Speaking at an event to mark the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Zelenskiy said in a speech he did not want the Donbass conflict area to turn into another no-go zone like the contaminated land around the atomic plant. MORE: Places the U.S. Government ...
Freedom of speech and the media 5. Judicial reform and human rights Part 5: Restructuring the Political Space 1. Changes to the party system 2. Changes to electoral legislation 3. Parliamentary realignment 4. Regime and opposition 5. Democracy and civil society Part 6: Putin and the Regions ...
Thank you to everyone, including the haters, for the great reviews of the speech! [0259 EDT] - After Poland had a great meeting with Chancellor Merkel and then with PM Shinzō Abe of Japan & President Moon of South Korea. [0307 EDT] - Everyone here is talking about why ...
We'll be back soon with more updates on the war in Ukraine. Before we go, here is a rundown of some of the main stories from today: Both Moscow and Kyiv launched drone attacks overnight, with a fire reported at an oil depot in Russia; Donald Trump said "we are having v...
Winners of the contest are chosen at random but they must be registered voters and sign a petition that supports "free speech and the right to bear arms." Adav Noti, executive director of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, denounced the giveaways as "egregious." ...
1980s. Hopefully, the resistance of the ruling elites to the advancement of a new ideology, rooted in the pains of the communist era, is beginning to fade. Vladimir Putin’s speech at the October 2021 annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was a powerful reassuring signal in that ...
When the chancellor makes his Mansion House speech next week, the glamorous world of pensions will take top billing. The UK government wants to harness pension savings to invest in infrastructure and rejuvenate the economy and stock market. There will be another topic on the agenda, too: one ...
Speaking to NBC's "Today," Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, said he heard nothing in the speech Putin gave on Monday that suggested the Russian president was interested in diplomacy. McFaul added that Putin "doesn't care about face-saving," and that sanctions and...
sites hosted at the same address. telegram is still widely used in the country, with millions using the encrypted service to communicate with friends and share illegal or otherwise frowned-upon content, including government-critical speech, in telegram channels. following its ban in 2018, even ...
Mr Putin wants a guarantee from the West that Ukraine will never be allowed to join, and during his lengthy speech he said the question of Ukraine's entry has been decided in advance. He said he understands that further enlargement of NATO is only a matter of time and the risk of a su...