No voices can be heard from the outside world expressing concern for them. The gunpowder smoke shieldsContinue reading Who cares about the Syrian people?

“Their [Western] position is most likely to exacerbate the situation, lead to further violence and ultimately a very big war,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. If America wants war then I guess it will happen and I guess the world will find out who is on what side… Don’t be stupid and ignore theContinue reading Just One of Those Russian Warning Shots – I always Talk About…