The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Violent crime up 18% in Vancouver, FBI reports | The Seattle Times CIA Director Visits Egypt Amid Crackdown Making sense of Putin's popularity and rising anti-Americanism in Russia | Russia Direct Obama administration gives Pentagon new authorities to strike Islamic State in Afghanistan - The Washington Post Cruz Seeks to Block Joint U.S.-Cuba Security Exercises Ukrainian hacker linked to U.S. cyber security expert pleads guilty | Reuters Top US General Holds Crisis Talks on Daesh, Russia at NATO HQ - Pentagon / Sputnik International FBI: Murders Increased More Than 6 Percent in First Half of 2015 - Washington Free Beacon WECT: Ex-CIA spy recalls her time in Russia Taliban suicide bomber attacks journalists in Kabul, killing seven people - Telegraph Senate Hearing Debates Obama Actions on Guns Oil Slump Sends Russian Ruble to All-time Low US Treasury Sec: Puerto Rico Needs Congressional Action - ABC News Stakes heighten for FBI probe of Clinton's email practices |

Ruble Tumbles to Record as Oil Slump Hinders Russia's Recovery , or:  Putin and "the little gray men" as a "national idea" Всероссийский предпринимательский форум «Малый бизнес – национальная идея?» _____________________________________________ Suicide Blast Near Russian Embassy in Kabul Ruble Tumbles to Record as Oil Slump Hinders Russia's Recovery - Bloomberg Business Ruble Crashes To Historic Lows As Oil Prices Plunge | News | The Moscow Times U.S., Russia Start Syria Negotiations Amid Threat to Peace Talks - Bloomberg Business Video Emerges Of Russian Tu-95 Bear Strategic Bomber Exploding | News | The Moscow Times Video: Alexander Litvinenko: poison origins 'a mystery' - Telegraph Kremlin Reacts to Kadyrov's Attacks on ‘Jackals’ Opposed to Putin | News | The Moscow Times Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Putin’s Spokesman Defends What Kadyrov has Said about the Opposition Alexander Litvinenko: Russian spy could blow lid