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By Tom Squitieri Red Snow News TALLINN, Estonia — There is no mystery to Estonians as to what Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan is to win in Ukraine nor what he plans to do next, in the Baltics, as he waits out a battle of attrition that they say is in his favor. They know

By Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON – German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Tuesday that “zeitenwende” — the turning point — has arrived in Germany and for NATO, that “If Putin’s plans don’t work out, we owe this largely to this NATO unity” and that President Biden’s vow that “America is back” is “totally

By Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON —In an hour-long plus rant, Russian President Vladimir Putin bemoaned historical grievances and declared Moscow would recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, territories in Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. Since the separatists don’t hold all the territory they claim, the recognition is essentially a de facto declaration

By Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — Moscow today formally rejected the U.S. and NATO proposals for security in Europe and a slew of officials on both sides of the Atlantic prepared for what seems to be some type of Russian invasion of Ukraine. “In the absence of the readiness of the American side

It is a shame that Vladimir Putin could not acquire the girth of predecessor Boris Yeltsin. Then it would make it even more appropriate that he is channeling the role of Senior Ferrari in the real life Syria-version of the film Casablanca. In Casablanca, robust Sydney Greenstreet deftly played Senior Ferrari. His character was the proudly self-proclaimed