Mark Kleiman on WaPo coverage of Russia
If you’re not already persuaded that the current state of affairs in Russia should be a cause of great concern, Mark Kleiman makes the point quite concisely in this post. I’ve been reading Kleiman’s...
View ArticleDeath of Ivankov, Russian mobster, demonstrates difficulty of assessing...
Michael Schwirtz reported in the The New York Times of 13 October, the death of Vyacheslav K. Ivankov. Vyacheslav K. Ivankov, a Russian crime boss who survived tangles with the K.G.B., the F.B.I. and...
View ArticleOutsourcing – A Communist Plot? Remember Khrushchev?
CVAX ... When you care enough to steal the very best Mark Landler and Edward Wong, covering Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s trip to the US, in the New York Times, Feb 14, With Edge, U.S. Greets...
View ArticleCyberwar: USA & Israel v Iran, China v USA, Russia v The World
Iranian Pres. Achmadinejad at Natanz. Focusing on “Operation Olympic Games,” the US efforts behind the Flame and Stuxnet cyber attacks, Mischa Glenny, in “A Weapon We Can’t Control,” an op-ed in the NY...
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