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OPEN LETTER To the Acting Secretary General of Amnesty International 17 March 2021 Dear Ms. Julie Verhaar, We, international scholars of human rights, nationalism and Russian history and politics, as well as other scholars and scientists of Russian origin around the globe, are deeply disappointed by the decision of Amnesty International to revoke the “prisoner of … [Read more...] about Open letter from scientists about Alexei Navalny to Amnesty International

The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will expand export restrictions on Russia pursuant to a March 2, 2021 determination by the Secretary of State that the Government of Russia has used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law or lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals. The Department of Commerce … [Read more...] about U.S. Department of Commerce to Expand Restrictions on Exports to Russia in Response to Chemical Weapons Poisoning

PM @Netanyahu said that he would bring four more peace deals to #Israel, and that he had spoken with “one of the leaders in the region” for 45 minutes Monday night.Report by @LahavHarkov | #Peace | #MiddleEasthttps://t.co/559difautR— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) March 16, 2021 … [Read more...] about Netanyahu will make peace deal announcement before elections and the star of the show would be Saudi Arabia

What led up to Putin's rise? pic.twitter.com/v1tjee3v9n— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) March 16, 2021 … [Read more...] about The 1999 apartment bombings have Putin written all over them

The investigative Novaya Gazeta newspaper on Monday has published a former Chechen police officer’s testimony to the extrajudicial killings of dozens of detainees four years agohttps://t.co/JKnhHgBMlJ— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 16, 2021 … [Read more...] about Putin and poisonings, always going together