by Alin Khrimian | Mar 24, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
On the morning of February 24, Putin ordered a “special military operation” under the guise of demilitarizing, denazifying, and democratizing Ukraine. This came after weeks of stationing hundreds of thousands of troops, tanks, and other armaments at the Russia-Ukraine...
by Maximo Olavarria | Mar 23, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
With the Russian Invasion of Ukraine taking place this past week, Putin has triggered the greatest military crisis on the European continent since the Cold War. Over this time the global stage has changed drastically. The world has become increasingly globalized,...
by Catherine Kasparyan | Mar 14, 2022 | Brown University
On March 3rd, 2022, in the midst of the Russian invasion into Ukraine, the only independent TV news channel in Russia, Dozhd TV (also known as TV Rain), stopped broadcasting. Its editor-in-chief fled the country, fearing for his life as well as the lives of his...
by Noah Waters | Mar 14, 2022 | University of Georgia
For years, the Russian government has acted in opposition to growing support for democracy in Eastern Europe. Former Soviet Union members such as Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine have openly embraced institutions of democracy since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the...
by Nidhi Shah | Mar 8, 2022 | Ohio State University
The Azerbaijanian government has continued to silence its own journalists. It has made conscious efforts recently to forcefully stop protests regarding freedom of speech and the wrongful imprisonments of journalists.The silencing of these civil liberties shows its...
