Gatis Sluka highlights the hypocrisy of Putin’s supply of weaponry to Ukrainian separatists juxtapose his treatment of Russian citizens calling for separatism.
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City of Asylum’s writer-in-residence, Israel Centeno, on new foreign investment deals made with Venezuela and how shortsightedness may lead to indebtedness.
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Editorial cartoonist Sergei Tunin comments on the publicized presidential handshake. Will we see a thawing of tensions since the annexation of Crimea?
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A UN resolution was jointly vetoed by China and Russia, which would allow the International Criminal Court to investigate human rights violations and war crimes in Syria. Editorial cartoonist Hassan Bleibel depicts this telling move in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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During this fifth installment of The Freedom Chat, Ukrainian journalist and novelist Andrey Kurkov – who writes for The Guardian, Time Magazine, and The New Statesman – comments on the status of press freedom and Russian propaganda impacting the Ukrainian media.
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Journalist and novelist Andrey Kurkov comments on the status of press freedom and Russian propaganda affecting Ukrainian media outlets during this fifth installment of The Freedom Chat.
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Russian journalist Oksana Chelysheva describes the brutal treatment of political activists and musicians carried out by the “Extremism Prevention Centre”, which attempts to create a culture of acquiescence and fear. This article was originally published by Free Muse on April 30, 2014.
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