Russia

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  1/16/19
  

  Here’s How Democratic Presidential Contenders Should (Not) Talk About Russia

  by David S. Fogleson

  Candidates gearing up for 2020 may be blazing new trails on domestic issues, but when it comes to engagement with Russia, they haven’t moved beyond the counterproductive status quo.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/10/19
  

  Russia Is Running Low on World War II Soviet Tanks. It Found Help in Laos.

  As President Vladimir V. Putin promotes Soviet victory over Nazi Germany as a cornerstone of nationalist fervor, he has a pressing need for the T-34, which became a symbol of Soviet might.

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  Accessed 1/7/19
  

  The Revolt in the Trenches: WWI, Revolution, and Bulgaria

  by Jana Tsoneva

  One year after the Bolsheviks ended Russia’s participation in World War I, revolutionary soldiers in Bulgaria forced their government to do the same.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/3/19
  

  Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda?

  by David Frum

  The president’s endorsement of the U.S.S.R.’s invasion of Afghanistan echoes a narrative promoted by Vladimir Putin.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/4/19
  

  Trump defends Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan

  Even the Wall Street Journal has denounced Trump for passing along old Soviet propaganda.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-29-2018
  

  Stalin’s Soaring Moscow Towers Sorely Need Body Work

  Most of the city’s so-called “Stalin high-rises” — both residential and government buildings — desperately need renovating. They are stuck in limbo, however, over who will foot the substantial bill.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  12-21-2018
  

  The Enduring Russian Propaganda Interests in Targeting African-Americans

  by Jelani Cobb

  Russia’s social-media effort to stoke racial strife during the 2016 election is another example in Moscow’s long, complicated history of seeking to undermine American authority.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-26-2018
  

  The national security adviser who colluded with foreign powers — decades before Michael Flynn

  by Shane O’Sullivan

  New documents reveal that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign colluded with a foreign government far more than historians thought.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  12/20/2018
  

  A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

  by Juan Cole

  Among the losers:  Israel, Kurds.  Among the winners:  Turkey, Iran, Russia.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  12-12-2018
  

  The Striking Similarities Between Why Trump’s and Nixon’s Personal Lawyers Were Sent to Prison

  Herbert W. Kalmbach, President Richard Nixon’s personal lawyer, received a prison sentence on June 17, 1974, exactly two years after the Watergate break-in, for funneling hush money to Watergate defendants.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-3-18
  

  Russia’s Revisionist History

  by Alisa Ganieva

  The government insists on reliving the Soviet Union's glorious past, even if it's a lie.

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• 12-2-18
  

  It’s Watergate All Over Again in So Many Ways

  by James D. Robenalt

  Case in point: Trump’s announcement that a pardon for Manafort has not been ruled out.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-4-18
  

  Foreign powers interfered in the 1968 election. Why didn’t LBJ stop them?

  by Arnold A. Offner

  Was his disdain for his vice president greater than his desire for Democrats to win?

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• SOURCE: CNN
  10-31-18
  

  National Archives releases draft indictment of Richard Nixon amid Mueller probe

  The documents, known as the Watergate Road Map, as released Wednesday contained redactions and never-before-seen remnants of the investigation into Nixon.

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• 11/11/18
  

  How Do Trump’s Attacks on the Media Stack Up Against Nixon’s?

  by Donne Levy

  Trump so far hasn’t wiretapped journalists (as far as we know), but that’s cold comfort.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10-11-18
  

  Why Caesar crossed the Rubican is newly relevant

  by Cavan W. Concannon

  He made the drastic decision because he feared when his term of office was up he’d lose immunity and could be prosecuted for his crimes.

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• SOURCE: The Times of Israel
  10-9-18
  

  Russian historians use Nazi photo to locate Stalin-era mass graves

  Soviet secret police covered up its executions by planting trees over killing fields in Moscow’s forested Kommunarka area.

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• SOURCE: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG)
  10-3-18
  

  Russia arrests second historian of Stalin’s Terror

  A second Karelian historian, Sergei Koltyrin has been arrested and is facing charges almost identical to those now brought against political prisoner, Yuri Dmitriev.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  10/2/18
  

  Bill Clinton's friendship with Boris Yeltsin was sincere, documents show

  The documents show Clinton believed backing Yeltsin personally was necessary to ensure Russian stability and market reform, which he privileged over the development of democracy.

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• 11/18/18
  

  Donald Trump Is No Richard Nixon

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  A point-by-point comparison shows the sad state in which we find ourselves.