It would be an understatement to remark that the provenance of the cache of documents underlying the case is murky and that so far no serious effort has been made by the Russian state broadcasters to provide credible explanations of damaging discrepancies.
Continue reading ““Put up or shut up”: the case against William Browder and Alexei Navalny”
If Putin is to be seen as a Tsar, his performance in Q&A, just as his daily performance of his duties 7/7 deserves the very highest grades for intelligence, diligence, reserve, man management skills and the rest. A Tsar of this quality comes along once in 300 years.
Continue reading “Vladimir Putin’s live Q&A with the nation goes corporate: no surprises”
Whatever the final verdict may be on the documents presented by the film “The Browder Effect,” it raises questions about Browder that should have been asked years ago in mainstream Western media if journalists were paying attention.
Continue reading “Agent William F. Browder: The Smoking Gun”
The Dutch referendum was surely the trigger for the removal of Arseny Yatsenyuk, to show a contemptuous Europe and the world that the Ukrainians are moving to consolidate power and to proceed with deep reforms. Unfortunately, the consolidation was not where the real power in the country lies.
Will common sense finally prevail over the illogic, hubris and plain pig-headedness of those who control the EU institutions in Brussels, and afar from Berlin and Washington?
Continue reading “Dutch Referendum: a crack in the dam of European Russophobia”
On day three following the terror attacks, the Belgian common front of lighting candles, delivering pious speeches and preaching national solidarity in the face of the terrorist threat finally cracked. The ugly truth of why these attacks took place here is now coming out in dribbles of information in the national media.
Continue reading “Belgian Political Culture and the Terror Attacks in Brussels, 22 March 2016”
Even in the current period of stagnant economy or mild recession, the Russian consumer is not being asked to make great sacrifices, and the commercial classes are not taking advantage of the crisis.
The incoming Trump administration in January 2017 should arrive in office with well-defined plans for resuming arms control talks and negotiating a new security architecture for Europe…
Beware the day before the Ides of March
Carry on, Harvard, in spreading shadows rather than light, in addressing phony issues instead of existential ones….
Continue reading “An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust”
Gilbert Doctorow 