Posts Tagged: Putin dictator
Russia Will Likely Collapse From the Inside
Russia is historically prone to internal collapse, as is shown by numerous examples from both the imperial and Soviet periods. The collapse usually takes place...
Russia Expands Its Anti-US Efforts from the Middle East to Africa
Over the past several years, the world has watched Russia prop up its position in Syria, Venezuela, and other locales. Less attention has been paid...
Russia Joins Gulf States to Help Sudan’s Military Crush Protestors
Documents leaked to The Guardian and MHK Media, a Russian-language news website, by the London-based Dossier Centre, an investigative group funded by exiled Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, have...
Russian Aggression and Putin’s Mass Mobilization
Mass mobilization saved the Russian state on many occasions in past centuries, proving effective against Charles XII, Napoleon I, and Hitler. The Russians are still...
Russians Should Ask if Moscow’s Foreign Policy Serves Russia — or Putin
Hints from the Russian media show that more and more Russians are starting to question Moscow’s foreign policy, as Putin’s 19 years of rule march...
Like Ukraine, Israel Must Confront Putin and His Evil Intentions
In his famous 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill said, “From what I have seen of our Russian friends ... I am...
Russia Invites Palestinian Terror Group to an Official Meeting, Giving Support and Legitimacy
Palestine Today reports that Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine received an official invitation to visit Moscow from the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to the Information Office...
Vladimir Putin’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Confrontation and Isolation
JNS.org - Vladimir Putin was the only candidate who did not campaign in the Russian presidential elections held on March 18. There was no need. Putin,...
Russia vs. Europe: Could Putin Be in Trouble?
The confrontation between Russia and the West over the course of the past several years has reached its most tense point since the collapse of...
Despite His Election ‘Victory,’ Putin’s Problems Will Grow
On March 18, Russia elected Vladimir Putin for a fourth presidential term, making his rule the longest since Joseph Stalin’s. But this next term will...
The Nascent Russia-Lebanon Alliance and Israel
The Russian entrance into the Syrian battlefield in 2015 propped up the Assad regime. And Moscow has continued to build up its military presence in...
Is Putin an Antisemite? It Really Doesn’t Matter
JNS.org - Among Sephardic Jews of my grandmother’s generation, there was a popular, if unproven, belief that Gen. Francisco Franco -- the military dictator who ruled Spain from...
Will Putin’s Next Presidential Term Be Different?
For the past several years, Vladimir Putin’s government has been facing major challenges both at home and abroad. In terms of foreign policy, Russia has experienced...
Vladimir Putin Is Winning in Syria — and in Europe
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Russia has played an extremely Machiavellian political game. By propping up the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, Vladimir Putin...
