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Ludmila Melnikoff


IS TRUMP FOR REAL?
Trump’s bizarre bromance with Putin has gone on for over a decade now. Trump remained loyal to Putin throughout his first term, and, in...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jul 192 min read


PUTIN AND ZELENSKY ARE TWO CHILDREN BEATING EACH OTHER UP IN THE PARK – LET THEM BE!
Trump compared Russia and Ukraine to two children fighting like crazy. He said “Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy....
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 121 min read


Has Zelinsky Gone Too Far?
Yesterday’s attack on the Crimean Bridge came immediately after Ukraine’s operation “Spider’s Web,” during which Ukraine launched drones...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 52 min read


“25 years of Putin”
Twenty-five years ago, Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, formally handed over power to his chosen...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 52 min read


Trump is pissed at Putin – a lover’s tiff
Russia has drafted a memorandum outlining its terms to end the war. Putin seems to be ready to make peace but not at any price. Zelensky...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 51 min read


“Only He, Trump, Can Make Putin End The War, According To Trump”
On Monday 19 May 2025, Trump directly spoke with Putin over the phone on ending the Ukraine war. Before the call, Trump declared: “THE...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Jun 52 min read


Boris Yeltsin: Hero or Traitor?
Heroes are rare, and when I first met Boris Yeltsin in December 1990, I walked away thinking he was the greatest hero I have ever seen....
Ludmila Melnikoff
May 82 min read


Putin’s and Trump’s love story continues...
Nikas Safronov, one of Russia’s most famous artists has revealed the mysterious Trump portrait gifted by Putin to the US president. The...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Apr 281 min read


Russia's gold reserves skyrocket thanks to Trump and Malcolm Turnbull
Gold prices have skyrocketed since Trump’s tariffs, hence so has the value of Russia’s gold reserves which will soon reach $260 billion,...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Apr 121 min read


Russia absent from Trump’s scary tariffs’ board
Russia was spared from Trump’s tariffs – an obvious sign of friendliness. Meanwhile Putin has sent his “ace” Harvard-educated...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Apr 71 min read
My thanks to Koehler Publishing!
I would like to thank Koehler Books for taking a chance on publishing my memoir, “For the Love of Russian Gold”. I can’t convey how...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Apr 23 min read


Putin’s Cat and Mouse game with Trump
Trump wants to preserve the “mighty US dollar” whereas Putin’s secret agenda is to destroy the “mighty US dollar” by replacing it with...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Apr 12 min read


GOD HELP AMERICA! GOD HELP THE WORLD!
This mural was painted by a Lithuanian street artist across the back of a BBQ restaurant in the Baltic capital of Vilnius in 2017 but is...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 201 min read


Comrade Trump – vain, ambitious and narcissistic - the perfect target
In yesterday’s phone call with Comrade Trump, Comrade Putin agreed to a partial ceasefire “orchestrated” by Trump. Putin agreed to the...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 192 min read


KGB agent first claimed Trump is Putin’s asset in 2018 and repeated it in 2025
О Дональде Трампе и Владимире Путине. Posted in FACEBOOK by Alnur Mussayev on 18 July 2018 (translated from Russian) After reading the...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 173 min read


Will Russia accept Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire?
After Trump cut-off all military aide to Ukraine and the sharing of crucial intelligence last week, Zelensky finally agreed to a 30-day...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 132 min read


Is Trump Putin’s asset or a very smart politician?
In 2000, just after the eradication of the Soviet Union and at the beginning of China’s economic reform, the U.S. was the top trading...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 62 min read


A Bromance rekindled
Russian artists have added Donald Trump to their collections of matryoshka dolls, but rarely do they put the two leaders - Russian...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 61 min read


“Cold Peace with Russia / Cold War with China: Trump’s “love” agenda for Putin”
Cold peace with Russian means terminating NATO expansion along Russian borders, accepting a Russian “sphere of influence” in the former...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Mar 61 min read


“The Big 3”
If you had walked into a Russian gift shop “Skazka” on the touristic Arbat Street in downtown Moscow on February 13, 2025, you would have...
Ludmila Melnikoff
Feb 272 min read
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