In the early 1960s, Soviet engineers arrived quietly in North Korea. Their assignment: to help build a research reactor and train a generation of nuclear scientists at a site that would eventually become synonymous with global anxiety—Yongbyon.
How Russia Helped North Korea Go Nuclear and Now May Be Doing the Same for Iran Read Post »
Adding another headache to Putin’s growing list of potential catastrophes this week were protests in Russia’s Altai Kra region, where residents have taken to the streets in demonstration against desperate poverty and growing authoritarian control imposed by oligarchs. The protesters are voicing strong opposition to proposed changes in the constitution aimed at undermining local governance and autonomy. A local activist estimated that approximately 4,000 people participated in the protest.
The arrest of three Serbian nationals in France this week over a series of antisemitic attacks on Jewish sites in Paris is not a case of random hate. It is the latest move in Russia’s long-running campaign to destabilize the West through coordinated acts of societal sabotage. These operations, masked as isolated incidents, are in fact part of a proven Kremlin strategy: weaponizing antisemitism to divide democracies, stoke fear, and erode trust in public institutions.
How Russia Has Used Antisemitic Graffiti to sow Western division Since 1959 Read Post »
Russian atrocities in Ukraine have persisted for over 250 years, manifesting through invasions, mass murders, engineered famines, deportations, torture, forced assimilation, and systematic cultural destruction. From the tsars to the Soviets to the current regime, each has pursued the objective of Ukrainian subjugation.
Today is Kyiv Day. And once again, the city greets the occasion not in peacetime finery, but under the long shadow of war. Air raid sirens still interrupt the morning, the night is not always quiet, and the metro shelters more than passengers. Yet Kyiv endures. Founded in the year 482, Kyiv is not merely old. It is ancient, in the way only cities shaped by rivers and blood can be. It did not rise with Russia, but long before it.
In Kyiv’s 1500 year history, invaders have come and gone Read Post »
From the imperial conquests of the 18th century to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Kremlin has consistently used one excuse to justify its aggression: the protection of Russian speakers or ethnic Russians. This narrative, repackaged across centuries, has served as a diplomatic smokescreen for conquest, occupation, and coercion. The rhetoric is simple but effective—frame invasions as defensive, wrap imperial ambitions in humanitarian language, and label victims as aggressors.
300 Years of Russia ‘Protecting the People’ as pretext for invasion and genocide Read Post »
