https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22983197/ai-new-possible-chemical-weapons-generative-models-vx
A widely shared list of U.S. companies leaving and staying in Russia is holding business leaders accountable
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-17/these-businesses-havent-left-russia The “hall of shame,” as Yale business professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his colleague Steven Tian have labeled the roster of corporate responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine they’re maintaining, includes 24 companies that are “digging in, defying demands for exit or reduction of activities.”
North Carolina investigating Trump aide Mark Meadows over voter fraud allegations
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/17/north-carolina-justice-department-investigating-trump-aide-mark-meadows-over-voter-registration.html Imagine that…..
Putin’s warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges
“The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and simply spit them out like a gnat that accidentally flew into their mouths,” Putin said. “I am convinced that such a natural and necessary cleansing of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges,” he said in…
Russia says it could target Western arms supplies to Ukraine
Go ahead putin, I dare you…. “President Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine on February 24 and said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.” It appears putin has turned into the nazi he says he is fighting… https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/12/russia-says-it-could-target-western-arms-supplies-to-ukraine
War in Ukraine: Russian forces accused of abducting second mayor
putin has become the nazi he says he is fighting…. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60725962
Russia sanctions: How the measures have changed daily life
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60647543
The Weakness of the Despot
An expert on Stalin discusses Putin, Russia, and the West. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/stephen-kotkin-putin-russia-ukraine-stalin
Censorship, arrests, shutdowns: Putin crushes Russian media
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2022/3/12/censorship-arrests-shut-downs-putin-crushes-russian-media Having taken the country to war, Putin is also pushing it into an information black hole. Journalists are being controlled, silenced and even driven out.
War in Ukraine: How Russia is recruiting mercenaries
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60711211