Image by Совет Федерации Russia reacted angrily Thursday at the news that the social media giant Twitter was removing advertising from accounts of Russian media outlets like RT and Sputnik. The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened retaliation. “We see this as a next aggressive move aimed at blocking the activity of…
This is a story I wrote while covering the 2014 Israeli-Gaza war…I hope you enjoy… The siren started slowly but built quickly to a nerve-wracking crescendo, waking him rudely as the sunlight started to peak through the cheap, nylon curtains in the room. In an instant, he had a question…
Corruption Problem In Ukraine Cuts Far Deeper Than Many Know.
Therapists say it takes five years to get over a divorce, emotionally and financially. For Serhei Rybalka, a Ukrainian businessman, it looks like it will take longer, if ever. The problem is, Mr. Rybalka’s former wife is the daughter of Ukrainian oligarch, Gennadiy Butkevich, the owner of the ATB corporation,…
Image by Elke Wetzig After Tsarizm broke the news last week that Mikhail Saakashvili was soon to be deported from Ukraine, media outlets began to report the news early this week. “Poroshenko wants to extradite me,” Saakashvili said in a statement broadcast on the NewsOne television outlet on October 24….
Image by Alexander Plushev The editor and host of Ekho Moskvy, a popular but independent radio station in Moscow, Tatyana Felgengauer, was stabbed in the studio on Monday and is in grave condition but expected to survive. The assailant is in custody and is said to be a foreign national,…
Image by David Sedlecký The Czech Republic has elected a new prime minister, a billionaire businessman turned politician in the vein of Donald Trump. Andrej Babis won the election Saturday. Anti-Islam and anti-immigrant parties also gained seats in parliament. Czechs have grown weary of EU policies on migrants and even…