By Tom Boggioni In a column for MSNBC, a historian and expert on autocratic regimes pointed out that Vladimir Putin appears to be headed down a well-worn path that other dictators have followed that led to their own destruction. According to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor at New York University, Putin’s drive into Ukraine could be […]
By The Street By Luc Olinga The U.S. and Europe have begun to impose financial sanctions on Moscow and its banks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted a barrage of financial sanctions aimed at isolating and punishing Moscow. President Joe Biden, for example, has limited exports to Russia and imposed sanctions on Russian banks and other […]
By AFP US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield (L),Ukraine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya (2R) and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York Ambassador Barbara Woodward (3L) before a vote… United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia, as expected, vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that […]