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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 […]

The news media is working up the frenzy against Yemen. This change in tactics came about on the heels of China telling the dogs to back down over Pakistan and Russia telling the same dogs to go home over Syria… Fighting continues in Yemen capital: (Link) Days of armed clashes between tribal fighters and government […]

Sveta and I just had a wonderful long weekend at our village that is called Sunrise to Freedom. I have written many articles about this village. This is a link to our articles on Sunrise to Freedom… (Read More >>>) So this morning as I was drinking that wonderful cup of coffee. I was thinking […]

Something that is very interesting while traveling Russia is the unheard of growth everywhere that you see while traveling. I mean unbelievable growth of businesses. Businesses from all over the world… The real interest in this growth for me started the last train trip to Ukraine. I was on a day time train and had […]

NATO said on Wednesday it had extended its Libyan mission for a further 90 days, after Muammar Qaddafi made it clear he would not step down, dashing hopes of a negotiated end to the uprising against his rule… Of course we will only be there for a few days at most… Libya: NATO bombings killed […]

Russia Profile Experts Panel: Has Medvedev Become a Lame Duck?Introduced by Vladimir FrolovRussia Profile05/27/2011 Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has been savaged by the Russian and Western media for breaking little new ground and failing to announce his presidential bid during a lackluster press-conference last week. It is true that the event was overhyped by the […]

Could this be true or just smoke in the wind? If it is true then at least the G8 sidelines got something important done, because the main G8 meeting was a joke as usual… As a first major step, we have instructed our officials to concentrate on visa liberalization on a reciprocal basis for the […]

By Paul Ames: DEAUVILLE, France, May 26 (Xinhua) — Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was in the thick of the action early at the G8 on Thursday. He’d met separately with both his American and French counterparts even before the summit proper go underway. But the bonhomie with Barack Obama and the conclusion of an important […]