Category: anti-Russian

Thousands Arrested in Russian Cities for Protesting Ukraine Invasion

On Sunday, 2,636 protesters were detained in 51 Russian cities for protesting President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The outpouring of Russian civilians denouncing their government’s war on the neighboring nation has been ongoing since Feb. 24. During the Feb. 27 round-up, police detained 1,223 dissidents in Moscow and at least 976 in St. Petersburg,…


Baltic States Join NATO Allies in Kicking out Russians for Spying

PRAGUE/VILNIUS/MOSCOW—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Friday joined a fast-growing list of NATO and EU members demanding the removal of Russian diplomats for alleged spying, in actions that have infuriated Moscow and look certain to provoke further retaliation. A spate of tit-for-tat expulsions has plunged ties between Russia and countries of the former Soviet bloc to…