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The KGB And Russia's Economy: How A Group Of Friends Gained Control

Fortune | Bill Powell | Posted 09.10.2008 | Business

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(Fortune Magazine) -- Long before the small group of men gained control of a $1.3 trillion economy, they could be found gathered at a lakeshore deep i...

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CIA's 'Most Valuable Defector,' Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko, During Cold War Dies

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A KGB spy who switched allegiances at the height of the Cold War and was considered by the CIA as its "most valuable and economical...

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home

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Judah Freed

No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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What Is Appeasement?

William Bradley | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

John McCain had to choose between supporting his party's president or denouncing his comments as the sort of hostile divisiveness he had himself just denounced. He chose to support Bush.

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Can Russia Sink Any Lower?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

The rest of the world can only look on with bewilderment at the absurdity of Russia's behavior. Russia, it would seem, is paranoid about becoming irrelevant on the world stage.

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