Nikita Vladimirov

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Putin’s war opens the Central Asian door for America

Putin’s war opens the Central Asian door for America

Nikita Vladimirov · September 29, 2022 12:00 am

Weapons, not sanctions, will deter the next Russian invasion

Weapons, not sanctions, will deter the next Russian invasion

Nikita Vladimirov · March 3, 2022 12:00 am

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The rapid rise of Russia’s ruthless cyber tyranny

Nikita Vladimirov · September 27, 2021 11:00 am

(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Slanted Cuba coverage echoes media’s failure to expose Soviet atrocities

Nikita Vladimirov · July 19, 2021 11:00 am

This video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP television on Thursday, March 1, 2018, shows the launch of what President Vladimir Putin said is Russia's new nuclear-powered intercontinental cruise missile. President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that Russia has developed a range of new nuclear weapons, claiming they can't be intercepted by enemy.

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One-way treaty: US should have ditched failed nuke pact years ago

Nikita Vladimirov · October 24, 2018 4:36 pm

RETRANSMISSION WITH BETTER QUALITY - In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a joint announcement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018.

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Kim Jong Un without nukes: 4 challenges for a post-nuclear North Korea

Nikita Vladimirov · June 18, 2018 7:57 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials after visiting a memorial for the victims of a fire in a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Officials say that the fire escapes were blocked and a PA system was turned off during the fire that killed over 50 people.

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Putin’s retaliation to US strikes on Syria will be cold and calculated

Nikita Vladimirov · April 24, 2018 3:44 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin is running for re-election in 2018.

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The illusion of choice: Why Vladimir Putin will be czar of Russia for life

Nikita Vladimirov · March 18, 2018 4:01 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin described the weapon as low-flying, difficult to spot, and as "invincible in the face of all existing and future systems" of defense. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Does the US have an answer to Putin’s ‘invincible nuke’?

Nikita Vladimirov · March 5, 2018 4:27 pm

In 12 short months, the flurry of cordial compliments between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin quickly deteriorated into relentless verbal artillery that was forcefully backed by acute geopolitical stratagems. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

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The dying detente: 4 reasons Trump couldn’t befriend Putin

Nikita Vladimirov · January 15, 2018 6:34 pm

North Korea's investment in its missile systems could mean it could eclipse the United States' missile defense capabilities. (Senior Airman Ian Dudley/U.S. Air Force via AP)

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North Korean nukes might get past US missile defenses

Nikita Vladimirov · December 4, 2017 5:19 pm

Internal political pressure, in conjunction with Putin's vision of a weaker U.S. state, could explain why the Russian president knew about the North Korean nuclear program for the last two decades and chose to do nothing to oppose it. (AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool)

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Russia’s hidden role in backing North Korea

Nikita Vladimirov · November 21, 2017 6:33 pm