About VazirMukhtar

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Russia: new reset with Russia:

I too hope Mr Trump makes no truly foolish appointments to high posts. However, he's already on dangerous ground in suggesting Sen. Jeff Sessions (R, AL) as the attorney general. My friends in Alabama tell me he has a hard time opening a door. Surely there's someone fairer, more capable.

Russia: living in Russia:

An ex-pat needn't be paranoid. There are, however, certain common sense precautions that should be taken. For one, I don't recommed hanging out with ex-pats in public places, bars & the like being the first things I avoid.

Russia: Don't buy the U.S. propaganda:

Don't buy Russian propaganda, either. News programs broadcast on Russian-language Planeta/RTR television often contain segments that indicate a not so subtle paranoia with respect to the US. If a viewer had little access to other news sources and were prone to giving full faith and credit to what Planeta/RTR broadcast, s/he'd think the US was preparing for war against the Russian Federation. Such programs must be aimed at an ill-informed, not very well educated, and gullible audience. Individuals who do not realize that the average American has many other and far more urgent concerns than armed conflict with Russia. If anything, the average American is frustrated, if not disgusted with Russia's support of the Assad regime in Syria and Russia's failure to address the plight of Syrian refugees. The recent broadcast of a concert at Palmyra by Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra to mark the reconquest of Palmyra and the removal of many of the ISIS/ISIL laid mines is an example of the cynical use of high culture to mask the cold, calculating politics underlying Russia's support of the Assad regime.

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