Russian Forces Shelled a Mosque in Mariupol, Ukrainian Officials Say
The besieged port city has experienced some of the war’s worst suffering. Women and children sit on the floor of a corridor in a hospital in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine Friday. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Russian military shelled…
Report: Putin Threatened to Arrest Google Exec Over Pro-Democracy App
Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last week, Russia banned Facebook and Twitter within its borders. The week, it barred its citizens from using Instagram. But it turns out that Vladimir Putin’s regime has been cracking down on…
In Major Escalation, Biden to Ban Imports of Russian Oil
Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden is set to announce a ban on US imports of Russian oil, several news outlets reported Tuesday morning. The move comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its thirteenth day and Western nations…
One More Thing to Worry About: Putin May Be Paving the Way to Use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
Kremlin Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It is difficult to imagine ways for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to get worse, but Vladimir Putin is giving us new reasons to try. After putting Russian nuclear forces on “special alert” last week, Putin’s government…
She Escaped From Ukraine. Now She’s Haunted by Guilt About Those She Left Behind.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Olha Martynyuk had purchased a plane ticket to Switzerland for Wednesday, February 23. The 36-year-old professor of the history of science and technology at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute had long planned the three-week working vacation in Basel…
So Apparently Steve Bannon Loved the Piece I Wrote About His Absolute Obsession With China
Carolyn Kaster/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A weird thing happened in the hours after I published a story about Steve Bannon’s podcast and its relentless anti-China crusade. He seemed to…really like it? On Gettr, the social media platform bankrolled by Bannon’s…