The World According to Russia…

While studying Advanced Russian at St. Petersburg State University and getting in touch with my Russian roots, I had the opportunity to learn first-hand how Russians see the world. A new documentary (Miroporyadok/World Order) that recently aired on Russian state television explores (as narrated by Vladimir Solovyov), “what is happening with us [Russians], what sort of world we have inherited from our parents, and what sort of world we will leave to our children.” In this cinematic glimpse of the world according to Russia, American foreign policy endeavors and military interventions are blamed for the current chaos in the Middle East. Last week, Putin went a step further and named the U.S. a threat to Russian security for the first time…