Medvedev Speaks the Truth but Would Rather Stay in Power

An old Russian joke that merely expanded with every leadership change goes like this: A Russian train is stuck. Stalin comes in and orders that the train driver be shot. ...

Russia Insists on Economic Conditions for Belarus Bailout

There may no longer be a Soviet Union, but there are still regional political and economic realities. Russia, as the successor to the Soviet Union, has a strong interest in ...

Too Much of a Bad Thing: Nemtsov’s Arrest

The authoritarian Russian government may have done too much of a bad thing when it arrested Liberal opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and sentenced him to 15 days in jail for ...

Obama’s New START Would Have Been Reagan Non-Starter

In his last gasp effort to rush his New START agreement with Russia through the Senate, President Barack Obama again invoked the name of President Ronald Reagan from the White ...

Reagan Hated Berlin Wall From Start, Son Says

By: Jim Meyers With Monday marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ronald Reagan’s son Michael tells Newsmax that his father was deeply troubled by the wall ...