The Chakhoyan Dispatch

putin. LIES. ALWAYS.

Once KGB, always KGB: reflexive control and the war for the American mind

Feb 5 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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November 2025

putin won’t stop russia's criminal war. Here’s why.

The Kremlin’s legitimacy rests on aggression towards neighbors and subjugation at home. Until that logic is shattered, peace is impossible.

Nov 28, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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October 2025

Three reasons Russia is poking NATO

Moscow can't beat the West on the battlefield. So it's waging a different kind of war.

Oct 4, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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August 2025

If this is not your war, whose war is it?

Stop othering Ukraine or you'll soon be othered by Russia

Aug 27, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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How to cosplay a superpower? Ask Russia

Behind the façade of strength lies economic decay, demographic collapse, and military overreach. Russia isn’t rising — it’s rotting.

Aug 7, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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June 2025

America's Russia policy: the disgrace doctrine

Big talk, no stick, and the art of collapsing your deterrence at lightspeed.

Jun 27, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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Three ways Russia's criminal war ends

Plus one path to peace the Free World should aim for, but doesn't

Jun 11, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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Russia always lies. Why does Europe keep falling for it?

Until the West confronts five dangerous delusions, Moscow’s appetite for war will only grow.

Jun 4, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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May 2025

Putin's war? Never heard of it.

The Russian opposition isn’t an antidote to the neocolonial violence of the Moscow-centered evil empire—it’s part of the illusion

May 13, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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On minerals, mass murder, and moral clarity

Since Russia chose to wage a criminal war of aggression, there are no deals to be made in Ukraine — only war crimes to stop and an invader to expel

May 7, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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April 2025

Mr. Putin, tear down this War!

It's long past time the West gave peace through strength a chance

Apr 27, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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Courting Putin’s favor is a sure path to humiliation

Play nice with a wanted war criminal in the Kremlin, and he’ll spit in your face

Apr 22, 2025 • Andrew Chakhoyan

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