by Bianna Golodryga | Nov 2, 2016 | Current Events, Politics, Russia
It’s safe to say that diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Russia relationship reached a new low point during the month of October. It was a month that saw the breakdown of talks between the U.S. and Russia over the Syrian conflict; the two countries also...
by Bianna Golodryga | Sep 7, 2016 | Current Events, Politics, Russia, Technology
Some U.S. officials believe that Russian intelligence agencies spied on the Democratic Party by intercepting emails sent by Democratic National Committee chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Back in July, these emails were made available to the public on WikiLeaks....
by Bianna Golodryga | Aug 16, 2016 | Current Events, Politics, Russia
Many Americans and critics of President Obama are suspicious of the United States’ recent $400 million cash payment to Iran. The cash transaction between the U.S. State Department and the Iranian government coincided with the release of five American hostages who had...
by Bianna Golodryga | Apr 18, 2016 | Current Events, Economics, Politics, Russia
11.5 million documents and dozens of scandals later, the implications of history’s largest leak have only begun to unfold. In early April, 2016, the International Consortium of Journalists leaked a wealth of sensitive documents known as the Panama Papers. The leak...
by Bianna Golodryga | Nov 13, 2015 | Current Events, Russia
Though the Cold War was a relatively bloodless one, many will recall that it drove an icy fear into the ethos of Soviet and Western societies. As the space and arms races sped on, citizens thought that reaching the moon was just as probable as planetary annihilation....