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Washington Times: Russia Decides To Trade East Ukraine For Sanctions Relief

Yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry said in Davos that sanctions against Russia could be removed in a period of a few months. The diplomatic, public statements along with movement of Western diplomats on the ground, meeting with their Russian counterparts, suggest Moscow has chosen to trade East Ukraine for sanctions relief to save their plummeting economy…

Washington Times: Collapse of crude oil price could force Putin to surprise the world militarily

Russian President Vladimir Putin has surprised the world multiple times in the past several years militarily. His invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea, combat support of the pro-Russian separatists in East Ukraine, and the landing of an expeditionary force in Syria, cementing a new Russian presence in the Middle East, are some recent examples that caught the West off guard. 2016 could very well bring additional geopolitical surprises from the Kremlin…

Collapse of crude oil price could force Putin to surprise the world militarily.

Washington Times: Obama’s Disrespect of Putin Coming Home to Roost

I find it very disturbing the number of times that President Obama has disrespected Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Obama’s behavior is not fitting for a president of the United States, and it has produced serious blowback…

Real Clear World: Russia’s Population Is Being Weaponized

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity is higher than ever, approaching a perfect ten. Of course some of that tabulated adoration is a result of individual Russians not wanting to be different from all the rest – not wanting be ridiculed or threatened if they give the wrong answer to a pollster – but the Russian population, for the most part, sees the Russian president as Putin the Great…

How Will Vladimir Putin Respond To NATO Shooting Down Russian Jet?

The real question is—how will Putin respond? The Russian president has been two steps ahead of the West in Syria and in the geopolitical arena in general…

Washington Times: Tsar Putin I Is On A Roll

In the days before the Soviet revolution, when the Russian aristocracy reigned supreme in its glory days, many of this elite group refused to speak Russian, they would only speak French, the language of beauty, sophistication, snobbery. The French hold a special place in the Russian heart…

Tsar Putin I is on a roll…