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The “Graveyard” at the Belarus-Poland Border

Bogumila Hall / Open Democracy Feb 7, 2023 Death and solidarity in the ‘graveyard’ at the Belarus-Poland border. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Putin Engineers Shakeup That Could Keep Him in Power Longer

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated Press Jan 15, 2020 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigns after the Russian president announces proposed constitutional amendments. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

White House Aide Stephen Miller Denounced by Uncle in Withering Essay

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 13, 2018 David Glosser blasts his nephew for immigration policies that “repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Unwomanly Face of War

By Elaine Margolin Jul 22, 2017 Svetlana Alexievich's first book, a harrowing oral history of women in World War II, is now available for the first time in English. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Syrian Quagmire: Has Russia Accomplished Anything in a Year of Bombing?

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Oct 1, 2016 Russian military advisers have been withdrawn, the Syrian Army HQ has no Russian advisory staff and there is little coordination on the battlefield. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Despite Chernobyl, Belarus Goes Nuclear

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Apr 25, 2016 Thirty years after the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, one of its neighbors is close to completing its own nuclear power station. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Gives Putin His Opinion on Ukraine Clash

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 11, 2015 President Obama tackled what was no doubt one of the more daunting items on his to-do list Tuesday when he called up his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and presented his take on what Putin should do about Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NATO Approves Eastern European Force

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 5, 2014 NATO approved plans for a 4,000 person rapid response force based in Eastern Europe and aimed at reassuring members near the Russian border that any military action against member countries would be regarded as a threat to all of the organization's constituents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Hugo Chavez Is Up To

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy courting countries from Latin America to Eastern Europe to the Middle East to the Far East to assemble a political and economic bulwark against American imperialism. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chavez’s Muffler Rattling

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2009 Hugo Chavez muffler-rattled against the likes of Toyota, Ford, General Motors and Fiat in a speech to the country Thursday, attacking those companies for not sharing technology with local industry and threatening to kick them out of business if they did not comply. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )