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Commissar Rudolf and his wife are enjoying the holiday in their Moscow apartment. She looks out the window and says, “I think it’s beginning to snow.” He walks over to the window, turns to her, and says, “Rudolf the Red … Continue reading

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They didn’t have nuclear weapons in 2012, or aircraft. A ground invasion by Napoleon’s Grande Armée was the equivalent. Russia survived it, and Napoleon was nuked by long supply lines and the Russian winter. That was 200 years ago this … Continue reading

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Nuclear security: what does it mean? Is it security against nuclear attacks? Security of nuclear materials? Nuclear power for secure supplies of electricity?

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In 2007, my Russian business partner and I were driving to a meeting in Moscow as Dmitri Medvedev was announced on the radio as the heir apparent to Vladimir Putin’s Presidency. My partner said: Putin will be back in 4 … Continue reading

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