Search Results for: Russia

Mikhail Prokhorov, the Playboy and His Power Games

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You might think that Mikhail Prokhorov would have had a not-so-soft case of buyer’s remorse this past spring. A month before the start of the National Basketball Association season, the 45-year-old Russian billionaire struck a deal to buy the New Jersey Nets from the real estate developer Bruce C. Ratner. When the league owners finally ratified the sale eight months later, the Nets record stood at 12 wins and 70 losses, and Prokhorov’s shiny new team was the laughingstock of the NBA

Author: Chip Brown
Published: Oct 28, 2010
Length: 33 minutes (8,343 words)

Obama’s Bad Cops

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Clinton’s played the heavy with Iran, Russia, and even Israel—and her sometimes hawkish views are finding favor with the president.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Apr 23, 2010
Length: 12 minutes (3,091 words)

Lost Exile

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The unlikely life and sudden death of The Exile, Russia’s angriest newspaper.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Length: 35 minutes (8,976 words)

Missile Defense Didn’t Win the Cold War

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The real doomsday machine, the Russian response to Star Wars, and other Soviet-era mysteries finally decoded.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Sep 22, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,410 words)