The case against Lenin was still thin. Pereverzev’s testimony, which involved a contract Lenin allegedly signed in Berlin sometime the previous year, turned out to be the delirium of a fleeing prisoner of war. The press offered more fairy tales – Lenin’s sister was a spy based in Salonika, LeninRead More →
THE CENTENARY of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the most significant political upheaval since the 18th century, passes quietly. In Russia, Vladimir Putin’s crony capitalist regime certainly has no intention of commemorating the event. The situation in the West is no better; after the fall of the Berlin Wall inRead More →
Placeholder while loading article actions The Supreme Court last week allowed parts of President Trump’s travel ban to go into effect and agreed to review the legality of the controversial order in October. The ban, which broadly restricts travel from six predominantly Muslim countries and suspends refugee resettlement to theRead More →