At Odds on Many Fronts, U.S. and Russia Hope for Better Ties
May 14, 2019 Mike Pompeo and Vladimir Putin each signal a desire to focus on the future in the first high-level meeting since the Mueller inquiry ended.
Add Russia’s Olympic Doping Scandal to the Rich History of Cheating in Sports
Aug 5, 2016 Seeking an unfair advantage in sports did not originate in the former Soviet Union, but state-sanctioned cheating is much more common in communist or former communist countries.
U.S. Readies More Sanctions After Russia Takes Crimea
Mar 18, 2014 The White House vowed on Tuesday to level more sanctions against Russia for its moves to take over Crimea.
How the NFL Saved Arizona From Itself
Feb 28, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Gay sports dominates the news, from Arizona's bigoted legislation to the bisexual athlete who crushed Sochi. Also: how "Blackfish" director Gabriela Cowperthwaite accidentally made the best animal rights movie.
Pussy Riot
Feb 23, 2014
Out Women of Sochi Make Gays Everywhere Proud
Feb 19, 2014 With three medals in these games, including a gold, skater Ireen Wüst leads the roster not just of gay athletes at the Sochi Olympics, but all athletes.
Pussy Rioters Arrested Yet Again, This Time in Sochi Before Planned Protest Performance
Feb 18, 2014 Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, among a dozen others, were detained Tuesday in the locale of the 2014 Winter Olympics for their alleged involvement in a theft at the Hotel Adler.
Another Non-Terrorist Non-Muslim Plane Hijacker: The Sochi Plot
Feb 8, 2014 The Associated Press article on the Ukrainian hijacker who tried to divert a plane to Sochi on Friday is interesting for the words it does not use.
Olympic Tank
Feb 7, 2014
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Persecution of Homosexuals in Russia
Feb 6, 2014 In a speech ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the U.N. secretary-general condemned attacks on Russia's LGBT community, amid growing criticism of the country's "gay propaganda" laws.
