the nyts tries to rehabilitate bloody gina haspel

In the 1930s, the Times’ man in Moscow, Walter Duranty, completely missed the Kremlin’s forced famine in the Ukraine that led to the death of six to seven million Ukrainians and Russians.  Joseph Stalin’s KGB found Duranty to be a “useful idiot” in accepting Moscow’s denial of..

mass arrests in moscow in run-up to election

the brutality has also added new dimension to the conflict, Moscow issue the violence and omnipotence of the hardliners, and the in the face of the arbitrary whims of the executive - this is issue that is broader than not allowing the opposition to participate in Moscow elections. ... The..

angry bear

This is June 1 and was declared Moscow in 1950.  It's also celebrated, mostly in former or socialist or communist nations, and is big Russia in particular even now, national holiday.  ..

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