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In four, maybe more decades of... studying Russian-American relations, I never really took seriously the possibility of war between the United States and Russia...

— Stephen F. Cohen Ukrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold War (2019)

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Why would you tempt one or another Ukrainian leadership to broaden the war, where you want above all to bring peace?

Ukrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold War (2019)

Today I think it’s a very high probability, partly because of this Russiagate nonsense, partly because the lack of American leadership.

Ukrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold War (2019)

The United States is prepared to embrace that guy, too—anything to get rid of Yanukovych, because they think this is about Putin. That’s all they really got on their mind.

The media have long operated as agents of moral indignation in their own right : even if they are not self-consciously engaged in crusading or muck-raking, their very reporting of certain facts can be sufficient to generate anxiety, indignation or panic.

The people who created Russiagate are literally saying, and have been for almost three years, that the president of the United States is a Russian agent, or he has been compromised by the Kremlin.

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