In an address early Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky predicted victory over Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine and offered Russian troops a "chance to survive" by surrendering. "Russian conscripts! Listen to me very carefully," Zelensky warned. "Russian officers! You’ve already understood everything. You will not take anything...
A New Kind of Czar’: Putin’s Path From the KGB to the Presidency
The war in Ukraine is the making of one man: Russia's President Vladimir Putin. He is now in his third decade of ruling Russia, time often marked by cooperation with the West, but more often by antagonism and confrontation. In 2000, Vladimir Putin was a new president, praising a...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Biggest Political Donor In 2021 is a Putin Apologist
The largest individual donor to former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-Hawaii) PAC in 2021 is an apologist for Vladimir Putin who runs a nonprofit that aims to foster cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. Gabbard has long taken pro-Russian positions, most recently on Sunday when she gave credence to a baseless...
Ukraine Scrambles to Shield Its Cultural Heritage from Russian Bombs
Across Ukraine, artists, gallerists, curators and museum directors are desperately but carefully unhooking, wrapping and stashing away the country’s hefty cultural endowment as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s onslaught closes in. Statues, stained-glass windows and monuments are being covered with shrapnel-proof material. Basement bunkers are crammed with paintings. “There is...
Taiwan Scrambles Fighter Jets After Chinese Aircraft Enter Air Defense Zone
Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Monday to warn away 13 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone, Taiwan's defense ministry said, in the latest uptick in tensions in the region. Taiwan is currently in a heightened state of alert due to fears China could use Russia's invasion...
Republican Senators Say They Will Not Back Iran Nuclear Deal
Forty-nine of the 50 Republicans in the Senate have announced they will not back a new nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, underscoring their party’s opposition to attempts to revive a 2015 accord amid fears multilateral nuclear talks might collapse. Former President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the...
Fears Grow of New Crisis as Refugees in Belarus Driven Into Ukraine
Belarusian armed forces are pushing asylum seekers from the Middle East who became trapped in the country after they were promised passage to the EU to cross the border into war-torn Ukraine, according to the testimony of people in Belarusian camps. Dozens of asylum seekers stuck for months in a...
Germany to Buy F-35 Fighter Jets From U.S. Amid Ukraine Crisis
Germany will buy 35 U.S. F-35 fighter jets to replace its ageing Tornado, it said on Monday, announcing a first big defense deal since Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a 100-billion-euro upgrade to the military in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The move appeared to be part of a...
The Strategy That Can Defeat Putin
With its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is showing itself to be, in many ways, a functioning fascist state — in the grip of a nationalist ideology and an all-powerful leader. For that reason, then, and barring a new Russian revolution, the Western objective must be to leave Russia profoundly...
Dozens of Corporations Are Still in Russia. It’s Getting Harder for Them to Leave.
Hundreds of multinational corporations have cut ties with Russia as its military assault on Ukraine intensifies, bolstering the effects of western economic sanctions and redirecting their operations to serve desperate Ukrainian refugees. But roughly 35 companies have made no public statement signaling any intent to leave the country. Experts...