Russian Politics Gifts

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin

Mario Draghi

Matryoshka/ Russian Gas Cylinders

Man pushing Euro sign up a hill.

"But I won't bore you with the all too familiar story of a dictator's rise to absolute power,"

"It's time to get politics out of money."

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

"This next song I wrote I won't sing due to political correctness."

Carl Shurz's attacks on President Grant are 'Played Out'

"Humans have very little to offer, political theatre excepted."

Trump goes down tweeting & firing more staff

Bank of Cyprus-sia

Russian and Chinese Influences in Afghanistan

An Arm and a Leg.

Belarus lets immigrants into Europe

'Our ceiling is under repair--sorry.'

Super-Mario Draghi

Trump Tower

'The toughest things to deal with are a new, charismatic opponent and a former colleague's memoirs.'

"Whack him. And if you can't whack him, redact him."

Euro leaves a crack in the Union

In Case of Fabricated Emergency, Break (The Very Fragile) Glass.

The sword is mightier than the pen.

EU in a cul-de-sac?

"Just keep cranking 'em out until we have parity with the old franc!"

'Can I Come In Soon?'

'We want to be moved.....he's probably contagious!'

Destabilization of the EU and US

House of Lords reform - 'It needs reforming into a chamber of people who agree with me.'

Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen

The Pillars of the European Central Bank.

'Because I can get things done. I mean, don't I make him look a lot smarter? And I'm not plain glass. . . I swear!'

"And now Professor Weyfeld, of Columbia University, with some liberal claptrap."