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St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Volgograd, February 4-19
Hi Friends,
The last day of our most recent trip to Russia has come. CCI contributor Ted McIntire traveled with me on this trip, in which we interviewed CCI alumni about their experiences since their training and learned their thoughts about things currently going on in their country, as well as about the current relations between our two countries.
Between Feb 4 and 19, we traveled to three cities: St. Petersburg, Moscow and Volgograd.
Is Everything We Thought We Knew About Russia Wrong?
Clinging to simplified narratives that mischaracterizes Russia as perpetually unreasonable has made productive US engagement with the country impossible.
Dmitry Medvedev’s Interview With Time Magazine
Ed: This interview transcript was obtained from the Russian Government News website. As of the date of this CCI post’s creation (Feb 17, 2016), Time Magazine appears to have published excerpts from the interview, and an interpretive summary of the interview, but not the full interview transcript.
Dmitry Medvedev has given an interview to Time magazine correspondent Simon Shuster following the Munich Security Conference.
Transcript:
Why Is America Restarting the Cold War With Russia?
Dana Rohrabacher
The National Interest
Washington’s strategy toward Moscow is outmoded and misdirected.
The president’s new budget proposal for 2017 calls for a 200 percent increase for our military spending in Europe aimed at Russia—perhaps the most provocative step yet in our apparent efforts to encircle and antagonize that country.
Meanwhile, spending aimed at ISIS is to increase by 50 percent.