This Troubled Silence—In Russia We Don’t Talk About War or Politics
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This essay is anonymous in order to protect the writer from potential reprisals. Things are quiet here in St. Petersburg. Weirdly, horrendously, quiet. Like there isn’t a war on at all. The city is home…
The Ex-Kremlin Deputy Who Openly Opposed Putin’s War in a Mother Jones Exclusive Has Been Forced to Resign
Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and current International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Arkady DvorkovichMikhail Svetlov/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The former top Russian official who broke ranks with Kremlin leaders by condemning his country’s invasion of Ukraine in a recent Mother…
Americans Want a No-Fly Zone—Until They Learn What That Actually Means
Protesters rally in support of Ukraine in Washington, D.C. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Toward the end of his address to Congress yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy played a disturbing and graphic video that interspersed clips of the Russian aerial…
Top Putin Propagandist Says the Ukraine War Is Just the Beginning
Journalist, television and radio host Vladimir Solovyov at a Federation Council meeting. Vladimir Fedorenko/Sputnik via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A key champion in the Russian media of Vladimir Putin’s illegal attack on Ukraine served up a troubling threat on Monday:…
China’s State Media Propagandists are Pushing Putin Talking Points
Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has opted for what one scholar calls a “pro-Russia neutrality.” That looks in practice as weird as it sounds. Instead of silence, the Chinese…
Exclusive: Former Top Kremlin Official Who Chairs Global Chess Federation Decries Russia’s War on Ukraine
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Two weeks ago, the world’s top chess authorities voted to sharply rebuke Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The unanimous decision by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban Russians from competing under their own flag, and…