Category: Belarus,

Mother Russia’s Slanted News

What stale purgatory is this? Over the weekend, a surreal event occurred in the ongoing conflict between Putin and Ukraine. The Wagner mercenary group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had been fighting on behalf of Putin, attempted to carry out a coup d'état. “Protect your flank,” I suppose does not apply to internal attacks. Who … Continue reading Mother Russia’s Slanted News →

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, but no Reporters Exist…

When a tree falls in the forest, but there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? Um, yes. Philosophical idiocy aside, silence would offer the kind of plausible deniability that drives violent dictators to target journalists. If there were no “opposition journalists,” if no one noted Lukashenko’s theft of the … Continue reading If a Tree Falls in the Forest, but no Reporters Exist… →