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<strong>The long read</strong>: Germany has been forced to admit it was a terrible mistake to become so dependent on Russian oil and gas. So why did it happen?

By CDR Salamander (Op-Ed) The greatest tragedies from war, both directly and indirectly, are those that were clearly foreseen, knowable, or otherwise clear as day to anyone who wanted to...

One way to think yourself into the warped mind of a despot like Russian President Vladimir Putin is to first probe into the dark recesses of your own psyche, then figure out what's different in his.

An unseasonably cool afternoon and the promise of a mural unveiling recently drew several dozen locals to the Near Southside. At 113 S. Main St., the striking image captures the tenor of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. A bird’s-eye view of a grand piano features keys, strings, and hammers bathed in

Seizing the wealth of Russian oligarchs would leave Putin in a "difficult position," experts said.

And finland accepted the famous finlandisation, after that they accept they did not have complete sovereignty over their defence and foreign policy — there were huge sacrifices, i think this is something that we never discussed enough, how hard the sacrifices that the finnish people made, in orderto maintain their own peace and stability in the region. i just want to pick up on a part... the point about georgia and moldova is really interesting because what you are seeing is that these are for...

It wasn't until I watched the bombs raining down on my home city of Kyiv that I began to identify, proudly, as a Ukrainian. The Russian language I speak is part of my identity: It doesn’t mean I support an imperialistic war

From the blog of Tomasz Cebulski at The Times of Israel

As Russia threatens to expand its Ukraine war into Moldova, the traditionally neutral country turns West — not to everyone’s liking.

The name of russia. he looks at the map and looks at countries that moscow effectively ruled, that they controlled. hungary, czechoslovakia, romania, bulgaria, eastern germany. lets mention them, the former soviet republics of estonia, latvia, lithuania. moscow control all of those places and now they belong to nato white he maintains he was given a guarantee that nato would not expand and that a guarantee that nato would not exoand and— a guarantee that nato would not exand and ., , ., ., ., ...