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With All Eyes on Ukraine, Russia Dumps Its “Toxic” Leftists in Prison
After a long trial, a Moscow judge has sentenced two leftist activists who were at the forefront of Russia’s 2011-2012 protests, Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev, to 4.5 years in prison for organizing mass riots...
Social Experiment Shows Us How Invisible The Homeless Have Become
Would you recognise your wife if you walked by her on the street? What about your sister or your brother? Or your grandmother? A group of people volunteered to disguise themselves as homeless. They then had their unsuspecting r...
US-Iran Talks: Nuclear Flirting
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, few countries have challenged Iran’s ‘international villain’ status. The United States is the loudest champion of this animosity and mutually demonizing rhetoric. The word ‘...
5 Things You Can Do Today To Tackle Climate Change
If you ever feel that the steps you can take to reduce climate change have insignificant consequences compared to that of multinational corporations then the following facts will put things into perspective. Seemingly mundane...
Central Asia’s Rulers View Turkish “Soap Power” With Suspicion
Back when the post-Soviet states of Central Asia gained independence, there was much talk of Pan-Turkism, a word that had been largely forgotten during seven decades of communism and Russian linguistic influence. The idea th...
Ugandan Court Strikes Down Anti-Gay Law On A Technicality
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has overturned an anti-gay law, which punishes homosexual acts with life in prison in some cases, six months after it was signed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The court ruling did n...
