“The West stepped on the same rake in Afghanistan during the 1980s when the CIA trained and equipped mujahedeens to fight the Soviet Army — only to face them two decades later, reincarnated as al-Qaeda,” the ambassador said. Shown here is Afghanistan during that time. (Photo: Credit: E. Kuvakin)
“The West stepped on the same rake in Afghanistan during the 1980s when the CIA trained and equipped mujahedeens to fight the Soviet Army — only to face them two decades later, reincarnated as al-Qaeda,” the ambassador said. Shown here is Afghanistan during that time. (Photo: Credit: E. Kuvakin)
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As Ambassador Alexander Darchiev describes it, Russia has undergone dramatic change, which involved a “political transition to a strong elected presidency” — in the current case, that of President Vladimir Putin, seen here after visiting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: Kremlin.ru)
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In addition to celebrating its heroic past, including “the enormous sacrifices in the war against Nazism,” Russia needs to build a more dynamic society on that foundation, Darchiev said. Seen here are Russian president Joseph Stalin, U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference in 1943. (Photo: US Army)
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Pro-Russian supporters make their views known regarding the Russian expansion into Crimea. (Photo: Andrew Butko)
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“The West stepped on the same rake in Afghanistan during the 1980s when the CIA trained and equipped mujahedeens to fight the Soviet Army — only to face them two decades later, reincarnated as al-Qaeda,” the ambassador said. Shown here is Afghanistan during that time. (Photo: Credit: E. Kuvakin)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins U.S. President Barack Obama for a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko before the NATO summit in Wales. Ambassador Darchiev doesn’t welcome NATO expansion toward Russia (Photo: U.S. Department of State)
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Ambassador Darchiev applauds the way in which Henry Kissinger, seen here, approached his job as U.S. national security adviser and secretary of state when dealing with Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrinyn. (Photo: David Shankbone)
