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The Latest Breaking News from Nikita Khrushchev

Every time Vladimir Putin’s obliging generals dispatch a soldier to the front lines of their “special military operation” in Ukraine, they give him a gift from their supreme commander.

Tribune News Service

Putin should not negotiate on disarming nuclear weapons yet, says former Russian president

Russia ‘doesn’t have any relations with the United States now,’ Vladimir Putin’s predecessor says

The Independent UK

The Coup in the Kremlin

How Putin and the Security Services Captured the Russian State

Foreign Affairs

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World is closer to nuclear war than Cuban Missile Crisis, Russian academic says

Nina Khrushcheva, an academic whose great-grandfather was leader of the Soviet Union during the 1962 standoff, warned the conflict in Ukraine is more dangerous because neither side appears prepared to "back off"

Daily Mirror

We are closer to nuclear war than in Cuban Missile Crisis – Khrushchev relative

Nina Khrushcheva, whose great-grandfather was the Soviet Union leader during the 1962 standoff, said the present conflict is more dangerous.

The Independent UK

Russia: Victory Day 2022 and why commemoration of the end of WWII matters today

Even in the darkest days of the pandemic in 2020 Russia didn’t cancel Victory Day, its anniversary of the end of the second world war – it was just postponed. This year, the Kremlin promises a parade on May 9 with 11,000 servicemen and women plus 62 airplanes and 15…

The Conversation

Nikita Khrushchev warns Russia may drop nukes on Ukraine - 60 years after great-grandad stepped back from brink

Nikita Khrushchev, the great granddaughter of ex Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, believes Vladimir Putin would eventually do whatever it takes to claim victory in the war

Daily Mirror

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Analysis: War, economy could weaken Putin's place as leader

The Russian military is bruised and retreating from around Kyiv

The Independent UK

Russia's denial of responsibility for atrocities in Bucha recalls 50 years of lies over the Katyn massacre

Ukrainian troops entering the city of Bucha, 25km north-west of the capital Kyiv, have reportedly found evidence of what appear to be horrific war crimes committed during the month-long occupation by Russian forces. Having forced the Russian troops out of the area, any jubilation at the victory was cut short…

The Conversation

Understanding Putin and the Russian psyche

In times of crisis, Russian leaders have tended to seek oppressive control instead of peace talks

The Hindu

Commentary: The psychology of Vladimir Putin

At the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Premier Nikita Khrushchev wrote to President John F. Kennedy, “I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction.”

Chicago Tribune

JFK to Joe Biden: Avoid my mistakes!

America's youngest-ever president offers words of caution — from the other side of the veil — to our oldest

Salon

What Biden Can Learn from Eisenhower's 1957 State of the Union

The world's conscience had been shocked by Russia's recent invasion of a sovereign European state. Ike responded with sober, long-game containment in Europe...and more reckless escalation in the Middle East.

Reason

Khrushchev’s granddaughter ‘embarrassed’ by Putin invasion and says Soviet leader would find attack ‘despicable’

Exclusive: Soviet premier and John F Kennedy were ‘freaked out’ by the prospect of nuclear annihilation, New York-based Nina Khrushcheva tells Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

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