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Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

Foreign Policy · Aug 8, 2022

Russia’s ethnic minorities lament the war in Ukraine

Ethnic minority troops are said to be dying in greater numbers than their Slav compatriots in the so-called ‘special mil

Al Jazeera · Aug 2, 2022

Some Russians wish 'Granny Liz' well amid queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations

Russia may be deeply at odds with Britain over the invasion of Ukraine but that didn't stop some Russians in Moscow praising Queen Elizabeth as her Platinum Jubilee celebrations began on Thursday, wishing her good health and lauding her stylish choice of hats.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2022

Nicholas Goldberg: We weren't supposed to get anywhere near 1 million COVID deaths in the US. Then we did

At the start of the pandemic, in late March 2020, President Donald Trump held a White House briefing at which his top advisers presented their official COVID-19 death projections. In somber tones, they forecasted that between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans would die from the disease if we followed reasonable social-distancing…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 19, 2022

The case for a no-fly zone in Ukraine

As much as we may fear a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia, a no-fly zone, humanitarian airlifts, and even limited NATO airstrikes may be the only way to force the Russians to withdraw and for Putin’s insane war to end.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 29, 2022

More than 2,000 kids 'kidnapped and deported to Russia' in ‘violation’ of foreign law

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that by “destroying homes and killing parents”, Russia deprives children of parental care and puts their lives in further danger

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022

Russian special forces fighter dubbed Agent Stalin is killed in new blow to Putin

Documents found by Ukrainian forces in a captured armoured vehicle revealed the killed forces were Captain Konstantin Druzhkov, Islam Abduragimov and Shamil Aselderov

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022

Putin’s war on history is another form of domestic repression

Vladimir Putin’s military aims, whether based on an attempt to restore the imperial grandeur of Russia or traditional Russian territorial paranoia, have resulted in the human tragedy of war unfolding before the world in Ukraine.

The Conversation · Mar 18, 2022

Putin likens opponents to 'gnats,' signaling new repression

Facing stiff resistance in Ukraine and with crippling economic sanctions at home, Russian President Vladimir Putin is using language that recalls the rhetoric from Josef Stalin's show trials of the 1930s

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s tirade against Russian ‘traitors’ draws comparisons with Stalin

Kremlin watchers fear Putin’s remarks are a ‘prelude to ugly repression’

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022