New York Times Covers Russia [Headlines & Links]
October 3, 2017
‘Look Up! Sputnik!’ 60 Years Later
By MICHAEL KHODARKOVSKY
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/opinion/sputnik-cold-war-space-race.html
[“America’s response in 1957 was a huge investment in space technologies; within 12 years, it had put the first men on the moon. Today, too, a major investment in cybersecurity by a much wealthier and more innovative West might remind Moscow that it cannot afford or win a digital information war, just as it could not, in the long run, win – or afford – a space race.’]
October 3, 2017
In Masha Gessen’s ‘The Future Is History,’ Homo Sovieticus Rises
By FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/books/review/masha-gessen-the-future-is-history.html
October 2, 2017
Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Sentenced to 20 Days in Jail
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/world/europe/navalny-putin-critic-sentenced-jail.html
October 2, 2017
Facebook’s Russia-Linked Ads Came in Many Disguises
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/technology/facebook-russia-ads-.html
October 2, 2017
Vast Exercise Demonstrated Russia’s Growing Military Prowess
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/us/politics/zapad-russia-military-exercise.html
October 2, 2017
Even in Death, the Spy Kim Philby Serves the Kremlin’s Purposes
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/world/europe/russia-kim-philby-spy-defector.html
October 1, 2017
In Crimea, Russian Land Grab Feeds Cries of ‘Carpetbaggers!’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/world/europe/crimea-annexation-russia-ukraine.html
October 1, 2017
In Russia, Refusing to Disappear in a Crowd
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/style/russia-street-style.html