by Sophia Russinoff | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
Under the Soviet Union, Russian’s prioritized bread over freedom. It seems as though they still prefer bread. Freedom House rates Russia a 20% on its democracy scale and blames the strong relationship between bureaucrats and organized crime groups for the rampant...
by Jamie Horowitz | May 28, 2020 | Arizona State University
Disinformation is everywhere, originates from anywhere, and threatens everyone. From Hillary Clinton’s “pizzagate”during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to 5G radio towers spreading the coronavirus, fake stories have proliferated in the last 4 years. In 2016,...
by Robert Wilson | Apr 27, 2020 | American University
President Vladimir Putin is more vulnerable than some may realize. By over-relying on oil and natural gas production to fund social welfare programs, Putin has exposed that his grip on power is finite, threatened by the eventual shift to clean and renewable energy. In...
by Elizabeth Harrison | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University
The human rights situation in modern Russia has been extremely rocky since Putin first took power as president. Today, the coronavirus pandemic has given Putin and his administration a new weapon to further suppress his citizens under the pretense of combating the...
by Alexandra Ross | Apr 2, 2020 | Boston University
2024. The year Vladimir Putin is supposed to step down from power after more than two decades of serving as both President and Prime Minister. After rising to power in the 1990s as a former-KGB-spy-turned-deputy-mayor, Putin was named Prime Minister in 1999....
