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Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Read moreNot Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
Read moreThe Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
Read moreRussia’s Afghan failure: No allies, no leverage, no strategy
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s greatest weakness today may well be its lack of allies. Apart from a possible exception in...
Read moreRussia faces critical shortage of qualified teachers nationwide
MOSCOW (Realist English). The shortage of schoolteachers across the country appears to be worsening. Given that the authorities are currently...
Read moreFrank Kitson: the man who taught states how to suppress protest
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the mid-20th century, the British Empire was rapidly losing its status as a global hegemon. After...
Read morePeace or extinction? Why Armenia’s new agreement with Azerbaijan is seen as a path to national capitulation
YEREVAN (Realist English). The Republic of Armenia stands at the brink of political extinction. This is not a figure of...
Read moreYerevan should be a people city
YEREVAN (Realist English). Time and events make us look at many things in a new way, have a new attitude...
Read moreResults of Mishustin’s visit to China: the struggle for world leadership takes on more concrete features
BEIJING (English Realist). The visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to China has ended. This is one of the...
Read moreEduard Polatov: The genocide of the Greeks in Turkey is one of the dark pages in the history of the Turkish people
YEREVAN (Realist English). 32 years have passed since the Phoenix Greek Society of Armenia, renamed to the Patrida organization, appealed...
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Iran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Iran vows to block so-called Zangezur corridor, calls US project a threat to South Caucasus stability
TEHRAN (Realist English). Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
Trump narrows Fed chair shortlist to Hassett and Warsh
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Donald Trump has confirmed that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are the leading candidates to succeed Federal...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
“Russia is with you”: Moscow sends humanitarian aid to refugees from Artsakh
STEPANAKERT (Realist English). As part of the “Russia is with you” initiative, a decision has been made to deliver humanitarian...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
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