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Why Russia Courts a Second Cold War
Could it be that Russia actually wants a new confrontation with the United States? In this op-ed article in Russia's Kommersant newspaper, former Putin advisor Andrey Illarionov writes that just as in 1946, the initiator of the present tension with the West is Moscow, and that sharp Russian criticism of a speech by Vice President Dick Cheney betrays the Kremlin's plan to create a new atmosphere in Russia: an atmosphere of 'fear and mobilization.' By Andrey Illarionov* Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-15 |
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