Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves through the global community of wealthy Russians, who face sanctions that threaten their London mansions, Mediterranean yachts and children’s places at elite European private schools.
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Leonard Pitts: Does Ukraine have courage to be a country worth fighting for?
Even when people are at their most noble, dark-skinned refugees from the country are being singled out for mistreatment.
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Maine Voices: Putin uses Big Lie to shape popular narrative on Ukraine
A former KGB officer, the Russian president has resurrected Lenin’s and Stalin’s approach as a policy tool. Here are six examples.
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Commentary: With Facebook cut off, beware an isolated Russia’s ‘splinternet’
While it makes geopolitical sense to sting the Kremlin with sanctions, blocking information tools hurts Russian citizens.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Democrats, Republicans begin to rally around large Ukraine aid package
In a Capitol often wracked by partisanship, the two parties have found early common ground this week in calling for prompt passage of an emergency spending measure.
Posted inNation & World
Russian attack on Ukraine: Here’s what’s true and what’s misinformation
Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive.
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Nations agree to release 60 million barrels of oil amid Russian war
Half of that will come from the United States – ‘to send a strong message to oil markets’ that supplies won’t fall short after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Posted inNation & World, News
Russia takes aim at Ukraine’s urban areas; Biden vows Putin will pay a price for invasion
As the seventh day of the war dawned Wednesday, Russia found itself increasingly isolated, beset by the sanctions that have thrown its economy into turmoil and left the country practically friendless.
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Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda
After the European Union’s president called for a ban on Russian state media, a wave of tech companies blocked the channels from their platforms.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: The many moving parts in the Ukraine invasion
Pick an image, any image, coming out of Ukraine right now and it will break your heart. People evacuating the city with their pets, young couples preparing to defend their homes, the soldier who gave his life to detonate a bridge, the older woman who defied invading Russian soldiers. Heartbreaking, every one. If, for some […]