By Sam bot on October 22, 2015
airstrikes, approval ratings, putin, russia, syria, syrian conflict, vladimir putin
Asia, Europe, Politics, Stories, Stories
VIA NBC News by Alexey Eremenko Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has reached nearly 90 percent largely thanks to his military moves in Syria, according to a new nationwide poll published Thursday. <img class=”img-responsive img_inline” src=”http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_43/1271656/151022-russia-vladimir-putin-749a_3a0f1dd12b2c2ec48c046b98453009a8.nbcnews-fp-360-360.jpg” alt=”Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin” title=”Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin” itemprop=”image”/& Russian President Vladimir Putin PAVEL GOLOVKIN / Pool […]
By Sam bot on October 22, 2015
assad, hezbollah, obama, putin, russia, syria, syrian conflict
Middle East, Politics, Videos
VIA VOX youtube Channel The Syrian Conflict, which can no longer be called The Syrian Civil War, began in 2011 during Syria’s chapter of the Arab Spring. Unlike most of their neighbors though, Syrian rebels and dissidents have thus far been unsuccessful in ousting the ruling Assad regime. As a result of violence and warfare […]
By Sam bot on March 8, 2015
ceasefire, eurasia group, kiev, putin, russia, ukraine
Politics, Stories
VIA “realcleardefense.com” by Ian Bremmer and Harry Kazianis <img style=’display:none’ border=0 width=0 height=0 src=’http://a.rfihub.com/ns.gif?ri=613b3f68854823300338f36c3daf6838&ra=8356538870.11881237737852968’&gt Editor’s Note: The below is an interview with Ian Bremmer. Mr. Bremmer serves as president of the Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy, and a Global Research Professor at New York University. He is the author of the popular book Every Nation […]
By Sam bot on February 28, 2015
assassination, boris nemtsov, moscow, putin, russia, russian opposition
Europe, Politics, Stories
Above: Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov VIA “newyorker.com” by Joshua Yaffa Just after midnight on Friday, Boris Nemtsov, a fifty-five-year-old Russian opposition politician, was gunned down as he walked across a bridge just outside the Kremlin walls. A car drove past, shots rang out, and Nemtsov was killed by four bullets to the back. His […]
By Sam bot on February 13, 2015
artillery, economy, hostility, independence, military, putin, russia, struggle, ukraine
Europe, Global, Politics, Stories, Stories
VIA “nytimes.com” by Andrew Higgins BRUSSELS — His country’s oil export revenues and currency have slumped. Its economy is shrinking, and some of his own allies in Moscow have questioned where he is leading them. Yet when President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sat down Wednesday in the Belarussian capital of Minsk with the leaders […]
