Twitter targeted the RIA Novosti, RIA Novosti Urgent Messages, RIA Novosti Sport, and Prime profiles in its recent sweep. Russia prohibited Twitter as such in early March as part of the effort to suppress free speech and develop a censored information environment in the nation. In 27 member states of the European Union and the … Read more
PARIS – From world boxing champions to football stars, top Ukrainian sportspeople are resisting the Russian invasion of their country, with some even returning home to take up arms. – Boxing brothers – Even before Russia invaded, former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, the current mayor of Kyiv, told AFP he was “ready … Read more
KYIV- The Russian TV reporter stands in a flak jacket and helmet near some army barracks on a crisp and sunny afternoon. “Are you ready,” an off-camera voice asks him. The journalist nods and a burst of gunfire erupts as he starts running and shouting a breathless report into his microphone about “a group of … Read more
