The Russians Are Coming!

Conn Carroll / April 28, 2009

The Russians are coming! – to Capitol Hill, led by propagandists and PR experts. What on earth is going on here?

Today the 28th Annual World Russia Forum opened in Washington DC. Attending the forum will be numerous Russia experts, diplomats, lobbyists, businessmen, scholars and US politicians. The forum will analyze the state of US-Russian relations and potential avenues and strategies for their improvement.

However, judging by the majority of their panelists, the forum is aimed to advance a “Russia-first” foreign policy agenda. One of the most problematic speaker is Sergei Tsekov, a representative of the “Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.” (more…)