Posts Tagged: russia
Online Campaign Gathers Thousands of Rosh Hashanah Messages for Evan Gershkovich, American Reporter Imprisoned in Russia
More than 2,000 messages of goodwill have been sent to Evan Gershkovich — the Wall Street Journal reporter arbitrarily detained by the Russian authorities earlier...
Putin and North Korea’s Kim Discuss Military Matters, Ukraine War, Satellites
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for a rare summit on Wednesday at which they discussed military matters, the...
Israel-Russia Film Production Deal Hit With Heavy Criticism Amid Ukraine War
The Biden administration, the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel, and members of the Israeli entertainment industry, among others, have criticized the Jewish state for signing an...
Ukraine’s Zelensky Moves to Replace Wartime Defense Minister
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he had decided to dismiss Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov from his post and would ask parliament this week...
Nobel Foundation Cancels Russia, Belarus, Iran Invites to Annual Prize Awards
The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it would not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards...
Foundation Behind Nobel Prize Reverses Course, Invites Iran, Russia, Belarus to Awards Ceremony
The foundation responsible for awarding the Nobel Prizes on Thursday announced that it was reversing a 2022 decision to exclude Iran, Russia, and Belarus from...
Russia Says Genetic Tests Confirm Wagner Chief Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash
Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed...
Ukraine Says It Launched ‘Special Operation’ in Russian-Occupied Crimea
Ukraine's navy and military intelligence carried out a "special operation" overnight in which units landed on Russian-occupied Crimea, the defense ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence...
Russia Removes ‘General Armageddon’ as Air Force Chief After Mutiny-Related Disappearance: RIA
Russia has removed Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon," as head of the air force after he vanished from public view during a Wagner mercenary mutiny...
To Weaken Hezbollah, You Have to Weaken Iran
JNS.org - It’s hardly a revelation that Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shi’a terrorist group in Lebanon, is once again engaging in provocations along Israel’s northern border. The...
Israel Says Arrow-3 Missile-Killer Sale to Germany Approved by US
The United States approved a $3.5 billion sale of Israel's Arrow-3 missile defense system to Germany on Thursday, clearing the way for delivery in 2025...
Crimea Ammo Depot Detonates after Ukrainian Drone Attack
i24 News - Moscow-installed authorities on the Russia-annexed Crimean peninsula said Ukraine had attempted a drone attack on Saturday. The attack caused the "detonation" of an...
Autocrats Shift Gears By Exporting Repression of Freedoms Abroad
Increasingly, muzzling political freedoms beyond national borders is part of an autocrat’s toolkit. Men like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and the presidents of...
UK Cartoon Equating Ukrainians With Palestinians Prompts Condemnation
UK Jewish civil rights advocates denounced on Wednesday a cartoon published in The Independent which allegedly equated the cause of Ukrainian soldiers with Palestinian terrorists' in...
