Julia Ioffe

It was no surprise that, after speaking in private for two hours in Northern Ireland, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin looked “tense and uncomfortable,” or, as the pool report put it, “serious and unsmiling.” Not only did the meeting come on the heels of a year and a half of Russia cynically ratcheting up anti-American sentiments—and harassing Obama’s ambassador—in the country, or g

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President Rand Paul

Watch out, he's becoming a better politician every day

His views are extreme. His political skills are fierce. And that's what makes him so dangerous.

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The Bizarre End to Vladimir Putin's Bizarre Marriage

Hunting season's open: The Russian president is officially a stag

Hunting season's open: The Russian president is officially a stag

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Why Susan Rice is a better fit for national security adviser than for secretary of state.

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The Cold War Heats Up in Syria

Why Russia won't allow an intervention

Why Russia won't allow an intervention.

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The Spy Who Shot Himself in the Foot

What the blond-wigged accused spy may have been trying to learn

Would the CIA really send out a spy in an amateurish blond wig? Yes, experts say: They would.

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Foreigners in Their Own Land

Will Monday's anti-Putin protest in Moscow revive the movement?

Will Monday's Anti-Putin Protest in Moscow Revive the Movement?

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The Tsarnaev Women Tell Chechnya's Story

If you want to understand their homeland, study not the Boston suspects but their aunt and mother

If you want to understand their homeland, study not the Boston suspects but their aunt and mother.

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We Told You So

How Russia responded to the Boston bombings

How Russia responded to the Boston bombings

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The Boston bombing suspects were reared by both Chechnya and America.

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