How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia

Russian dissident claims U.S. headed toward 'loss of its democratic institutions'

“Americans seem to be awakening, if only slowly, to the magnitude and nature of the threat they face,” wrote Russian dissident Garry Kasparov in a new column from The Atlantic on Thursday.He believes “President Donald Trump and his allies in power are trying to erect an authoritarian Mafia state,” s...

How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia

Political pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left.

The pendulum always swings, until it doesn't

US politics and culture are cyclical, alternating between values. On the large scale, the social psychology of the American electorate is as predictable as a Carter following a Nixon. When we're in one of the swings of that pendulum, it feels like a permanent condition, and that is certainly the national feeling right now. But if democracy continues to have any say in the matter — admittedly a big "if" at the moment — the status quo will grow ti…

So far as the construction of an emancipated society is concerned and what place does the Russian legacy occupy? Mart n Ba try to provide answers to these questions away from any kind of emotion or stereotype.

Launched at the initiative of Vladimir Putin, a federal program aims to promote the veterans of the Ukrainian war within the state apparatus. But the popul...

How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia - EUROPE SAYS

Based on polls, election results, and the markets, Americans seem to be awakening, if only slowly, to the magnitude and nature of the threat they face.