Olympics. A triumph, no question about it, with the added unexpected pleasure for Russia of topping the medal list. ...

Today the European parliament has passed an extremely irrelevant resolution  on Ukraine.

Harriet Salem in Sevastopol

I assume that most of the people who read this blog agree that a great deal of what might be called the "Standard Western Media ...

The Story the Western Media Missed

As sun sets on beautiful Sochi, jealous west takes center stage

Take a close look at post-Sochi Russia, this new teddy bear or Mischa.  And if the unfolding events in ...

America salutes Sochi Olympics

As democratic "people power” protesters have risen-up in Ukraine and Venezuela, apparently toppling Ukraine’s authoritarian ...

Ukraine's "February revolution" is sometimes described as a major blow to Russia, and to President Vladimir Putin, personally. In ...