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Mikhail Prokhorov, the Playboy and His Power Games
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
Obama’s Bad Cops
Clinton’s played the heavy with Iran, Russia, and even Israel—and her sometimes hawkish views are finding favor with the president.
Lost Exile
The unlikely life and sudden death of The Exile, Russia’s angriest newspaper.
Missile Defense Didn’t Win the Cold War
The real doomsday machine, the Russian response to Star Wars, and other Soviet-era mysteries finally decoded.