New Delhi, June 21 -- its partnership with Russia. That partnership is now at risk. And the risk comes not from Moscow but from the political suppression of the Awami League itself.

How Russia Stood With Bangladesh When It Mattered Most

The foundation of the Bangladesh-Russia relationship was laid not in a conference room but on a battlefield. When the Bangladesh Liberation War reached its decisive phase in December 1971, the United States dispatched the USS Enterprise carrier strike group to the Bay of Bengal in an attempt to intimidate India and preserve Pakistani military control over a population that had already lost three million people to genocide. The Soviet Union responded by deploying its Pacific Fleet under the framework of t...