Tag: russia
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A hint of civilisations clashing
from economist.com: As my last posting noted, the first edgy thing which the new Greek government did was to downgrade, albeit very politely, its relations with the church. The second thing was to upgrade a relationship whose historic roots are at least partly religious, with Russia. On his first day in office, prime minister Alexis Tsipras met the Russian ambassador,…
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#PutinMissing? Russia’s President AWOL for Nearly Two Weeks
from independent.co.uk: Dmitry Peskov’s patience finally ran out. “We’ve already said this a hundred times, this isn’t funny any more.” Vladimir Putin, Russia’s strongman leader, ever-present across the past 15 years, was missing. And Mr Peskov, his mustachioed mouthpiece, was struggling to contain the story. Apparently in sound health, Mr Putin had not been seen…
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A Dreamer Out of Time: Nicholas Roerich
from theimaginativeconservative.org: In a large part of the Western mindset, Russian culture only really existed in the nineteenth century. Before Vladimir Putin’s kleptocracy and before the horrific purges of the Soviets, Russia was, we are led to believe, a somewhat backwards land that nevertheless managed to produce great works of art. Undoubtedly, Russia in the…
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Russia and Turkey Sign Major Trade Deals
Putin says South Stream gas pipeline to EU scrapped and names Turkey as partner for alternative project. from aljazeera.com: The leaders of Russia and Turkey have signed a series of major trade and energy deals in the Turkish capital amid differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine as Moscow copes with Western sanctions. Vladimir…
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U.S. Tech Giant Fined $58 Million for Bribery
from thechosunilbo.com: A subsidiary of U.S. technology giant Hewlett-Packard was hit with a multi-million-dollar fine Thursday for bribing Russian government officials. The company’s Russian division will have to pay $58.7 million after pleading guilty in a California court to violating U.S. anti-bribery and accounting laws. HP Russia admitted to paying off government officials to secure…









