Section: The Daily Beast (USA)
Ukraine’s Wonder Woman
More than 8.3 million people have seen Yulia Marushevska’s video from the Maidan uprising, but now she’s got to face down the bureaucracy she’s supposed to control. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin’s Seaside Mafia State
Russian-occupied Crimea is awash with human rights abuses, but a new report points a creative (nonviolent) way forward. …read more Source: The Daily...
The Hospital Singing Soviet War Songs
What it’s like to spend a night in a Ukrainian rebel hospital, complete with Soviet anthems, nervous nurses, and maimed pro-Russian fighters. …read more Source: The Daily...
How Many Neo-Nazis Is the U.S. Backing?
Not all the members of the Ukrainian ultranationalist militias the U.S. is training have SS tattoos, and not all espouse fascism. But enough do to be worrisome. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian TV’s Bloody Ukraine Coverage
The daily diet of the Kremlin’s ‘weaponized propaganda’ is not all lies—and it’s heating up Russians’ outrage over the war in Ukraine and the West’s role. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev Pride: A Success Despite Attacks
Despite an apparent firecracker-nail attack which critically injured a policeman, brave marchers took part in Kiev’s first LGBT Pride parade today since the revolution. …read more Source: The Daily...
Will Kiev’s LGBT Pride Go Ahead?
The Ukrainian capital is scheduled to hold an LGBT Pride parade tomorrow—its first since the revolution–despite tensions between activists, and between activists and the authorities. …read more Source: The Daily...
Can Anyone Stop Putin’s New Blitz?
A shaky cease-fire in Ukraine was shattered Wednesday morning with a new offensive by Russian-backed troops. How will the White House respond? …read more Source: The Daily...
Rewriting Ukraine’s History
Statues of Lenin continue to topple all over the country while memories of Nazi collaborators are cleaned up. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia Won’t Admit POWs Are in Ukraine
The fate of the imprisoned Russians remains unclear. The Kremlin seems intent on forgetting about them. …read more Source: The Daily...
