Madi Kapparov identifies himself as a PhD student at the London Business School. This morning, he translated a chat on video by one of...

Fascistpalooza Budapest-- aka, CPAC 2022 began yesterday with a keynote speech by Hungary's fascist hetman Viktor Orbán. Reuters covered...

I don't know if George Grylls and Alexander Motyl are Russia experts or just a couple of guys with opinions and I don't know if Ukrainian...

by Noah I've always felt that repression breeds great art. The portrait I'm using as tonight's meme is a fine example. Please share it...

I spent about a month with 2 friends in Russia in 2016. We had a great time, mostly in Moscow, where we started the trip and in St....

by Noah Trump's mentor Vladimir Putin has now officially made himself into the world's number one terrorist and he is only in the...

Reporting for the NY Times yesterday, Robert Draper wrote that former Trump advisors are connecting Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine...

We began the day with a little historical context for Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and I want to build on that a tiny bit as...

I didn't read Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands. Did you? I loved his book On Tyranny. How did I miss this! My friend Melody turned me onto it...

This morning, Anton Troianovski reported in the New York Times that there's a "building paranoia and polarization in Russian society....

by Noah Much has been made of the sanctions placed on Russia. As tonight's meme indicates, it's obvious that Vlad Putin knows who his...

by Noah Years ago, right after 9/11, a rightwing tool on CNN named Wolf Blitzer hammered home the nickname, "America's Mayor" that his...

by Noah "What are you wearing tomorrow?" "Gee, Vlady, I don't know. What are you wearing? I wanna wear what you wear!" Let us never...

Trump's trial shouldn't like an election. It should be decided in a court room, not on Facebook or Twitter. If I was the Decider, he...

This morning, the head of Russia's space program announced that International Space Station cooperation has ended between Russia and the...

The U.S. and NATO are helping Ukraine prepare for an expected chemical weapons attack from Russia. According to the newest YouGov poll...

I've been wondering when Ukraine would start striking targets inside Russia. I mean where does it say in the rule book that the...

by Noah Tucker Tiki Torch had a ton of competition from his fellow nazis that make up the GOP this month but his efforts at being an...

Last night at the low energy/poorly attended, Trump-headlined rally for Georgia losers, Señor Trumpanzee praised his authoritarian role...

The so-called stalemate continues to cost Ukraine dearly. The country's infrastructure is being devastated, 10 million people have fled...