Perestroika (Перестройка) was a term coined during the reign of Gorbachev to define "a reform process based on the restructuring of the economy with the aim to reform and preserve the outdated system and give socialiesta Soviet society a certain spirit of enterprise and innovation. " This process, also accompanied by a faltering democratization of political life, led to profound socioeconomic changes that led to the Gorbachev era, the subsequent collapse and disintegration of the USSR and (…)
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Putin: The twilight of the last tsar
1 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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RUSSIA: Autocracy CARE FOR THE KGB (FSB)
24 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The KGB (Komitet Gosudárstvennoy Bezopasnosti;) was the name of the Intelligence Agency (CIA equivalent) as well as the principal agency of the secret policy of the USSR (equivalent to the FBI) from 1954-1991, popularly known as "The Center "and even Khrushchev was responsible for obtaining and analyzing all intelligence of the nation for the Kremlin (the sword and shield of the USSR). One of the features was" the extraordinary dependence of the oligarchs of the PCU and the strength and (…)
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How Russia Is About to Dramatically Change the World
5 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsHow Russia Is About to Dramatically Change the World
ROBERT MORLEY | January 5, 2010 | From theTrumpet.com
In a remote corner of the world, a port bristles with cranes, smokestacks, mammoth ships—and trouble for Europe. Over the next few days, Russia will change the world. It has completed a new oil pipeline and port complex that sets Russia up to become a more powerful oil exporter than Saudi Arabia. The ramifications for Europe and Asia are profound: The shape of the global (…) -
The Anglo-US Drive into Eurasia and the Demonization of Russia
2 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsThe Anglo-US Drive into Eurasia and the Demonization of Russia Reframing the History of World War II
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Global Research, October 2, 2009 2009-09-22
As tensions mount between the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on one side and Moscow and its allies on another, the history of the Second World War is being re-framed to demonize Russia, the legal successor state and largest former constituent republic (pars pro toto) of the Union of Soviet (…) -
Breaking: Evidence photos for US sabotage training of Georgian peacekeepers
20 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Russia sets international organizations evidence of the practice of deliberate sabotage of the Georgian peacekeepers before. It said the Russian chief military prosecutor, Sergei Fridinski, before journalists on Wednesday.
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Russia Was Better Prepared for Collapse than the U.S.
20 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Russia Was Better Prepared for Collapse than the U.S.
Dmitry Orlov Energy Bulletin January 16, 2008
Originally published: December 4, 2006
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am not an expert or a scholar or an activist. I am more of an eyewitness. I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and I have tried to put my observations into a concise message. I will leave it up to you to decide just how urgent a message it is.
My talk tonight is about the lack of collapse-preparedness here (…) -
Ralph NADER and the Russia/Georgia Conflict
12 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader responds to a question from the audience about the Russia/Georgia conflict. Excerpted from the Open the Debates super rally in Minneapolis on September 4, 2008.
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Is Sarah Palin Certifiably Insane?
12 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsSarah Palin is not opposed to going to war with Russia
By Mary MacElveen
Like Ed Koch who endorsed Barack Obama citing of Sarah Palin, “She scares me”, I would have to side with the former mayor. In reading where Palin stated in her interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson she is open to the idea of a war with Russia, it does create a sense of terror within me.
While I did not watch the interview, this was enough for me and reaffirmed my support for Senator Obama and Senator Biden and for (…) -
First Strike against Russia: The Real Danger behind US ABM Deployment in Eastern Europe
11 June 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
First Strike against Russia: The Real Danger behind US ABM Deployment in Eastern Europe
By Chimes of Freedom
Global Research, June 11, 2007 Chimes of Freedom
"These European ABMs are an adjunct to the longstanding US policy of nuclear first strike against Russia, ..." (Professor Francis Boyle, Global Research, June 2007)
Recent disinformation by the western media about Russia starting a new Cold War not only masks the threat of a US Anti-Ballistic Missile shield deployment but, as (…) -
Moscow Gay Pride to go on despite ban
27 May 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Russian gay activists vowed yesterday to hold a demonstration in Moscow despite a ban, a year after a similar attempt led to arrests by police, attacks by right-wing nationalists and verbal abuse by pensioners.
The Sunday demonstration is to mark the 14th anniversary of Russia’s decriminalisation of homosexuality. But despite that move, intolerance of homosexuality remains high in Russia; it is denounced by the dominant Russian Orthodox Church and President Vladimir Putin in his annual (…)