15.09.2016 08:00
Author: George F.
Source: The Washington Post
Documents inconvenient to the regime went into the Ministry of Truth’s slits and down to “enormous furnaces.” Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive truths established by government fiat. Which is why Russia’s Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of a blogger for violating Article 354.1 of Russia’s criminal code.
25.08.2016 07:34
Author: By John E. Herbst, Steven Pifer, and William Taylor
Source: Atlantic Council
The infamous CIA National Intelligence Estimate, for example, which predicted that Ukraine might split in two, proved spectacularly wrong. Ukrainian politicians, despite their many flaws, largely managed the substantial differences in outlook between the country’s east and west.
22.08.2016 08:58
Author: William E. Pomeranz
Source: Reuters
Russia’s search for greater international influence and respect continued its downward spiral this summer. Its Olympic experience was spoiled by charges of doping. Accusations of hacking dragged it into the U.S. presidential campaign, and military tensions over Ukraine and Syria showed no sign of abetting.
The health insurer said it will offer individual Affordable Care Act exchange plans in just four states, down from 15 this year, in an effort to reduce its losses.
Like so many new immigrants in America, Malka Shahar came here with a will to succeed, and for her, that means becoming politically involved in her adopted country.
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07.07.2016 18:53
Author: By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Source: WASHINGTON (AP)
Donald Trump's health care plan would make 18 million people uninsured, but also lower premiums significantly for policies purchased directly by consumers, according to an independent study released Thursday.
On June 29, the Russian Defense Ministry announced it was purging the entire senior and mid-level command of the Baltic Fleet. It was a dramatic move that suggested deep structural problems within the fleet command. In total, 50 officers were dismissed from their post, including the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Viktor Kravchuk, and his chief of staff, Vice Admiral Sergei Popov.
02.06.2016 04:29
Author: By Rich Calder
Source: nypost.com/
McMahon spokeswoman Ashleigh Owens defended the purchase of a GMC Yukon, saying that the seven-seater is used to transport staff to events and that “similar models are driven by all DAs and city officials.”
21.05.2016 18:53
Author: By Rachel Shapiro | rshapiro@siadvance.com
Igor Baboshkin, Dmitry Lisovetsky, Ilya Galak and Arkadiy Fridman believe that among the Russian-speaking population on Staten Island, Trump has support in the 80 percent range.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday that she expected the energy, financial and defense sanctions on Russia to be renewed when they expire in July,
Staten Island, NY: New York State Assemblyman Ron Castorina, Jr. (R,C,I,Ref-South Shore), along with Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R,C,I-Brooklyn, Staten Island), cast votes yesterday in opposition of Assembly bill A.7508, a blanket extension of Mayor de Blasio's control of New York City schools for another three years.
World War II tends to be remembered in the United States as a victory by Americans, with the Red Army acting more or less as an adjunct. Russian memories are focused on their own sacrifices.
Are you serious? Many people are overjoyed and shaking their head in disbelief that the U.S. government announced that the face of the $20 bill will now be the face of a black woman: none other than former slave Harriet Tubman!
21.04.2016 06:34
Author: By Tom Wrobleski, Edward Amchislavskiy, Igor Baboshkin
Mayor Bill de Blasio came to Staten Island, the belly of the beast, the borough where he has the least political support, for a town hall meeting on Wednesday night.
Staten Island, NY - TODAY: A group of local elected officials from New York and New Jersey joined together to request that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proceed with an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) analyzing the potential ways of expanding the Outerbridge Crossing.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from a 22-year jail sentence in Russia
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