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Gaza, Nukes and Globalism

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Muslim Brotherhood, Mikhail Khodorovsky, Zbigniew Brezinski, Imf, Atoms for Peace, Zionism, Iran, Gaza, Herman Kahn, Russia, Peace Flotilla, David Albright, Vladimir Putin, Curtis LeMay, Hyman Rickover, World Economic Forum, Npt, Ralph Bunche, Germany, Edward Teller, Palestine, Hamas, Horst Kohler, Barack Obama, France, Davos, Yukos, Susan Rice, Saladin, Jimmy Carter, Stanley Fischer, Hillary Clinton, Maimonedes, Moshe Dayan, World News
Eric Ehrmann

In today's crisis-facing global economy, bribes cause nuclear weapons and guided missile technology to get loose a lot faster than cries for holy war.

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Putin's Big Lie About Khodorkovsky

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Russia, Law, Sergei Magnitsky, Vladislav Surkov, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Blood Libel, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Blood libel is Putin's Big Lie, and it is the ultimate mendacious recourse that the Kremlin falls back upon in times of desperation.

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Russia Huffs and Puffs as the House Comes Down

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Robert Amsterdam, Kremlin, United States, Joe Biden, Cold War, Ukraine, Russia Georgia War, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Yukos, Natalia Estemirova, Viktor Yuschenko, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Farc, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, World News
Robert Amsterdam

By creating manageable confrontations with Europe, the U.S, and former Soviet states, the Kremlin is attempting to govern outwardly, diminishing pressures for greater domestic accountability.

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky Trial Seen As Test For Medvedev

Themoscowtimes.com | By Nickolaus van Twickel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Economy, Russia Judicial System, Yukos, Platon Lebedev, President Dmitry Medvedev, Economic Crisis in Russia, World News

The second trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which kicks off with preliminary hearings Tuesday, offers a test case of President Dmitry ...

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Anti-Putin Oil Tycoon, Gets New Trial

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Yukos, Yukos Oil, Khodorkovsky Trial, Kremlin, The Kremlin, Platon Lebedev, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia, World News

MOSCOW — Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been transferred from his Siberian prison to Moscow for a new trial, a court official and l...

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