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What can we blame on Russia today?

27 Dec 2020
What can we blame on Russia today? Will it be Putin’s fault When your team goofs a play? Who in Moscow wanted it to be Not warm enough for you…
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The emptiness of the International Olympic Committee

18 Dec 202015 Apr 2021
The International Olympic Committee — either a willing accomplice or a weakened ally unable to stand up for itself — has allowed an exterior body to bar a sitting president…
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Putin banned from attending Olympics!

17 Dec 2020
Public domain image WADA the what? The World Anti-Doping Agency wanted to hammer Russia hard. The Court of Arbitration for Sport chose to be kinder. Sort of. The CAS announced…
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Putin has Parkinson’s? Let’s consider this claim carefully

6 Nov 2020
Public domain image If the news is true, then Russia will soon see the end of Vladimir Putin’s reign as president. If the news is true. The New York Post…
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One enemy after another

8 Sep 20208 Sep 2020
Modern American history, which for purposes of this blog post begins with the 1950s, has been one of constant real or imagined enemies in the United States. Not a decade…
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Will Alexei Navalny (want to) return to Russia?

21 Aug 2020
The famed horse statue that sits a few feet from Red Square Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be in a Berlin hospital on Saturday morning. However, it appeared for…

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