Despite the rather dismal and disappointing results of this year’s Group of Seven, Group of 20 and COP26 summits, President Biden is getting ready for another one. This next one is dedicated to the advantages of democracy versus authoritarianism, and he will try once again to present himself as “the leader of the free world.”

Political relations between Moscow and Beijing appear closer than ever. The Chinese and Russian militaries are cooperating. Although the two authoritarian giants aren’t likely to embark upon a campaign of world conquest, Washington has done much to bring together unlikely partners in opposition to US policy.

Last week, it was reported that Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov’s proposals to lift existing restrictions on the numbers of embassy staff by both the US and Russia was rejected by the US Department of State. For perspective, we asked ACURA board member Jack F. Matlock, Jr. for some brief thoughts on the matter. Ambassador Matlock served as Ronald Reagan’s ambassador to the USSR after a long and distinguished career in the US foreign service.

U.S. Attorney and Special Counsel John H Durham’s laborious investigation into the origins of allegations that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign illegally colluded with Russia’s government finally seems to be bearing fruit. In the latest development, a federal grand jury indicted Igor Danchenko, who was the primary researcher for claims that went into the Steele dossier, a compendium of salacious rumors and reports that Russian intelligence had obtained highly compromising material on Trump, causing him then to conspire with Moscow to help defeat Hillary Clinton and to otherwise serve Russia’s interests.

There are two kinds of lies about Russia. Not white or black; neither the Big Lie nor the small one. Those are differences between what’s true and what’s false.

There are many clear and implied takeaways from the U.S. indictment of Igor Danchenko available to see for those with wide eyes open. Danchenko was the main source for the now debunked Steele Dossier that Democrat operatives from the Clinton Campaign, Clinton’s campaign law firm Perkins Coie, and the FBI, which all overlapped in the attempt to imprison innocent Americans and Paul Manafort on false Russia collusion charges, steal the 2016 presidential election and cripple the presidency of Donald Trump.

Did you know there’s a process whereby an undeserved Pulitzer Prize may be returned?

A joint U.S.-Russian experiment to study long-term space travel is a rare bit of cooperation between the two rivals.

Special counsel John Durham alleges key source lied to FBI about how he collected information about Trump and Russia, getting some of it from Democratic operative.

A Russian analyst who served as a source for a dossier of unverified accusations against former President Donald Trump was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI about how he gathered the information.