UN panel criticize Russia’s efforts to rewrite school curriculum about Ukraine
A UN-backed committee focused on children’s rights called on Russia to stop school textbooks from being altered to serve political or military purposes. The Committee on the Rights of the Child held the hearing in Geneva as part of the periodic review given to all United Nations member states. The commission last examined Russia’s children’s […]
Could Russia’s sham election provoke popular unrest?
Russia’s March 17 presidential election is almost certain to go off without a hitch, but given the crazy nature of politics in President Vladimir Putin’s fragile territory, it may come with a surprise or two. What is clearly not surprising is that the dictator was re-elected with an overwhelming majority of the vote. President Putin […]
US to receive gold medals after Russia’s Kamila Valieva disqualification
Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team learned late Monday that they would win gold after Russian skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for doping. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee was informed that the IOC would award the gold medal to the United States in the team event, […]
US laughs off reports of Putin eyeing Alaska as Russia’s ‘former real estate’: ‘Not getting it back’
The U.S. State Department on Monday dismissed reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to consider the return of land it considers former Russian “real estate,” including Alaska. “Let me understand that he signed a document today saying the sale of Alaska is illegal. Well, I say on behalf of all of […]