By Ellen Ioanes A man holds a child as he flees the city of Irpin, Ukraine, to the west of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022. | Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Cities like Mariupol are running out of clean water, food, and medicine. As Russian troops continue their assault on Ukraine, the humanitarian situation on […]
By Shirin Ghaffary Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, 2022. | Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Why Putin’s crackdown on social media is a worrying sign. The Russian government said it would block Instagram, expanding its social media crackdown that had already cut off access to Facebook and restricted Twitter for the tens of […]
By Whizy Kim Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 2, 2022. | Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Their muted reactions to sanctions reveal Putin’s power — and isolation. Sanctions are one of the key ways the US and Europe are retaliating against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. These sanctions are throttling the […]