the unmaking of an american

Born in Baku in 1895 to a German father and Russian mother, Richard Sorge had spent his early years in Berlin. ... His Japanese executioners chose November 7 for Richard Sorge’s hanging because it marked the anniversary of the Russian revolution. . ..

russia: new wave of anti-lgbt persecution

Russian authorities should investigate allegations of new wave of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and Chechnya and take steps to protect rights defenders and journalists. ... The threats against Igor Kochetkov are very serious and deserve reaction by Russian authorities, said Graeme Reid,..

camera op-ed: forty years of misreading iran

Efraim Karsh has noted, At no stage of the crisis, not even when it was all over, did the administration realize that what had just happened in front of its very eyes was in the grand style of French or Russian, not merely turbulence on grand scale... ..

frc blog

Federal Employee Downloaded 9,000 Pages of Porn, Infecting Network with Russian Malware – Craig Bannister, CNS News . ..

war in syria

Syrian regime has driven back Aleppo with the help of Russian fighter jets and tens of thousands of people fleeing the areas under attack. ..

farsnews

TEHRAN - Dissident sources Northern Syria claim government troops have leveled up preparations for major assault on militant groups Idlib Russian and Turkish presidents wrapped up work in Russian of Sochi on Thursday... ..

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