Tag: Hegemony

Six More Russian Myths About Crimea

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Kremlin and Saint Basil's File Photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Michael Bohm – April 11, 2014) Michael Bohm is opinion page editor of The Moscow Times. Russian leaders often look uninformed – or desperate – when they try to justify abuses of power by claiming that the U.S. is guilty of similar infractions. Take, for example, President Vladimir Putin’s comparison of Russia’s selective legal assault […]

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Putin Pledges To Protect All Ethnic Russians Anywhere. So, Where Are They?

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Vladimir Putin file photo

(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Robert Coalson – April 10, 2014) In recent weeks, the Russian government has articulated what might be called the Putin Doctrine, a blanket assertion that Moscow has the right and the obligation to protect Russians anywhere in the world. Speaking on Russian television last month, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said that “Russia is the country on which […]

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