Great Russia
NEED TO KNOW Great Russia RUSSIA/ UKRAINE When Ukrainian forces recently retook the city of Lyman from Russian occupiers, resident Elena Kharkovska was surprised to learn that Russian President Vladimir...
Read full story →From Russia with Love
NEED TO KNOW CRIMEA From Russia with Love Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a $4-billon bridge linking mainland Russia with the annexed Crimean peninsula in a polished television...
Read full story →Russian Roulette
NEED TO KNOW Russian Roulette Negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin must feel a bit like Russian roulette. You know there’s a bullet in the chamber somewhere; you’re just not...
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When Spring Comes
NEED TO KNOW When Spring Comes RUSSIA/ UKRAINE As the US and Germany send advanced armored vehicles to help Ukraine’s cause, Russia has lost almost half of its battle tanks,...
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An Angry Man
NEED TO KNOW An Angry Man RUSSIA Recently, Putin declared that any country that interfered in Russia’s special operations in Ukraine would face “consequences greater than any you have faced...
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War Games
NEED TO KNOW War Games UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Ukrainian forces recently attacked Russian vehicles after they received a tip through the encrypted, unmoderated social media app Telegram. As NBC News wrote,...
Read full story →What’s Irony in Russian?
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA What Is Irony in Russian? What a coincidence. Russian authorities jailed Alexei Navalny for 30 days in late August for organizing unsanctioned rallies against Russian President...
Read full story →Awkward Alliances
NEED TO KNOW Awkward Alliances CHINA/ RUSSIA Chinese President Xi Jinping once described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “my closest foreign colleague and my best confidant.” Their affinity makes sense...
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