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☆ Opinion: Whatever happened to Mutually Assured Destruction?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On June 14, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced that his country had taken delivery of the first of a collection of tactical nuclear weapons from Russia. Belarus has both a nuclear arsenal and a president who for decades has quietly played the role of Putin’s lap dog. And indeed, in a press conference Thursday in Minsk, he did claim to being in lockstep with Putin — adding that the nuclear weapons were for defensive purposes only. In the same press conference, Lukashenko nodded to the fact that those nuclear weapons were under Russia’s control. “In the early ’60s American officials worried that the Soviet Union would launch a less-than-all-out attack, reasoning that the US would not respond in a way that might trigger Armageddon,” he said.

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☆ Moștenirea nefastă. Op-Ed de Victor Pelin
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-10 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +8 min

Totuși, în grabă mare, Igor Dodon îi pregătește succesoarei o moștenire. În astfel de condiții, care poate fi scopul lui Igor Dodon, altul decât subminarea sistemului de pensii din Republica Moldova? Mai cu seamă, că actual Guvern, instaurat de Igor Dodon, promovează legea privind atragerea forței de muncă de peste hotare. ConcluziiPreședintele Igor Dodon i-a pregătit succesoarei sale – Maia Sandu, o moștenire nefastă. Pentru Igor Dodon și PSRM alegerile parlamentare anticipate vor deveni oportune imediat după compromiterea președintelui ales, confruntat cu problemele și conflictele inspirate în mod deliberat.

Persons: Victor Pelin, Igor Dodon, Maia Sandu, Plahotniuc ., Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Ilan, Vlad Plahotniuc Organizations: Constituțională, Partidului Socialiștilor, Partidului, CC Locations: Republica Moldova, Moldova, Republicii Moldova, SUA, PSRM

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