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Ex-US Russia envoy wishes Trump would stop ‘relying on RT’
Michael McFaul has suggested that the US president is ignoring Ukrainian narratives about the country’s conflict
Feb 19, 2025 10:23
Ex-US envoy wants Russian billionaires to pay their way out of sanctions
Donating 90% of their wealth to Ukraine should trigger exemption from Western blacklists, Michael McFaul has suggested
Mar 21, 2023 10:46
Russia reacts to Azov neo-Nazi’s platform at prestigious US university
Members of the notorious far-right Ukrainian movement held an event addressing students at Stanford
Oct 14, 2022 09:31
Out of Afghan frying pan & into Ukrainian fire? America’s empire builders have another pawn to fuel their apocalyptic chess game
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The Ukrainian President's trip to Washington has drawn out the West’s “Russia-watchers” in force. Among them is Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Moscow who has since morphed into a prolific, if unreliable, commentator.
Sep 2, 2021 11:09
Ex-ambassador McFaul scores own goal by challenging Twitter to show him Putin lamenting USSR collapse in 1992
Vladimir Putin could not have openly lamented the demise of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, before his accession to power, former US ambassador Michael McFaul claimed – only to be instantly served an example to the contrary.
Feb 22, 2021 11:34
‘We need more public diplomacy, not less’: ex-Ambassador McFaul ‘saddened’ by US closing last two regional consulates in Russia
The former Obama-era US envoy to Russia, Michael McFaul, has criticized Washington for shutting down its last remaining regional consulates in Russia. Ties between the two nations have been severely degraded in recent years.
Dec 19, 2020 10:58
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