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    Coronavirus Comes to the Kremlin
    Mar28

    Coronavirus Comes to the Kremlin

    Shamil Zhumatov/ReutersAfter months of at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Desperate for Aid, Ukraine First Has to Fight Corruption
    Mar28

    Desperate for Aid, Ukraine First Has to Fight Corruption

    As the coronavirus attacks Ukraine’s economy, a critical $5.5 billion package from the I.M.F. is being held up over concerns about graft. …read more Source:: The New York...

    Russia Proposes Grain Export Quota in Response to Coronavirus
    Mar27

    Russia Proposes Grain Export Quota in Response to Coronavirus

    Russia’s Agriculture Ministry has proposed to limit grain exports for three months, it said on Friday, prompting concern among traders that the measures by the world’s largest wheat exporter could be extended. In fellow Black Sea exporter Ukraine, the economy ministry on Friday said it was monitoring wheat exports daily and would take...

    Fiona Hill: Trump’s Coronavirus Talk Sounds a Lot Like Russia’s
    Mar27

    Fiona Hill: Trump’s Coronavirus Talk Sounds a Lot Like Russia’s

    Into an already toxic brew of political discord and hyperventilating social media, a pathogen of foreign origin arrives. To fight it, the country must unite. At the same time, the coronavirus makes us more vulnerable to manipulation, especially if at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    The Infodemic: Is COVID-19 Only Dangerous for Older People?
    Mar26

    The Infodemic: Is COVID-19 Only Dangerous for Older People?

    Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.Daily DebunkWorld Health Organization COVID-19 PosterClaim: COVID-19 is only dangerous for older people.Verdict: FalseThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing 47% of all COVID-19...

    The Sino-Semitic Connection
    Mar26

    The Sino-Semitic Connection

    Having sideswiped the memory of Calvin Coolidge in Part III and snookered a twisted Navy Seals motto into service in Parts IV and V of this essay series, we now embark upon the last of three promises made back on December 10: Redeeming the claim that Jewish diaspora history can help us understand Singapore.James Thurber once warned that, “You...

    Protesters defy lockdown as coronavirus threatens Ukraine-Russia peace push
    Mar26

    Protesters defy lockdown as coronavirus threatens Ukraine-Russia peace push

    The spread of the coronavirus is affecting how Ukraine resolves the war still raging in its eastern fringes. …read more Source::...

    Putin Delays Vote That Would Extend His Rule, Citing COVID-19 Outbreak
    Mar25

    Putin Delays Vote That Would Extend His Rule, Citing COVID-19 Outbreak

    MOSCOW (AP) — Citing the coronavirus, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that include a change potentially allowing him to stay in office until 2036. Putin didn’t set a new date for the plebiscite, which was originally scheduled for April 22, saying that it would...

    A Crimea Rom-Com Brought Scathing Reviews – And Good Money For The Head of RT, Report Says
    Mar25

    A Crimea Rom-Com Brought Scathing Reviews – And Good Money For The Head of RT, Report Says

    “The Crimean Bridge. Stolen With Love!” A new investigation by the anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny has concluded that the head of the Kremlin-funded RT network and her husband got a sizable amount of state financing for a rom-com film that was savaged by critics. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Even After Trump Declared a National Emergency, Some Talk Radio Hosts Weren’t Convinced
    Mar25

    Even After Trump Declared a National Emergency, Some Talk Radio Hosts Weren’t Convinced

    This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. More than 160 million Americans have been urged to stay home in what the World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic. Nonessential businesses...