Thursday, June 10, 2021

Churchill’s description of Russia as riddle inside an enigma

US president Joe Biden left Washington yesterday for a week-long visit to Europe.

Next Wednesday he will meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Geneva. His  secretary of state Antony Blinken will be among the top officials who will accompany the president  on his visit to his Russian counterpart.

Will his officials have reminded him of what Churchill said of the Soviet Union in a 1940 radio broadcast.

He described Russia as ‘a riddle, wrapped in mystery, inside an enigma’.


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