As we all try to cope with the spectacle of Vladimir Putin penning a New York Times op-ed appealing to the American people over Barack Obama’s head, and the return, however briefly, of bipolar U.S.-Russian domination of world events, I just can’t resist some anachronistic music videos about our Cold War adversary and its history. Here’s Boney M. with the infectious disco hit “Rasputin.”
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