Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism after suggesting some pro-Palestinian protesters are “connected to Russia.” “We have to think about what we’re doing, and what we have to…
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Perception of Russia Threat Wanes as Conservatives Drive China Fears
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanThe latest survey of American threat perception is the first time China has topped the list, displacing Russia largely due to conservatives for whom the threat of Vladimir Putin has…
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Andrei Pivovarov, former head of Open Russia group, ‘disappeared’ in Russia’s vast prisoner transportation system since 18 January Human rights defender sentenced to four years in a penal colony for…
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Russia sentences prominent Ukrainian human rights activist for defending his homeland
by Horace Hallby Horace HallRussia has violated international law by using its proxy, the “Donbas republics,” to stage the “trial” and “sentencing” of three Ukrainian prisoners of war, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group’s…
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‘Foreign agents’: Inside the Russian climate movement taking the government to court
by Rudolph Royby Rudolph RoyAleksandra Koroleva is the head of one of Russia’s oldest environmental groups, Ecodefense! Created in 1989, the group has had “more than enough time to anger the Russian state,” she…
