The Valdai Rest Home and Gagarin

I open this essay about the Russian middle classes at leisure with one essential definition.If you go to www.booking.com and type the transliterated Russian name of the establishment from which I am writing, “Dom Otdikha Valday,” in the Search box, you be surprised by...

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Palestinian Rights and Western Duplicity

President Trump's fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of the US arrogance and disdain for international law. Essentially Trump's offer, negotiated without any Palestinian...

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