by jpitney | Sep 24, 2022 | Democracy, Russia, Ukraine
Andy Busch at Law and Liberty: The real question is whether the United States has a strategic stake in Ukraine at all. The answer is yes. Most tangibly, a quick glance at a map shows that Ukraine borders no fewer than five NATO countries. Poland, Slovakia,...
by jpitney | Jun 23, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
From RSF: Following a visit to Ukraine from 24 May to 3 June to investigate Ukrainian photo-journalist Maks Levin’s death, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is releasing a report with information and evidence indicating that Levin and his friend and bodyguard were...
by jpitney | Jun 13, 2022 | Democracy, Russia, Ukraine
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca at the Bush Institute: Vladimir Putin’s brutal, unprovoked, and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine is an affront to the basic rights of the Ukrainian people and on democracy itself. But frighteningly, the ruthlessness behind the indiscriminate...
by jpitney | May 31, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Meryl Kornfield and Tara Bahrampour at The Washington Post: A French photojournalist covering evacuation efforts in eastern Ukraine was killed during a Russian strike that hit the humanitarian truck he was in, officials say. Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, who was carrying...
by jpitney | May 13, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Greg Norman at Fox News: A Russian lawmaker is warning Friday that recent comments from Poland’s leaders are encouraging Moscow to “put it in first place in the queue for denazification after Ukraine.” Russian State Duma Deputy Oleg Morozov,...
by jpitney | May 1, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
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