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MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A new round of security talks between Russia and the United States concluded Monday in Geneva, with the two sides showing no sign of

MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A new round of security talks between Russia and the United States concluded Monday in Geneva, with the two sides showing no sign of

MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A new round of security talks between Russia and the United States concluded Monday in Geneva, with the two sides showing no sign of

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, December 14th

The Belarusian leader faces two basic scenarios, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev. The first is to “swallow” Western sanctions, to keep a low profile and, at least temporarily, not to carry out similar demarches. The second way would entail a new round of escalation, playing on other topics that are painful for the West. But this scenario could lead to a new escalation of sanctions. 

“One of the colossal problems pushing us into conflict is that Russian identity does not exist without Ukrainian identity,” said Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of Russia’s Parliament.

To many Russians, the conflict with Ukraine is about a hurt national psyche, a historical injustice to be set right.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As the Kremlin masses troops near Ukraine, it is signalling one core conviction: Russia cares more about the fate of its southwestern neighbour than the West ever will. In speeches, interviews and lengthy articles, President Vladimir Putin and his close associates have telegraphed a singular fixation this year on the former Soviet republic. The Kremlin thesis goes that

What’s driving Putin’s Ukraine brinkmanship?

“One of the colossal problems pushing us into conflict is that Russian identity does not exist without Ukrainian identity,” said Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of Russia’s Parliament.