Fundamentally American Activities

Lena Herzog / Truthdig Apr 2, 2014 This is about men doing away with those general laws to which they themselves will need recourse in their day of adversity, how moderation became mistaken for cowardice, extremism for courage, and how words lost their meaning. This is about men doing away with those general laws to which they themselves will need recourse in their day of adversity, how moderation became mistaken for cowardice, extremism for courage, and how words lost their meaning. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Causes Controversy With ‘Wipe Out Russians’ Leak

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2014 Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was plunged into fresh controversy Tuesday after Russian television broadcast a tape where she is heard urging the "wiping out" of Russians over Moscow's seizure of Crimea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

West, Russia Swap Sanctions Over Crimea Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2014 President Barack Obama announced a new round of punitive measures for Moscow's annexation of Crimea on Thursday as Europe's leaders also prepared to hit back at Russia with fresh sanctions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Readies More Sanctions After Russia Takes Crimea

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2014 The White House vowed on Tuesday to level more sanctions against Russia for its moves to take over Crimea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vladimir Putin Defends Crimean Referendum in Speech, Signs Treaty of Accession

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed parliamentary and civil society representatives in a speech given at the Kremlin on Tuesday about the recent vote in Crimea, which he insisted was held in "full compliance with democratic procedures and international norms."Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech at the Kremlin on Tuesday about the recent vote in Crimea, which he insisted was held in "full compliance with democratic procedures and international norms." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Hack of Russian Defense Firm Called ‘Cyberwar’

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John Kerry: ‘We Cannot Allow Russia … to Defy International Law With Impunity’

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Pussy Riot Members Released and Ready to Fight for Human Rights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2013 Thanks to an amnesty bill passed unanimously in the Russian parliament, two members of the anti-Putin punk band were released from penal colonies Monday where they had been held for hooliganism. Meanwhile, the Kremlin still wants the world to know Vladimir Putin's not sorry for imprisoning the "disgraceful" musicians. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Russian Amnesty Bill May Free Pussy Riot and Greenpeace Members

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2013 In what's being seen as an attempt to assuage international outrage over human rights violations in Russia, the State Duma, the country's lower parliament, unanimously passed a bill that may allow prosecutors to drop charges on jailed protesters, just in time for the Sochi Olympics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Russian Culture Minister: Put Lenin Underground

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 14, 2012 The embalmed corpse of the father of Russian communism has been on display for curious tourists in a marble tomb in Moscow’s Red Square since shortly after his death in 1924. But Lenin may be given his final resting place in the coming months during Vladimir Putin’s third term as president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Putin Poised to Reclaim Russian Presidency

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 Surprising no one, Russian strongman and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is looking like the clear front-runner to become Russia's next president, reclaiming the office from Dmitry Medvedev, who at times seemed mostly to fill the position of useful political backdrop to make Putin look good in his own office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Authorities Aren’t Toying Around

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2012 After a protest against the Russian government composed entirely of plush toys and figurines captured the attention of the press and local authorities in Barnaul, Russia, last month, government officials have gone so far as to specify that inanimate playthings can't assemble for public political gatherings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )