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Archives: Russia
![The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to ‘flash mob’ a Trump Victory?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/the-anti-bouazizi-did-russia-try-187x137.jpg)
![Heavy Smoke from SF Russian Consulate Chimney as Moscow Fears Search by US](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/heavy-smoke-from-sf-russian-cons-187x137.jpg)
Heavy Smoke from SF Russian Consulate Chimney as Moscow Fears Search by US
By Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL ) | - - WASHINGTON -- Russia's Foreign Ministry said that U.S. law enforcement officials intend to search its San Francisco consulate and some diplomatic residences,…![Trump bends over, thanks Putin for Expelling 755 Career US Diplomats](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/trump-bends-over-thanks-putin-fo-187x137.jpg)
Trump bends over, thanks Putin for Expelling 755 Career US Diplomats
CNN. | (News Video Clip) | - - 1. "President Trump thanks Russian President Putin for expelling US diplomats from Russia following US imposed sanctions." 2. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.…![Trump’s Worst Nightmare: Mueller’s Grand Jury Subpoena’s Russia Documents](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/trumps-worst-nightmare-muellers-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Worst Nightmare: Mueller’s Grand Jury Subpoenas Russia Documents
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury in the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia. The Grand Jury in turn has…![How our Intel Agencies Screwed us by Letting Sessions, Trumpies get away with Russia Scheme](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/how-our-intel-agencies-screwed-u-187x137.jpg)
How our Intel Agencies Screwed us by Letting Sessions, Trumpies get away with Russia Scheme
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller at WaPo report from a US intelligence source that former Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei…![Can Trump use the presidential pardon to thwart the Russia investigations?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/can-trump-use-the-presidential-p-187x137.jpg)
Can Trump use the presidential pardon to thwart the Russia investigations?
By Austin Sarat | (The Conversation) | - - Speculation is mounting that President Donald Trump could issue a pardon to members of his family and close associates who are suspected of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/169580-187x137.jpg)
Trump hands Putin gift, cancels Support for Syrian Rebels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous at WaPo report that Trump cancelled the CIA program to support the remnants of the Free Syrian Army…![Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/russia-assault-on-freedom-of-exp-187x137.jpg)
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch | - - Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online speech and invasive surveillance of online activity…![Who are the Trumps’ Russian Fixers? Meet Rinat Akhmetshin](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/who-are-the-trumps-russian-fixer-187x137.jpg)
Who are the Trumps’ Russian Fixers? Meet Rinat Akhmetshin
By Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL) | - - WASHINGTON -- As recently as last year, Rinat Akhmetshin could be seen regularly pedaling through downtown Washington, D.C., nattily dressed, with a pocket…![The Real Victims of Trump-Putin Illiberalism: Women](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/the-real-victims-of-trump-putin-187x137.jpg)
The Real Victims of Trump-Putin Illiberalism: Women
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - When I first read about the Russian government decriminalizing domestic violence recently, my first thought was: it can’t happen here. Then I realized…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/169424-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Muslim-related Hypocrisies in the Donald Trump Jr. Russia Meeting
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The dishonesty and bad faith of Donald Trump's Muslim ban and general pose of hating Muslims is obvious to anyone who attends to…![Syria: US & Russia Agree to Ceasefire, De-Escalation: But will it Hold?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/syria-us-russia-agree-to-ceasefi-187x137.jpg)
Syria: US & Russia Agree to Ceasefire, De-Escalation: But will it Hold?
TeleSur | - - Rex Tillerson praised the agreement as indicative of future cooperation in Syria, but also said that the United States still sees no "long-term role" for the Assad government.…![Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/syria-russians-alarmed-washingto-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The unusual statement from the "White House" on Monday saying that there were indications that the Syrian regime was preparing to use poison…![Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-putins-russia-the-critical-th-187x137.jpg)
Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
Ronald Suny | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. intelligence agencies – 17 of them – agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee and waged a campaign…![Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-escalations-of-war-in-syr-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation
By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | - - Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely mopping up remaining rebel groups. With its…![1/2 of World’s Civilian War Deaths were in Syria, Iraq & Yemen during past Half-Decade](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/12-of-worlds-civilian-war-deaths-187x137.jpg)
1/2 of World’s Civilian War Deaths were in Syria, Iraq & Yemen during past Half-Decade
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME/GENEVA (IPS) - Between 2010 and 2015, nearly half of all civilian war deaths worldwide occurred in Syria, Iraq and Yemen,…![Russo-US dog fights over Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/russo-us-dog-fights-over-syria-187x137.jpg)
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…![Aerospace Campaign in Syria: Did Putin kill ISIL’s so-called ‘caliph’?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/aerospace-campaign-in-syria-did-187x137.jpg)
Aerospace Campaign in Syria: Did Putin kill ISIL’s so-called ‘caliph’?
TeleSur | - - The statement came a day after Russia said it killed several senior leaders, 30 field commanders and up to 300 of their personal guards in an airstrike last…![Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/putin-offers-comey-asylum-likens-187x137.jpg)
Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on Thursday. He responded to the remarks last…![Session on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011091834im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/session-on-harriss-questions-re-187x137.jpg)