You may have thought that right after the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, there would be no chance of combat between the ...

He is poised to continue this game of pretending to seek peace while waging war for months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In what was largely a formality, Vladimir Putin was confirmed in office in the Russian presidential elections with 52.9% of ...

Hecker’s story is a grizzly odyssey. The book is full of crisp soundbites. One I liked best, towards the end of the book, quotes someone saying that Russia has become, not an emerging economy, but a ...

Appointed by Boris Yeltsin to make the ruble convertible and find a solution to foreign debt. Served as Minister of Foreign Economic Relations for the Russian Federation (1991–1992). Became an ...

Hand eczema is a chronic inflammatory condition that causes dry, red, itchy skin on the hands and fingers. It can be caused by chemical or environmental irritants, allergy-causing substances, and even ...

Some people experience a hand rash after washing their hands, and there are several reasons why handwashing might cause this. Simply overwashing the hands can compromise the barrier function of the ...

For too long, we in the West have underestimated Putin’s global ideological vision as an animating force for his foreign-policy agenda. The tragic consequence is that today Putinism is advancing ...

But how can Trump do such a thing? How can he switch off military support for Ukraine – and then look those casualties in the face? Yesterday the people of Ukraine woke to survey the wreckage ...

US and West European capitalism expanded to the east, becoming oligarchic and kleptocratic in Boris Yeltsin’s Russia, which Vladimir Putin took over from 1998. The dissolution or limitation of ...