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Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Read moreRussia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
Read moreA meeting of minds across time: Alaska’s role in U.S.–Russia history
MOSCOW (Realist English). In recent days, Alaska has become the center of global attention. Many different historical facts connected with...
Read morePeace 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,...
Read more“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...
Read moreMore 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...
Read moreRoman 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...
Read moreBezos’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...
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Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Turkey watches Iran protests warily, prioritising stability over regime change
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is closely monitoring the ongoing protests in Iran, wary that prolonged unrest could destabilise a key...
IRGC says it foiled foreign-backed plot to destabilise Iran
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has dismantled what it described...
US, Russia and Ukraine report progress after trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI (Realist English). Trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi were “productive” and resulted...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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