Category: Russia

Bill Browder: ‘Since the Magnitsky Act, Putin has been on a Personal Vendetta to Destroy Me’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Bill Browder, author, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. Bill was Russia’s biggest foreign investor before uncovering massive fraud by government officials and state-run companies. He had to flee the country and has lost several members of his team in the fight…


Merrick Garland Approves Transfer of Russian Assets to Ukraine

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that he had given the go-ahead for the first transfer of confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian oligarch, with breaching sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. The United States claimed that he had provided…


PREMIERING at 10AM ET: The Fight for Truth Is a Spiritual Struggle

The U.S.’ ruling class can’t stop lying—from Russia collusion through COVID-19. And if you tell the truth—such as that a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl—you risk punishment. All totalitarian enterprises are like this, weaponized to invade every part of human life, from the public sphere to the individual soul. But…


PREMIERING NOW: The Fight for Truth Is a Spiritual Struggle

The U.S.’ ruling class can’t stop lying—from Russia collusion through COVID-19. And if you tell the truth—such as that a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl—you risk punishment. All totalitarian enterprises are like this, weaponized to invade every part of human life, from the public sphere to the individual soul. But…


The Fight for Truth Is a Spiritual Struggle

The U.S.’ ruling class can’t stop lying—from Russia collusion through COVID-19. And if you tell the truth—such as that a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl—you risk punishment. All totalitarian enterprises are like this, weaponized to invade every part of human life, from the public sphere to the individual soul. But…


‘Why Cut Nuclear Energy Funding?’ Republicans Question Granholm on Biden Budget

Republican lawmakers questioned Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the place of nuclear energy in President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget and America’s continued reliance on enriched uranium from Russia. “Why cut nuclear energy funding?” Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked Granholm, citing decreases in proposed spending on the department’s nuclear programs. “That funding had been used to…


ANALYSIS: Trump Disrupts Russia-Ukraine Narrative with Human Cost Argument

News Analysis Ending the war in Ukraine is more important than determining who won, according to former President Donald Trump, who promised, if elected, to quickly settle the conflict by pressuring both sides to end hostilities. “If I’m president, I will have that War settled in one day—24 hours,” Trump said during a May 10…


Grisly Video Footage Portrays Horrors and Ambiguities of a Brutal Conflict

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early last year, countless videos have emerged from the frontlines. Often taken by combatants themselves, they portray scenes of trench warfare, fiery drones strikes, and gruesome atrocities allegedly committed by both sides. Posted on social-media sites, and often published in turn by media outlets, sensational footage has become a regular…


Russia Marks Victory Day With New Strikes on Ukraine, but Pared-Back Parade

MOSCOW/KYIV—Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday and paraded troops across Moscow’s Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War II. In a fiery 10-minute speech in front of the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin thundered against “Western global elites” and said civilization was at “a decisive turning point.” “A real war…


7 Die as Fires Rage in Swaths of Russia’s Urals

Raging fires have consumed swaths of Russia’s Urals mountains, killing at least seven people, razing hundreds of homes, forcing evacuations and spurring investigations, officials said on Monday. Wildfires are common in late spring and summer across Russia’s vast forests and grassy steppes, but some recent blazes have fanned suspicions of “negligence.” The fires spread to…