Tag Archives: Russia

Russia Threatens To Arrest Western Business Execs

The Daily Beast reports: Russian prosecutors have issued a stern warning for Western businesses in the country—corporations that leave may be forced to forfeit their remaining assets and businesses who stay can’t criticize the Russian government. The warning claims corporate leaders who do speak out against the government could be arrested. The Wall Street Journal reports that businesses like McDonald’s, …

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Romney: Tulsi Gabbard Is Spreading “Treasonous Lies”

The Independent reports: Utah Sen Mitt Romney fiercely criticised former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii on Sunday and suggested that her remarks about the existence of so-called “US biolabs” in Ukraine would result in people being killed. The Republican senator accused his ex-House counterpart, who served as a Democrat but has shifted far to the right since leaving office, of …

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Tulsi Gabbard Spreads Kremlin Lies About Bioweapons

Forbes reports: Tulsi Gabbard shared false information Sunday about U.S. involvement in Ukraine biological laboratories Sunday, giving credence to an unfounded Russian-backed conspiracy theory the U.S. has warned could serve as justification for Russia to use biological and chemical weapons against Ukraine. In a two-minute video posted to her Twitter Sunday morning, Gabbard said there are 25 to 30 American-funded …

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US Says Russia Asked China For Military Support

The New York Times reports: Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine after President Vladimir V. Putin began a full-scale invasion last month, according to U.S. officials. Russia has also asked China for additional economic assistance, to help counteract the battering its economy has taken from broad sanctions imposed by the United …

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Berlin Sees Massive Protest Against Russia [VIDEO]

Reuters reports: Tens of thousands men, women and children joined an anti-war demonstration in central Berlin on Sunday, with many waving Ukrainian flags or holding banners with slogans opposing the Russian invasion. Gathering near the Brandenburg Gate, symbol of a divided Germany during the Cold War, protesters – including people in wheelchairs and toddlers in pushchairs – walked through the …

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Kremlin Memo: “Essential” To Feature Tucker Carlson

Mother Jones reports: On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of his neighbor, the Kremlin sent out talking points to state-friendly media outlets with a request: Use more Tucker Carlson. “It is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, …

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American Journalist Killed By Russian Forces In Ukraine

CBS News reports: An American journalist was killed and another journalist was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside the capital of Kyiv on Sunday, Ukrainian police said. Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was killed when Russian troops opened fire, according to Andriy Nebytov, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force. Nebytov posted a graphic photo purportedly …

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Newsmax Guest: Russian Sanctions Are Cancel Culture

“We’ve seen cancel culture basically forcing a lot of U.S. companies, a lot of global companies, from ceasing doing business with Russia but the implied risk of that is a lot of these companies, Russia is their fifth largest market. “So when you have a company that no longer services Russia, it’s going to negatively impact their quarterly financials. “Unfortunately, …

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Pastors Float Ukraine War As Heralding The End Times

The Associated Press reports: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some of America’s most prominent evangelical leaders to raise a provocative question — asking if the world is now in the biblically prophesied “end of days” that might culminate with the apocalypse and the second coming of Christ. Megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, addressing his congregation at First Baptist Dallas, said …

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Italy Seizes Russian Oligarch’s $578 Million Superyacht

Reuters reports: Italian police have seized a superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, the prime minister’s office said on Saturday, a few days after the businessman was placed on an EU sanctions list following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 143-metre (470-foot) Sailing Yacht A, which has a price tag of 530 million euros ($578 million), has been sequestered …

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$700M Superyacht Moored In Italy May Be Putin’s

The New York Times reports: American officials are examining the ownership of a $700 million superyacht currently in a dry dock at an Italian seacoast town, and believe it could be associated with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to multiple people briefed on the information. United States intelligence agencies have made no final conclusions about the ownership of …

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Ukrainian Official: Israeli PM Told Us To Surrender

The Jerusalem Post reports: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he recommends Ukraine take the offer made by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war – which includes many Ukrainian sacrifices – in a phone call on Tuesday, according to an official in Ukraine’s government. According to the official, Zelensky did not take Bennett’s advice. …

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Cultists Spread Kremlin Lies About Bioweapons

The Associated Press reports: Russia’s baseless claims about secret American biological warfare labs in Ukraine are taking root in the U.S. too, uniting COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, QAnon adherents and some supporters of ex-President Donald Trump. Despite rebuttals from independent scientists, Ukrainian leaders and officials at the White House and Pentagon, the online popularity of the claims suggests some Americans are …

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YouTube Blocks Kremlin Media Channels Worldwide

Axios reports: YouTube on Friday announced that it is blocking access worldwide to channels associated with Russian state-funded media. “This change is effective immediately, and we expect our systems to take time to ramp up,” YouTube wrote in a statement. “Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events. We are now removing content about Russia’s invasion …

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Russia Arrests Orthodox Priest For Denouncing War

The BBC reports: In Russia, activist groups are reporting that a priest who gave an anti-war sermon on Sunday has been arrested and is due to face a court later today. BBC Russia journalist Andrey Zakharov reported that Father Ioann Burdin was detained shortly after he made a sermon to a small congregation in the village of Karabanovo. He’d preached …

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Hannity Fails To Get Trump To Condemn Putin [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump failed to denounce Russian leader Vladimir Putin while on Hannity — despite the Fox News host’s many invitations to do so. “I think I know you a little bit better than most people in the media, and I think you also recognize he’s evil,” Hannity added. “Do you not?” Trump proceeded to defend his …

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Biden: Revoke Russia’s “Favored Nation” Trade Status

CNN reports: President Joe Biden announced Friday that the US, along with the G7 and European Union, will call for revoking “most favored nation” status for Russia, referred to as permanent normal trade relations in the US. Biden said the move and said it would hold Russian President Vladimir Putin “even more accountable for his aggression against Ukraine.” “Each of …

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Russia Expands Airstrikes To Western Ukraine [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: The Russian military widened its campaign in Ukraine on Friday with airstrikes on new targets in the country’s west, Ukrainian officials said, while satellite imagery indicated that Russian forces are maneuvering in possible preparation for a new push against the capital, Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces carried out strikes overnight Thursday in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk, …

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Ukraine War Imperils Return Of US Astronaut From ISS

ABC News reports: Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who holds the ongoing record for longest space flight, is set to end his 355 days in space in just three weeks. The plan is for him to land in Kazakhstan with two Russian cosmonauts on a Russian spacecraft. After Russia invaded Ukraine two weeks ago, President Joe Biden announced new sanctions, including …

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Ukraine War May Spur Global Computer Chip Shortage

Reuters reports: Ukraine’s two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world’s supply of the key ingredient for making chips, have halted their operations as Moscow has sharpened its attack on the country, threatening to raise prices and aggravate the semiconductor shortage. Some 45%-54% of the world’s semiconductor grade neon, critical for the lasers used to make chips, …

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