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It was the August coup of 1991, and the Soviet Union was on its knees, inexplicably crippled by stalwart communists who seized the Kremlin and declared themselves in charge of the USSR — a golden opportunity for a Russian politician to forward an agenda that would lead to the empires downfall.

It was the August coup of 1991, and the Soviet Union was on its knees, inexplicably crippled by stalwart communists who seized the Kremlin and declared themselves in charge of

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NATO Expansion – The Trigger for Russia’s Attack on Ukraine? – Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine is an act of aggression that will make already worrisome tensions between NATO and Moscow even more dangerous. The West’s new cold war with Russia has turned hot. Vladimir Putin bears primary responsibility for this latest development, but NATO’s arrogant, tone-deaf policy toward Russia over the past quarter-century deserves a large share as well.

NATO Expansion – The Trigger for Russia’s Attack on Ukraine? – Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine is an act of aggression that will make already worrisome tensions between NATO and Moscow even more dangerous. The West’s new cold war with Russia has turned hot. Vladimir Putin bears primary responsibility for this latest development, but NATO’s arrogant, tone-deaf policy toward Russia over the past quarter-century deserves a large share as well.

Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine is an act of aggression that will make already worrisome tensions even more dangerous.

The inside story of the Yeltsin years as told by the officials who lived through them.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan was urged by a group of hawkish Russia experts to send more arms to Ukraine ahead of crunch diplomatic meetings on security issues with Russian officials, reported Axios.

There is little dispute that relations between the United States and Russia are now so hostile that they amount to a second cold war. The current - Ted Galen Carpenter for Antiwar.com Original