Unwilling Russian Soldiers and Gunpoint Referendum

https://twitter.com/afp/status/1572903548458655744?s=46&t=dnSvXLFURNtdvEnNTHL5ZQ Russian Autocrat Putin declared a “partial mobilization,” calling up 300,000 unwilling reservists, in a considerable escalation of his flagging invasion of Ukraine, which he paints as a fight to the death with the US and its allies. Several media sources and witness accounts detail the arrests of Russian anti-mobilization protesters who are conscripted once … Continue reading Unwilling Russian Soldiers and Gunpoint Referendum

Putin’s Empty Peace Negotiations

It has been 15 days since Russia began its illegal war, a war they expected to last two days. Although Ukraine has proven itself to be a formidable opponent, they gave up their nuclear arsenal in 1994, with a promise from Putin that he would leave them in peace, and with the assurance that the … Continue reading Putin’s Empty Peace Negotiations