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I’m not their descendant, and that’s it. That’s why it sounds so scandalous. I’ve read a lot on this topic, but just as I didn’t believe in it before that, I still don’t now.

This article originally appeared at The Carnegie Council

Nicolai N. Petro is professor of politics at the University of Rhode Island. This paper was presented at the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) seminar on Russia in Koenigswinter, Germany, February 15-18, 2015. CIOR is one of the "independent" advisory bodies to the Military Committee of NATO.

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One of the main targets of foreign spies in Russia is developments in the field of highly-advanced weaponry. Last year, FSB officers neutralized about 600 intelligence agents from other countries. Vladimir Putin talked about this today at the extended meeting of the service's board. In addition to fighting espionage, the FSB needs to focus on the problem of terrorism and corruption.

RI recently contributed original reporting on this topic which are getting a lot of attention: Amazon Banned These 9 Academic Books Questioning Certain Aspects of the 'Holocaust'.

Follow intrepid Max as he gets to the bottom things on the ground.

He uses a very effective technique of interspersing clips of American robots, er, we mean newscasters, saying one thing, and showing his own footage showing the exact opposite. Quite entertaining.

Here he is touring a state-subsidized communal market showing that there are plenty of basic consumer goods available to poor Venezuelans:

Orthodox Christianity, the most influential confession in Russia, provides the faithful with many objects of worship, especially icons: beautiful, spiritual and believed (by some) to perform miracles and protect the country from the enemy.