Tag: Russia

Russia is trying to protect a few pawns even as it puts its powerful queen at risk.

Altogether, leaders from at least 50 countries spoke up for peace in Ukraine at the 2023 UN General Assembly.

The insight on Russia that he provided to his government during many years as a diplomat and then ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow will answer some critical questions regarding his current role in the Biden administration.

The U.S. decision to reject peace negotiations and prolong the war have led to a brutal war of attrition that is gradually destroying Ukraine.

Since Ukraine is the victim in this conflict, it should ideally decide the timing and the parameters of any peace deal.

The decision to work with Ukraine on such a summit is likely more about Saudi anger over Putin’s recent decision to destroy the grain deal that facilitated the delivery of Ukrainian agricultural products to global markets.

And unless we the people organize to stop them, their success will be inevitable.

Amid deportations, floods and shelling, grassroots groups have formed to help Ukrainians evacuate the frontlines and occupied territories.

Has a failed coup by the Wagner Group exposed the Russian president's fatal weaknesses?

A recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse.