The premise of the show’s producers was that the debates would hold great interest for a good many Russians, because their country has figured large in the US pre-election campaigns of both parties. Read on...
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Travel Notes of a Talking Head: the first Trump-Clinton debate as seen from Moscow
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Press Freedom in Russia? Tune in to the Political Talk Shows to See for Yourself
How nice it would be if similar rough and tumble debates on foreign policy were allowed to appear on prime time television in the USA.
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More on Russia in NATO: Mr Putin Tips His Hand?
In the midst of the brouhaha over the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, which provided a platform for Russian push-back over America’s democracy agenda, and following closely upon the release of U.S. diplomatic cables revealing NATO’s recent approval of an operational plan to repel a Russian invasion of the Baltics, which contradicts the official identification of Russia as a friendly power posing no threat to the Alliance, Vladimir Putin has chosen to drop the mask and call openly for Russian accession to NATO. Read on….