Word: russian
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...Moreover, there is a strong geopolitical argument for dropping the embargo: the re-emergence of the Russian Federation as a global power. Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has made restoring a close strategic relationship with Cuba a priority in Moscow. This alone should be more than enough evidence that the embargo is counterproductive. In 1962, the world watched with bated breath as Kennedy and Khrushchev faced off in the Caribbean, and many historians today recognize that the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest that the world had ever come to nuclear holocaust...
...increase of Russian influence in Cuba reached a new grade in mid-December when three Russian warships sailed into Havana’s harbor. This is the first time that the Russian navy has visited Cuba since the end of the Soviet era and represents a clear effort by the Russian Federation to flex its muscle in America’s neighborhood. Nor have Russian moves been limited to the Caribbean. The invasion of South Ossetia last summer and the Bush administration’s plan to construct a NATO-backed missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic...
...Having escaped his captors, Maccoby and then-Managing Editor George S. Abrams ’54 went to the Russian Embassy in New York City to present the ibis as a sign of goodwill on behalf of American students...
...Against that background, the prospect of owning the Standard must seem like a walk in the park, even as Lebedev contemplates plowing "tens of millions of pounds" into the loss-making publication. He told the Financial Times the Standard could be used "to help [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin to fight corruption" in Russia, but has also promised to maintain the paper's editorial independence. (See pictures of Putin's youth camp...
...hitters could certainly help to open doors. Names reported to be in the frame include Gorbachev and Tony Blair. His priority, Lebedev told a hastily convened press conference in Moscow, is to ensure the Standard's survival. "I don't want it to be said that some Russian idiot and former spy came along and bought it only for it to close down," he said. - with reporting by Yuri Zarakhovich / Moscow...