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It was 13 years ago this month that Sergei Magnitsky was killed in Moscow’s Butyrka prison. Just seven days before he would have had to have been released if he was not brought to trial after almost a
Nov. 25, 2022
Russia
Russian lawmakers unanimously approved a bill banning all forms of LGBTQ “propaganda” in a final reading Thursday, Nov. 24, as President Vladimir Putin seeks to promote his country as the antithesis
Nov. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
Kremlin propagandists are floating the “absurd” idea that Ukraine is going to invade the Belgorod region in an attempt to scare its own public into raising their support for the war, according to the
Nov. 23, 2022
Russia
Winston Churchill in 1939 famously described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” And for decades, if not centuries, the Western fascination with Russia as some sort of exotic
Nov. 23, 2022
Russia
A Russian woman who harassed Ukrainian women on the streets of Germany and Austria has been permanently expelled from the country, it was confirmed on Nov. 21, 2022. A video of Yulia Prokhorova being
Nov. 22, 2022
Russia
A Russian state TV host has been rebuked on air by his fellow presenters after he called for Kyiv to be “destroyed” and Kharkiv to be “wiped off the face of the earth.” In a rare sign of disunity amon
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
It is bizarre that calls for peace talks pick up every time Kyiv shows its ability to take back territory The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement is a domestic economic event. The audience understandably li
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Washington, D.C. Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine has soon nine months, but Russia loses ever more of Ukraine’s territory, while Ukraine has recorded three major victories
Nov. 19, 2022
NATO
NATO said Friday that two Russian fighter aircraft had conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional approach” towards alliance naval ships on routine operations in the Baltic Sea. NATO’s maritime command s
Nov. 19, 2022
Russia
Russia said Thursday, Nov. 17, that a Dutch court ruling over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 was politically motivated, adding the court was under “unprecedented pre
Nov. 18, 2022
War in Ukraine
Humiliated by Russia’s battlefield routs, Vladimir Putin faces risky choices: dig in for a long fight, escalate — and risk seeing the conflict spiral out of control — or seek a face-saving path to tal
Nov. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
On Nov. 15, Ukrainian military intelligence representative Andriy Chernyak told news agency RBC Ukraine that armies led by close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin have been created to sup
Nov. 16, 2022
Russia
Russia said on Wednesday, Nov. 16 it had banned entry to more than 50 top Irish officials including Prime Minister Micheal Martin over Western sanctions over Ukraine. Among those listed are also Irish
Nov. 16, 2022
Russia
Moscow has sought to prevent diplomatic isolation as its long-time partners, China and India, disassociate themselves from the conflict in Ukraine. At the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, a review joint
Nov. 16, 2022
War in Ukraine
France’s President Emmanuel Macron will urge his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to “pressure” Russia to return to the negotiating table over the war in Ukraine, a French official said Monday, Nov. 14.
Nov. 14, 2022
Russia
A senior U.S. official said on Monday, Nov. 14, that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the “irresponsibility” of nuclear threats throughout a summit in Cambodia, suggesting Beijing is feeling nervou
Nov. 14, 2022
HUR drones hit a fuel depot in Kaluga, Russia, sparking massive explosions and fire. Local videos show air defenses failing to stop the precision strikes.
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