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News and analysis about all things Russia, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, the war in Ukraine, and more.
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Flynn resigned as Trump’s national security adviser this week after potentially violating federal law.
Michael Flynn didn’t even last a month in the job.
The national security adviser could be in big trouble.
Russian media normally focuses solely on Putin. Last week, Trump got even more attention.
One reason to be skeptical: the way it’s written.
“They were serving themselves and their own clicks.” –Kelly McBride, vice president of Poynter
Trump hasn’t talked about immigration with his pick to run Homeland Security — or talked Russia with his would-be secretary of state.
Why it matters that Vladimir Putin may have dirt on Donald Trump.
In an interview, the powerful Democrat blasts Trump’s war with the US intel community.
The former senator is a staunch anti-Russia hawk.
“There is a difference between healthy skepticism about intelligence information and disparagement.”
This is not your daddy’s Cold War.
The man shouted, “Remember Syria! Remember Aleppo!”
Republicans like Putin more than Obama. That means they’re not as angry as they should be.
The retired general could push Trump to take a harder line toward Tehran — and Russia.
Trump’s first major pick is a retired general who was fired from his last job in the military.
And now his job is telling Donald Trump what to believe.
Turns out not everyone in the Kremlin is optimistic about the new Trump administration.
From NATO to the Middle East, the world will be in for four years of uncertainty and risk.
Reid says the FBI has “explosive information” about Trump’s ties to Russia — but it’s sitting on it to help Trump win.
Turns out this isn’t the first time Russia has done this sort of thing.
“When he calls me brilliant, I’ll take the compliment.”
Fears of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine are probably overblown.
Doping is part of a legacy from Soviet times that never really went away.
What Trump said was indefensible. It’s also his whole campaign strategy in a nutshell.
Measuring a country’s strength isn’t as easy as you think.
Geopolitics meets The Art of the Deal.
Vladimir Putin may have met his match in Ramzan Kadyrov.
Putin wants a Europe that’s divided and distracted. He just got his wish.
What Russia’s six-month war really accomplished.
One of the most important developments in Syria today, explained.
Following Lenin’s death, the tree fell out of favor, labeled an anti-Soviet influence and a “remnant of the damned past” by a new generation of leaders. Then a member of Stalin’s inner circle suggested resurrecting the tradition “for the children.”
Good news: it is acceptable in America to praise dictators who violently suppress human rights, as long as you follow these simple rules.
“I suspect Moscow is not keen to start yet another diplomatic war, let alone anything more than that.”
A leading expert explains.
The Russians have been taunting the Turks for a while now.
A guide to a suddenly prominent ethnic minority — and associated rebel group — in Syria.
But it should still make us ask: What if this had happened in Eastern Europe, where the danger is much higher?
Most ominously, he threatens “serious consequences” for relations between Russia and Turkey, a NATO ally.