Vladimir Putin
Total 39 Posts
Belarus: Opposition pressure continues inside and outside the country – Will it work?
5 min read
Opposition protests continue and there are signs they are beginning to have an effect both inside and outside Belarus.
UN rights office ‘deeply dismayed’ by Navalny sentencing.
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The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has expressed dismay over the sentencing of Russian opposition politician and activist Aleksei Navalny, and urged the Russian authorities to release scores of his supporters arrested during rallies protesting his detention.
Alexei Navalny: Novichok didn’t stop Russian opposition leader – but a prison sentence might.
5 min read
He knew he would be arrested on arrival in Russia, but it is unclear what the dissident politician’s next move will be.
They were a mob waiting for a leader.
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I have come around to thinking this entire Trump presidency has been, and is, far more than a grift.
Trump is the proof the U.S. Founders were right.
5 min read
The U.S. Constitution created institutions that protect the country from someone who tries to rule as a tyrant. The institutions held as they were intended.
Joe Biden wins – What it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court.
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Scholars of race, foreign policy and the Supreme Courts give their informed predictions of what to expect under a Biden administration.
Belarus — Vladimir Putin has Alexander Lukashenko just where he wants him.
5 min read
Belarus’s economy is closely linked to Russia. Could Putin’s support for Lukashenko during ongoing protests be in turn for more integration?