I have to believe that the top brass in Moscow have not gone so completely cuckoo as to follow that order. In retaliation to a strike? Sure. But a first strike is something altogether different. (View Post)

Of course Orban has a tight election coming up and I’m not sure a pro-Russian stance right now would help him one bit. (View Post)

I also hope and pray that Russians may get another chance to build a functioning, liberal democratic state after Putin and dismantle the autocracy that came before. It might be a bit of a pipe dream … (View Post)

Breaking: the ultimate sanction has been unleashed! Russia has been kicked out of the Eurovision Song Contest (View Post)

I am concerned about Putins possible design on the baltics. I can see a situation where he plays brinkmanship, but that time has not yet come and I hope it will not. If however I were Georgia for ins… (View Post)