Kasparov checkmated world’s top computers but could not best Putin’s political muscle

Kasparov checkmated world’s top computers but could not best Putin’s political muscle

Lev Navrozov Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of our time. In 1985, at age 22, Kasparov became the youngest-ever undisputed World Chess Champion. In 1989, Kasparov defeated the chess computer Deep Thought in both games of a two-game match. In 1996, he won the match against […]

Moscow concerned about its thousands of advisers in Syria

Moscow concerned about its thousands of advisers in Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has expressed concern for the safety of its military advisers in Syria. Officials said the Kremlin has sought to address threats to the safety of thousands of Russians in Syria. They said this included hundreds of advisers to the Syrian military and security forces, assigned to quell the Sunni […]

Report: China, Russia still arming Sudan for attacks on Darfour

Report: China, Russia still arming Sudan for attacks on Darfour

Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — China and Russia remain the largest military suppliers to Sudan and have been fueling the war with the newly-established South Sudan, a report said. Amnesty International said the Khartoum regime was using Chinese and Russian weapons for the offensive against South Sudan as well as in the western province of […]

Senators target Russian defense contracts over Moscow’s arming of Syrian regime

Senators target Russian defense contracts over Moscow’s arming of Syrian regime

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — At least 17 members of the Senate have demanded a halt to U.S. Defense Department contracts with Moscow. The senators, both Democrats and Republicans, said Russian defense companies should not be selected for U.S. military projects as long as the Kremlin approves the export of fighter-jets, missiles and rockets to […]

Revisiting the ‘Revolution’ of 1917 to put the Putin of today in context

Revisiting the ‘Revolution’ of 1917 to put the Putin of today in context

Lev Navrozov What’s this? Don’t I know what is going on in Russia? The entire world is watching! And here I am recalling oh, God, those horrible events of 1917! The trouble is that as a result of chasing after what is happening this month, this day, this hour, this minute in a certain country […]

From Stalin to Putin: Moscow maintains uneasy balance of power in Northeast Asia

From Stalin to Putin: Moscow maintains uneasy balance of power in Northeast Asia

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The resurgence of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia ushers in a new era of power politics and diplomacy in Northeast Asia with implications that may not be good news for either the United States or China. Campaigning against strong opposition from the educated, intellectual, often […]

Moscow rattled: Syrian rebels ‘trained in Libya’ by militants tied to Al Qaida

Moscow rattled: Syrian rebels ‘trained in Libya’ by militants tied to Al Qaida

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Libya is said to have been training Syrian rebels sworn to oust President Bashar Assad. Diplomats said Libya was believed to be hosting a camp for the training of Syrian rebels linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. They said the camp as well as equipment and training was being financed by […]

Next president can cope with Putin redux and China’s sinister rise … if his name is not Obama

Next president can cope with Putin redux and China’s sinister rise … if his name is not Obama

Lev Navrozov “China Builds the Bomb” is the title of a 327-page book written by two American nuclear scientists and published in 1988. I bought this book as soon as it hit the bookstores. Indeed, the book invited the readers to pay special attention to Chapter “China’s Nuclear Weapons Tests, 1964-1978” (pp. 244-245). Quite a […]

The ‘monumental hypocrisy’ of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, a paid agent of Moscow

The ‘monumental hypocrisy’ of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, a paid agent of Moscow

Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media Gary Pruitt, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of The McClatchy Company, insists the U.S. newspaper publisher “must maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct.” But how does this comport with being a “partner” of WikiLeaks, the controversial […]

Russian musician rocks Putin and his art world ‘boosters’ in online broadside

Russian musician rocks Putin and his art world ‘boosters’ in online broadside

Lev Navrozov In the aftermath of Russia’s nationwide Dec. 10, 2011 protests against violations and alleged fraud at the parliamentary elections, demanding an end to Putin’s 12-year domination of the country, Moscow’s intelligentsia is again making waves. On Feb. 7, the Russian high-brow Internet pay site “Snob,” owned and published by Mikhail Prokhorov, carried the […]

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