No Kings: A Warning From the Edge of Democracy
This is not the first time in history that mankind has stepped to the edge of destruction, but it is ...
Tag: Vladimir Putin
Are We Better With or Without the International Criminal Court?
A recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Israeli and Hamas leaders has put it in the ...
Overthrowing a Dictator Is Not Easy
Historically, democracies have always been more fragile than dictatorships, and there is a reason dictators tend to appear so strong. ...
Putin Humiliated at Low Turnout at Russia-Africa Summit
With increasing isolation and damaging sanctions from the West, along with stiff Ukrainian resistance – their new counteroffensive in both ...
‘Sin, Sodomy, and Darkness’: The Enlarged Scope of Russia’s New Anti-LGBTQ Law
On November 30, the Federal Council of Russia unanimously voted in favour of a new anti-LGBTQ law, which will now ...
Putin Calls Up 300,000 Military Reserves and Threatens Nuclear Retaliation: “It’s not a Bluff”
”Those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction,” ...
Putin’s War Shows Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand. Here’s How to Tackle Both
This story was originally published by The Guardian, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global ...
Behind Putin’s Smile: What Sanctions Against Russia Are Doing to Its Economy and People
In the video reports of his cabinet meetings, Putin appears calm, resolute, serene. He smiles, often. Yet, behind the smile, ...
Threat to Democracy: Russian Court Orders Closure of Country’s Oldest Human Rights Group
Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, the country’s most prominent rights group, as President Vladimir ...
Trump and Putin in Helsinki: A Non-Summit
(Updated 25 July 2018) The most charitable thing that can be said of the Trump-Putin Summit Meeting in Helsinki on ...
POTUS is Compromised: Web of Intelligence Links Trump and Associates to Kremlin
Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark...Kremlin and White House. It’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re beyond the point of ...
Don’t Call it a Comeback: Russia’s Triumphant Return to the World Stage
After nearly five years and a quarter of a million dead, the Syrian Civil War appears, at least for the ...
