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U.S./Russia Talks So Far A “Very Professional” Non-Starter
ArchivesForeign Policy

U.S./Russia Talks So Far A “Very Professional” Non-Starter

January 11, 2022July 14, 2023

Talks between the U.S.-led NATO delegation and that of the Russian Federation began yesterday, and were “long, very professional,”…

Foreign Policy

10,000 Russian Troops Return Home as Kremlin/White House Security Talks Scheduled for January

December 27, 2021

PICTURED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. PC: 2.0. MOSCOW, Russia. December 25th, 2021. 10,000 Russian troops have returned to…

World News

Belarus President Says Country Will Host Russian Nukes if NATO Moves Theirs East

December 1, 2021

MINSK, Belarus. May 29th, 2018. PICTURED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with President of the Republic of Belarus…

World News

Migrant Crisis Leads to Nuclear-Capable Bombers Prowling NATO/Belarus Border

November 12, 2021

PICTURED: Tupolev Tu-160 RF-94109 over the Volga and the cities of Engels (left) and Privolzsky (right), Saratov Region. PC:…

At the Center of Everything, Ukraine Is a World Treasure and a Shame if Lost
ArchivesTravel

At the Center of Everything, Ukraine Is a World Treasure and a Shame if Lost

May 17, 2021December 11, 2023

Long-time reporter on the as-of-yet war of words between the Kremlin and NATO figureheads, Rick Rozoff, must have hardly…

Musings on the Slavosphere
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Musings on the Slavosphere

May 11, 2021June 30, 2023

Ukraine is one of those countries that, like so many parts of Europe, once belonged to one people, and…

Wide and Worthy Kiev (or Kyiv as the Ukraine Language calls it)
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Wide and Worthy Kiev (or Kyiv as the Ukraine Language calls it)

May 4, 2021June 30, 2023

Kyiv! Oh wide and worthy city, forgive me for almost passing you by. As brilliant as any capital city…

L’viv in a Day — According to World at Large
ArchivesTravel

L’viv in a Day — According to World at Large

April 30, 2021September 7, 2023

In a country not known for making positive headlines, a light of modernity, culture, and beauty in Ukraine shines…

Kyiv’s ‘Podil’ Neighborhood is a Kind of Brooklyn on the Dnieper
ArchivesTravel

Kyiv’s ‘Podil’ Neighborhood is a Kind of Brooklyn on the Dnieper

April 22, 2021September 7, 2023

Only the largest cities in Europe have the honor of being reviewed neighborhood by neighborhood, and Kyiv, the seventh-largest…

Touring the Carpathians — an Almost Perfect Forest I Thought
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Touring the Carpathians — an Almost Perfect Forest I Thought

April 20, 2021June 30, 2023

As I mentioned before and will quickly reiterate again, the Carpathian Mountains is the third longest mountain chain in…

World News

A Father of Modern Ukraine, NATO, U.S. Draw Line in the Sand With Rhetoric Not Seen Since WWII

April 16, 2021

PICTURED: Ukrainian tanks withdrawing from the eastern regions. Photo credit: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. CC 2.0. WASHINGTON…

Here I Am (Ukraine) Stuck in the Middle With You
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Here I Am (Ukraine) Stuck in the Middle With You

April 13, 2021June 30, 2023

Some countries are more eager to see COVID-19 recede into history than others. On the back of immense frustration…

Why are Congressmen Moving to Try and Stop Trump’s Troop Withdrawals from Germany?
Foreign Policy

Why are Congressmen Moving to Try and Stop Trump’s Troop Withdrawals from Germany?

June 22, 2020

PICTURED: The grand scale of Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany captured from helicopter. WASHINGTON. June 18th, 2020. Congressman Eliot…

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