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Why Putin’s going big with nuke threats — and why we need to be ready

Russian President Vladimir Putin lies. With abandon, ecstatically. “There are no Russian troops in Crimea!” he said as spetsnaz...

Leon Aron

Economic penalties gain force over time, and for average Russians, the pain is finally setting in. Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin finds...

His recent rhetoric targeting Jews suggests that his grip on power may be loosening. After Joseph Stalin died in 1953, an underground joke from my...