Pal Kolsto and Helge Blakkisrud edited “ The New Russian Nationalism ” ( Edinburgh University Press , 2016 ) , which examines the survey results . Here are some of the main findings . Ethnic Russian nationalism has been growing since the fall of the Soviet Union , along with attempts by the regime to commandeer conflict.attack.stealrobhijack it — what Emil Pain terms “ imperial nationalism . ” On the one hand , Putin and his administration recognize the leading role of the ethnic Russian people in forming the Russian state . On the other , naked ethnic nationalism could provoke separatism in a multiethnic country such as the Russian Federation . Imperial nationalism offers a middle ground .

MANILA , Philippines ( AP ) — A Philippine police van rammed into protesters , leaving several bloodied , as an anti - U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila . The van 's driver , police officer Franklin Kho , told reporters he did not deliberately hit the protesters but was trying to drive away from them because they were hitting the vehicle with wooden clubs and he feared they would commandeer conflict.attack.stealrobhijack it and use it to attack other policemen . " They were already trying to seize the vehicle , " Kho told reporters . Associated Press TV footage showed the van repeatedly ramming the protesters as it drove wildly back and forth after activists surrounded and started hitting it with the wooden batons they seized from police .

The first part of that remark is just another Trumpian rewriting of his personal history . But to assert , over and over , that the United States should have seized Iraq ’s oil in to - the - victor - go - the - spoils fashion is to display an utter disregard for the way civilized nations conduct themselves . A reputable international - law - abiding country ca n’t simply invade another country and forcibly commandeer conflict.attack.stealrobhijack its natural resources . Not even in cases when the country is question is run by a ruthless tyrant like Saddam Hussein . Speaking of Hussein , that ’s exactly what he did to Kuwait in 1990 — and why President George H.W.

" However complicated the United States ' relationship with Russia may be at the moment , there is nothing to the argument that the two countries are at war , or that Russia is an ' enemy ' within the meaning of the proviso . " But he added that Trump could have transgressed a different federal law that makes it a crime for an individual to induce others to commit felonies involving physical force against American property , " which almost certainly includes cyberhacking . " Trump 's explosive comments on the emails Wednesday , during a news conference apparently called to try to commandeer conflict.attack.stealrobhijack media coverage focused the Democratic convention , were not confined to the two email sagas . He denied reports in some media outlets that his business was under undue influence from Russia and that Putin hoped he would win the election . He also claimed that Putin had once used the ' N ' word in a show of disrespect against Obama .