Russian officials have decided they should talk to Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries about output cuts to bolster oil prices, the head of Russia’s pipeline monopoly said on Wednesday, remarks that helped spur a sharp rise in world prices.
Professor Stephen F. Cohen Talks RussiaGate With FNC’s Tucker Carlson
NYU and Princeton Professor Emeritus Stephen F. Cohen argues media malpractice and an obsession alleged Russia collusion scandal has demonized any attempt by the U.S. to work with Russia.
GOP Lawmakers Seek To Reinstate Ban on Russian Rocket Engines (Defense News)
Two influential Republican lawmakers plan to introduce legislation that would reinstate restrictions on using Russian rocket engines for US military space launch.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., are introducing legislation Wednesday to repeal a provision in a law they say allows the unlimited purchase and use of rocket engines manufactured by a Russian company.
NSA Archive: NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard
Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major, and Woerner.
The Doomsday Clock Remains at Three Minutes to Midnight (James Carden)
At a press conference held by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday, former Defense Secretary William Perry pointed out there is a very real danger of an accidental nuclear war between the United States and Russia. This is all too true given the fact that US and Russian forces are operating in close proximity in the skies over Syria, where they are operating in the absence of a unified command.
Newly Declassified Documents: Gorbachev Told NATO Wouldn’t Move Past East German Border
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was given a host of assurances that the NATO alliance would not expand past what was then the East German border in 1990 according to new declassified documents.
PODCAST: Opponents of a US-Russia Detente Take The Offensive (Stephen F. Cohen)
David Filipov: Putin thanks Trump for CIA intel that foiled a planned terrorist attack in Russia
Putin told Trump that the information provided by the CIA allowed Russian law enforcement agencies to track down and detain a group of suspects who were planning to bomb the centrally located Kazan Cathedral and other crowded parts of Russia’s second0largest city.
Stéphane Dion signals willingness to re-engage with Russia (CBC)
Diplomatic relations between Canada and Russia may be headed for a thaw after the foreign ministers for both countries signalled it was time to start talking and working together in areas of common interests.
John Hudson: How Secret Talks With Russia to Prevent Election Meddling Collapsed
With the 2018 midterms on the horizon, Moscow proposed a sweeping noninterference agreement with the United States, US officials tell BuzzFeed News. The Trump administration said no.
Russia’s Lavrov Denies Offering Asylum to Syria’s Bashar Assad (NBC News)
Russia has not asked Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, nor has it offered him political asylum if he quits, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
The denial came as the Kremlin’s top diplomat faced questions from reporters about Moscow’s international relations, including its role in Syria peace talks and the Ukraine conflict.
Shane Savitsky: The media’s Russia probe meltdown: 3 screwups in one week
The media is having a rough week when it comes to reporting on the federal government’s multiple ongoing Russia investigations. Three stories in the past seven days have crumbled under greater scrutiny.
AUTONOMY V. SOBORNOST (Paul Robinson)
Vladimir Putin recently shocked a lot of people with an unscripted denunciation of Lenin. This should not have come as such a surprise. Although Western commentators often describe Putin as an ex-KGB agent keen to restore the Soviet Union, in reality he has repeatedly made it clear that he regards communism as a failed model of development…
Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor: Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia
Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Princeton and NYU Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor continue their weekly discussions of the new US-Russian Cold War.
THE UKRAINIAN LEFT DURING AND AFTER THE MAIDAN PROTESTS (Volodymyr Ishchenko)
USA Today: The U.S. bought weapons for Syrian rebels, and some wound up in the hands of ISIS
Sophisticated weapons the U.S. military secretly provided to Syrian rebels quickly fell into the hands of the Islamic State, a study released Thursday disclosed.
PODCAST: Peter Hitchens and Kate Maltby go toe to toe over Britain’s releationship with Putin’s Russia
From the UK – Peter Hitchens says that Britain should work with Russia on issues were the interests of both countries align. The Spectator’s Kate Maltby wants a tougher line after an inquiry found that the Russian state ‘probably’ ordered the killing of Alexander Litvinenko.
Listen as the pair had a lengthy debate on Britain and Russia’s relationship.
Jeremy Kuzmarov: Oklahomans Should Oppose Arming Ukraine
Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation is adamantly opposed to Big Government, except when it comes to subsidizing Big Oil and expanding U.S. military operations.
REPORT: The Russian-American ‘Reset’, NATO Expansion, and the Making of the Ukrainian Crisis (Gordon Hahn)
An emerging myth–one being put forward by both present and former U.S. government officials, the DC think tank community, and the media–is that NATO expansion had nothing to do with the making of the Ukrainian crisis and civil war. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Peter Zalmayev: Is Ukraine on the brink of another Maidan?
There is an increasingly widespread perception among Ukrainians that their government lacks the political will to fight corruption, which has plagued the country ever since it declared independence in 1991.