ATHENS – A Russian-born British journalist for The Economist who gave the keynote address last week during the 2017 Ohio University Baker Peace Conference said he is shocked and horrified to see President Donald Trump emulating the political tactics of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Arkady Ostrovsky spent 15 years reporting from Moscow first for the Financial Times and then as bureau chief for The Economist. He is currently the Russia and Eastern Europe editor for The Economist, based in London.

He is also the author of the 2016 Orwell Prize-winning book, “The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev’s Freedom […]