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nypost.com/2024/07/11/opi… Spurred by the urgency of his Ukraine’s predicament and the brewing leadership crisis in the U.S., in the next few months Putin may seek a direct confrontation with NATO as a means of securing an "overall settlement" in Ukraine on Russia's terms.

Marxism and the Xi-Putin Link For the devoted Marxist Xi Jinping, Putin's victory in Ukraine would be a vindication of the Marxist theory of history. Stalin-Hitler: a communist state aiding a fascist state in its war on the "bourgeios democracies." West.wsj.com/articles/marxi…

Marxism and the Xi-Putin Link wsj.com/articles/marxi… For the devoted Marxist Xi Jinping, Putin's victory in Ukraine would be a vindication of the Marxist theory of history. Stalin-Hitler: a communist state aiding a fascist state in its war on the "bourgeios democracies."

«НЕМЦОВ». Фильм-портрет — об одном из самых ярких политиков современной России. Сегодня Борису Немцову исполнилось бы 65. youtube.com/watch?v=vCFykL…

This is so shameful.

These three FT graphics sum up the sweep of Trump’s win. #2024

Strained to max In his war on Ukraine Putin has had nothing and no one to spare to save Assad. All the more embarrassing since the 2015 intervention has been trumpeted by the Kremlin as the evidence of Russia's reclaiming the Soviet Union's global reach:youtube.com/watch?v=mEIQjx…

Published 70 years ago, Ilya Ehrenburg's "Thaw" (Оттепель) is a reminder of and an homage to what Ehrenburg called, in a poem at the end of his life, the “trampled-on yet thinking reed” of humanity. commentary.org/articles/leon-…

The Thaw at 70 commentary.org/articles/leon-… via @commentary

The Thaw at 70 commentary.org/articles/leon-… via @commentary

As Putin's Russia seemingly inexorably slides into fascism and neo-Stalinism, Ehrenburg's "Thaw" remains an imperfect yet durable testament to cowed mankind’s ineradicable yearning for the dignity in gaining moral autonomy from the totalitarian state.commentary.org/articles/leon-…

A great conversation (as always) with Dr. Leon Leon Aron at American Enterprise Institute today. On Russia’s past, present, and future — and on how we can prepare for it. Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=iX4H_X…

politico.com/magazine/story… My friends at The Spectator UK reminded me of an article I published in 2016. Would it were less relevant today…

Here’s The Spectator’s article: spectator.co.uk/article/is-tru…

Putin ignored Trump’s ceasefire proposal, and demanded the end of weapons transfers to Ukraine and of the battlefield intelligence sharing as well as the end of the military draft. Did Trump agree to these demands that leave Ukraine defenseless and blind? Stay tuned.

Emboldening Putin, each Trump's concession is a greased skid on the Kremlin dictator's path to more and more daring demands, ultimatums and, the piece here and below suggests, an attempt to render NATO a pitiful, hollowed-out paper tiger.  thehill.com/opinion/white-…

My hero, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, was not as good a prophet as he was a literary genious. ‘We Have Ceased to See the Purpose’ Review: Solzhenitsyn Against Liberty wsj.com/arts-culture/b… via WSJ Books Section

genius

Why Putin won't take Trump's yes, yes and yes for an answer. Opinion | 7 Reasons Putin Doesn't Want to End the War in Ukraine politi.co/3Rlr0ds via POLITICO

The Trump administration’s “peace” negotiations strategy: give Russia whatever it wants and make Ukraine accept the “bargain.”