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(11 votes) Garry Kasparov: "How the West Fueled Putin's Sense of Impunity"

Former Soviet chess champion Garry Kasparov is also leader of The Other Russia coalition, and with the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia in the news, he offers an interesting insider's perspe Read more...

(3 votes) US-Russian Relations - Is "Cold War" Mentality Back for the Long Haul?

It wasn't long ago when The former Soviet Union disintegrated and reestablished itself as a series of independent republics, one of which is Russia. Read more...

(2 votes) Book Review: "Imperium" by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Recommended by a friend in my graduate program in Portland, Ryszard Kapuscinski’s Imperium stands apart as an amazing piece of journalistic history of the former Soviet Union. Read more...

(1 vote) Remembering the Ukrainian Holocaust?

Well, there seems to be a dispute on whether it is a true holocaust or not. Seems 'ole Stalin intentionally starved peasant farmers but that seems to be the only thing people agree on. Read more...

(1 vote) Book Review: "Voices from Chernobyl" by Svetlana Alexievich

The fire and subsequent disaster in Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, was one of the largest nuclear disasters of all time. Read more...

(1 vote) Download The World In Conflict Demo

World In Conflict is a promising new PC Game that attempts to redefine what a military-based strategy game is. Read more...