Propaganda

LONDON: Russian lawmakers have proposed extending a ban on the promotion of “non-traditional” sexual relationships to minors to include adults as well, a senior legislator said on Monday. Russia’s existing “gay propaganda” law, passed in 2013, has been used to stop gay pride marches and detain gay rights activists. Authorities…

With his love of cars, casinos, caviar, and Omega watches, Ian Fleming's peerlessly suave James Bond helped to turned MI6 and the cutthroat world of Cold War espionage into a seductive martini fueled escape for an audience of millions. By the 1960s, Fleming's best-selling novels, and the movies such as…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing, on Feb. 4.Alexei Druzhinin/The Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian leader Vladimir Putin Wednesday that all sides should work toward resolving the crisis in Ukraine “in a responsible manner.” “China is willing to continue to…

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Donetsk People's Republic artillery. Social media capture We don’t know for sure how many casualties the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces have suffered as Russia’s wider war in Ukraine enters its fourth month. There are educated guesses, wild claims, politically motivated assertions and obvious propaganda—but few clearly credible official figures.…

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The first event for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series begins this week in London, and with it more and more golfers are withdrawing from the PGA Tour. With each name added to LIV Golf’s growing roster, more cover is provided to the group of defecting golfers who remain lockstep in…

The Russian embassy took note of the article “Russia-Ukraine war a threat to Africa’s economy” (Mail & Guardian, 20 May 2022). Let’s try to figure out whether Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is really a threat to the economy of African countries. There’s clearly a certain interest to blame…

Thousands march in protest against Russia in Riga, Latvia, on May 20.Gints Ivuskans/The Globe and Mail Almost every independent Russian journalist had a breaking point this year. For the dwindling band of Russia-based writers at the online newspaper Meduza, it was a new law threatening a 15-year jail sentence for…

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images A conservative group behind the recent push to ban books on LGBTQ+ topics from public libraries has recently entered the next phase of their mission: pushing public school libraries across the country to accept book donations from conservative publishing companies that promote white supremacist, homophobic,…