Following its arrests of anti-war demonstrators and crackdown of independent media outlets, the Kremlin has now blocked access to Facebook and Twitter. The Russian telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, announced that the decision to block the Facebook platform was based on the company’s “discrimination” against Russian media. Roskomnadzor said there were at least 26 cases of discrimination... 

Many people are seeing “luminous angels” in the skies over Ukraine, according to the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk was speaking in a video message recorded in the besieged Ukrainian capital Kyiv, whose patron saint is St. Michael the Archangel. “Here in Kyiv we perceive that the patron of our city is the Archangel Michael who with the cry... 

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday announced plans to set up a distribution hub for humanitarian assistance in Romania, as part of the EU relief efforts to help Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion. After a meeting with Romanian president Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest, von der Leyen highlighted Romania’s role as a base for “directing aid received from all over Europe to... 

Virtually every news agency around the world is reporting the same scripted story — that the “evil” invading Russians “targeted” and “damaged” the “Holocaust” memorial at Babi Yar in Kiev, such as this report from Israel National News: Irwin Cotler, Canada’s first Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, is speaking out about Russian President... 

Democracy is so sacred and holy, and it is the core of who we are, but it is so fragile, it can break like an egg if someone expresses “the wrong opinion” and here you go yet another pretext to loose more rights and freedoms. Democracy is slowly turning into a communist dictatorship. First you were not allowed to talk about COVID-19 and now you’re not allowed to talk about a war... 

A report published online this week claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of western neighbor, Ukraine, on Thursday is providing the World Economic Forum with a one-time opportunity to launch a “cyber pandemic” that would literally change the global financial system with the push of a button. In July 2020, [WEF founder] Klaus Schwab warned the world of a devastating and comprehensive... 

This is turning into a comedy show, USA should just grab some pop-corn, sit back and laugh as the idiot Slavs are slaughtering each other live on video. Suka Blyat! They make sure they keep us updated by uploading videos all the time with their deeds. There’s all kind of videos out there, including some dumbasses kicking an undetonated bomb with their feet, videos with looters being tied and... 

According to a new report published by Greece’s Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, there were 2,339 incidents of church desecrations in the country between 2015 and 2020, when tiny Greece, seen as Europe’s eastern gateway, was flooded with migrants from the Islamic world. As the Greek City Times writes in regards to the report, “There appears to be a correlation between the increase... 

Alvaro Peñas writes about international politics and specializes in particular in Central Europe and the Visegrád Four (V4). It seems that after the early election called by the ruling center-right Popular Party (PP) in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, only a coalition government of the PP with Vox is possible, which, as yet, has never happened. Is this what the PP anticipated? Is... 

The head of MI6, who includes his preferred pronouns in his Twitter bio, faced backlash for suggesting that a large part of the war in Ukraine was about “LGBT+ rights.” Yes, really. Richard Moore (he/him), leader of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, made the comments in a Twitter thread. “With the tragedy and destruction unfolding so distressingly in Ukraine, we should remember the values... 

Pictured left: Ukrainian incendiary phosphorous bombs, pictured right Russian thermobaric firestorm tank. Looks like civilized war is about to end soon and now both parties are getting ready to use more serious weaponry which will cause a lot of civilian death. So far the civilian death toll in Ukraine has only been 240 despite the heavy bombing and fighting which is impressive for both parties considering... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy speech on Thursday explaining his justification for invading Ukraine, claiming Russia was left with “no other option” to ensure its national security after decades of deception by the “US instrument” known as NATO. Regardless of one’s sentiments about Putin or his actions, this is history being made in real time. Full transcript: Respected... 

So they finally got their war. But what are they going to do now? This is the most avoidable, needless conflict in modern history. It was nurtured and hatched in the small minds of foolish men. There was a compromise available, but because they were too proud to consider it, terrified civilians now weep outside the ruins of what were once their homes. At this point, these noisy boasters turn out,... 

The former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, hasn’t ruled out nationalizing the Russian-based assets of foreigners registered in “hostile jurisdictions.” The harsh step may be taken in response to the seizure of funds of Russian citizens abroad, the ex-leader, who is currently deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, posted on Facebook. “They also threaten to seize the money of... 

Well it looks like the Ukraine war might not be about land grab or Putin being crazy after all… this latest Russian threat actually tells us what’s inside Putin’s head. He simply put his foot down and said that’s enough, no more NATO around me, enough is enough…. and can we really blame him for that? The simple answer is NO… NATO did expand too much without taking...