The presidential-level Russian-American dialogue may just be in its baby stages as of now, but it's evident that there are tons of false expectations in both societies about it. I'd argue those are way falser in Russia than in America, at least on a layperson's level. Which may not be the case on an elite's level, though. Do bear with me.

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When it became clear that Trump was winning the election, the Russian parliament (Duma) burst into loud applause. The Russian MPs took the triumph of The Donald as their own. And that's no surprise: the Kremlin openly declared its sympathies for Trump more than a year ago, when he was still considered an underdog. And now, after this lengthy ( Read more... )

20 years ago, a small group of Russian business-people prevented their country from sliding back to communism. The physically and politically weak president Boris Yeltsin almost lost the election to Gennady Zyuganov back then. He was leading by a tiny 3% margin after the 1st round of the election, but then the huge financial and organizational ( Read more... )

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"Without you, spring would not come", that was the message on one of the bouquets that people had left at the Great Moskvoretsky bridge, just a few feet away from Kremlin's walls, which was where Russian opposition leader and former vice-premier Boris Nemtsov was gunned down.

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Here's proof that Putin knows much more about you than you thought. Wanna try?

1. First, choose one of these cards. Don't click on it, just keep it in mind.


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Interesting news have been coming out of Russia these days. Seems like the local press is eager to inform us that the leaders of the North-Caucasian Federal Okrug (region) and adjacent autonomous republics have sworn their allegiance to Vladimir the Great, issuing a joint declaration attesting to their unconditional support for his domestic and ( Read more... )

So... after a very nice Christmas full of presents, your kids wake up today, only to hear the dreadful news...

Russia shoots down Santa’s sleigh near North Pole


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