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in Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Human Rights Watch, Russia, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Sex Crimes, Ukraine, War Crimes, Women and Girls

After Rapes by Russian Soldiers, a Painful Quest for Justice

KYIV, Ukraine — Every day, Viktoriya has to walk past the house where she was raped by a Russian soldier the same age as her teenage son. Russian troops arrived in her two-street village, near the Kyiv suburb of Borodianka, in early March. Soon afterward, she said, two of them raped her and a neighbor, […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 28, 2022, 11:01 pm
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Ukraine Live Updates: G7 Draws to Close With Deal Over Price Cap on Russian Oil

KREMENCHUK, Ukraine — As emergency workers combed through the rubble of a destroyed shopping mall in central Ukraine on Tuesday morning, the death toll from a Russian missile strike the day before rose to 18, the city’s mayor said. Some 25 people had been hospitalized after the strike and 21 remained missing, Dmytro Lunin, the […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 28, 2022, 8:31 am
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in Brittney, Griner, Phoenix Mercury, Russia, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), United States International Relations, Women's National Basketball Assn

Russian Court Sets July 1 as Brittney Griner’s Trial Date

A Russian court said the trial for the U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner will begin on Friday and she will remain in custody until it ends, her lawyer, Aleksandr Boikov, said on Monday. Ms. Griner appeared in the Khimki city court near Moscow for a preliminary hearing. She did not speak following her court appearance, […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 27, 2022, 10:16 am
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in Computers and the Internet, Cyberwarfare and Defense, Microsoft Corp, Propaganda, Putin, Rumors and Misinformation, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Vladimir V

Many Russian Cyberattacks Failed in First Months of Ukraine War, Study Says

WASHINGTON — A new examination of how Russia used its cybercapabilities in the first months of the war in Ukraine contains a number of surprises: Moscow conducted more cyberattacks than was realized at the time to bolster its invasion, but more than two-thirds of them failed, echoing its poor performance on the physical battlefield. However, […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 22, 2022, 8:32 pm
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in Garland, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Merrick B, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Ukraine, United States International Relations, War Crimes

Merrick Garland Visits Ukraine to Discuss Russian War Crimes

WASHINGTON — The United States attorney general, Merrick Garland, is making an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Tuesday to discuss the prosecution of Russians for war crimes, according to his spokesman. Mr. Garland plans to meet with Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, “to discuss U.S. and international efforts to help Ukraine identify, apprehend and prosecute […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 21, 2022, 8:51 am
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in Dmitri A, Freedom of the Press, Heritage Auctions, Muratov, Nobel Peace Prize, Novaya Gazeta, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)

Russian Journalist’s Nobel Medal Sells for $103.5 Million

The Nobel Peace Prize put up for auction by the Russian journalist Dmitri A. Muratov to help Ukrainian refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million to an anonymous buyer, obliterating the record for a Nobel medal. The proceeds from the auction will go to UNICEF to aid Ukrainian children and their families displaced by Russia’s […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 20, 2022, 10:54 pm
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in Boris, Donbas (Ukraine), Izium (Ukraine), Jens, Johnson, Kharkiv (Ukraine), Lysychansk (Ukraine), Mykolaiv (Ukraine), Putin, Russia, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Sievierodonetsk (Ukraine), Stoltenberg, Ukraine, Vladimir V, Volodymyr, Zelensky

Russian Forces Tighten Noose Around Important Cities in Ukraine’s East

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — Russian forces appeared poised to tighten the noose around thousands of Ukrainian troops near two strategically important cities in the fiercely contested Donbas region of eastern Ukraine on Sunday, mounting an assault on Ukrainian front lines that forced Ukraine to rush reinforcements to the area. On a day of fighting that put […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 19, 2022, 4:24 pm
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in Alstom, Electric Light and Power, Electricite de France (EDF), Emmanuel (1977- ), Europe, France, Macron, Nuclear Energy, Rosatom, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)

French Nuclear Power Crisis Frustrates Europe’s Push to Quit Russian Energy

PARIS — Plumes of steam towered above two reactors recently at the Chinon nuclear power plant in the heart of France’s verdant Loire Valley. But the skies above a third reactor there were unusually clear — its operations frozen after the worrisome discovery of cracks in the cooling system. The partial shutdown isn’t unique: Around […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 18, 2022, 4:09 am
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in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Methane, Mines and Mining, Russia

Russian Coal Mine Responsible for Huge Methane Leaks

A remote-sensing satellite has detected one of the largest releases of methane from a single industrial site, an underground coal mine in south-central Russia. The finding is another indication of the scope of the problem of curbing emissions of methane, a potent planet-warming gas. Thirteen plumes of the gas were observed at the Raspadskya mine, […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 14, 2022, 6:24 pm
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in Economic Conditions and Trends, Elvira S, Nabiullina, Politics and Government, Putin, Ruble (Currency), Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), United States Economy, Vladimir V

McDonald’s, Moscow Style, Is Back, as Russian Economy Stumbles On

Banned from using European airspace, Aeroflot is now focusing on domestic routes and working to switch to Russian planes — a process that will take years. Siemens, which built telegraph lines across the Russian Empire in the 1850s and helped bring the country into the industrial era, announced last month it was pulling out of […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 10, 2022, 5:05 pm
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in Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Russia, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Ukraine, War Crimes, Yahidne

Trapped by Russian Forces, Ukrainians Waited a Month in a Basement

YAHIDNE, Ukraine — More than two months after the residents of Yahidne kicked down the bolted basement door where the Russian army had held them hostage, the village is being rebuilt but the memories remain fresh — and deeply painful. On March 3, eight days after the full-scale invasion began, Russian forces swept into Yahidne, […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 10, 2022, 7:50 am
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in Alcohol, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Breakups, Business Blitz, chateau, Chateau Miraval, Controversy, France, Francophilia, Legal Matters, oligarch, Politik, rosé wine, Russia, Stoli, Stolichnaya, Tacky & True, Tenute del Mondo, Wacky, wine, winery, Yuri Shefler

Brad Pitt Accuses Angelina Jolie Of Intentionally Inflicting Harm In Shady Business Deal With Russian Oligarch!

Brad Pitt is accusing Angelina Jolie of shady dealings with an apparent “Russian oligarch” regarding the sale of her stake in Pitt’s beloved French vineyard Chateau Miraval! The 58-year-old actor has filed new legal docs in his ongoing suit accusing Jolie of trying to damage his business interests by “secretly” selling her stake in the former couple’s […] More

by Tonya Frazier June 7, 2022, 11:20 am