by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Russia is up to its usual dirty tricks, this time using ‘black PR’ to sow doubt about the coronavirus vaccine. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that a fake agency called Fazze — which has been in contact with social media influencers to spread...
by Jim Heath | May 31, 2021 | Entertainment, Headlines, Putin
Actor and martial artist Steven Seagal, who has long been an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has joined a pro-Kremlin party. The Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth announced in a video on Saturday that Seagal, 69, who has held Russian...
by Jim Heath | May 10, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The FBI has confirmed that the Russian criminal gang known as DarkSide are responsible for the attack that shut down America’s largest fuel pipeline four days ago and sent gas prices surging – as experts fear the attack could turn a ‘cyber disaster...
by Jim Heath | Feb 28, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who survived a chemical poisoning last year that he called a Kremlin attempt to kill him, has begun serving his two-and-a-half-year sentence at a notorious penal camp. Navalny, who was removed from his Moscow jail cell...
by Jim Heath | Jan 31, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin
Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 5,100 people were...
