How Fossil Fuels Play Into Putin’s Ukraine Strategy
Alexei Nikolsky/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What is the relationship between Russia’s Ukraine actions and the gas price crisis? Gas prices are soaring globally, largely because of the resurgence of demand for fossil fuels after the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, depleted storage and the difficulty of…
Biden Announces Sanctions on Russia
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of eastern Ukraine as sovereign territories, increasing the likelihood of a war and prompting swift action from the United States. In a brief speech at the White…
Will Ukraine Ruin the New Xi-Putin Bromance?
Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Diplomatic readouts—the official statements issued by governments after heads of states chat—are not usually prone to verbosity. You can expect a few, simple paragraphs, at best, vaguely characterizing the issues discussed. In contrast, when Chinese…
“This Is a Moment of Peril”: Antony Blinken Warns of Imminent Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Michael Sohn/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a Thursday speech to the United Nations Security Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the bleakest warning yet of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in the coming days. “As we meet today,…
Is John Durham Deliberately Stoking Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories?
U.S. Attorney John Durham speaks to reporters on the steps of U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut.Bob Child/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Special counsel John Durham’s investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia scandal has turned into a conspiracy-theory-generating machine…
Did American Lobbyists Help Vladimir Putin Get a Win in Congress? You’ll Never Know.
The receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany.Sean Gallup/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As Vladimir Putin threatens Ukraine, the fate of a 764-mile pipeline under the Baltic Sea has become a top US foreign policy…