Russia began to rebuild Sevastopol during the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870. And throughout history, Russian leaders would return to Crimea again and again. After Germany’s bombing of Crimea during World War II, much of Sevastopol was in ruins. But Joseph Stalin declared the port a “hero ...
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"russia wants to disrupt and discredit elections in the west. but their long-shot goal is actually to manipulate the outcomes of elections," lewis says. "in this case, it doesn’t look like they succeeded. but it was just their first try." andy greenberg is a senior writer for wired ...
The wars in Ukraine and Gaza have seen Russia, Israel and Hamas all accused of committing war crimes. The subject of war crimes is also on my mind since I’m living in Tokyo at the moment. Some 100,000 people are thought to have died in the firebombing of this city in a single nig...
for less than three hours before returning the fourguilty verdictsin connection with the murders ofMaggie Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh. Alex Murdaugh was also found guilty on two counts of possession of a weapon during a crime. On March 3, he wassentencedto two consecutive life terms in prison...
"This is, you know, one of the key elements of serious organized crime," said Otto, the analyst at the Geneva Centre. "In order to disguise one company, they use a proxy company." The U.S. government hassanctioned the Wagner Groupand associated entities, and a State Department ...
Russia has previously faced criticism for“unlawful” targetingof Ukraine’s energy infrastructure by Amnesty International, which said such attacks constituted a “war crime”. As Ukraine’s military looks to bolster aerial defence around energy infrastructure, Ukrenergo, DTEK and other state play...
“And so your ability to attribute responsibility to the highest level is much greater here.” Even where parents are dead, Rapp said, their children must be sheltered, fostered or adopted in Ukraine rather than deported to Russia. Russian law prohibits the adoption of foreign children without...
“audience”—essentially a huge list of ad ids of customers known or suspected to be in the market for running shoes. then in an instantaneous, automated, real-time auction, advertisers tell a digital ad exchange how much they’re willing to pay to reach those consumers every time ...
service. Two weeks after arriving at the front he stepped on a mine, lost his foot and was saved by Ukrainiantroops. “If I had known the consequences of joining, I would not have done it,” he says dryly. Now he is reading a crime thriller in a prisoner-of-war camp near Lviv, ...