It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

Russia is a mafia state today, and Putin is its top godfather.

In Syria, Vladimir pUTIN sees the chance to make millions of refugees and weaponise them. The US has to take a lead in defending the values of the free world.

I'm not saying that George W. Bush did everything right. But even if you take a skeptical view of his Iraq war, [Barack] Obama made the more serious error of withdrawing his troops from Iraq early.

I wouldn't place much stock in numbers. I don't believe that they reflect Putin's true popularity. Just think about how the pollsters proceed. They call people and they ask them questions on the street. In today's Russia, it takes a lot of courage to tell a stranger something critical about the head of the Kremlin. And yet more than 20 percent do so nonetheless.

At the northern border of Azerbaijan, Daghestan by no means contributes to the democratization of the Caucasus.