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The Dispatch→ Grasping at Nuclear Straws
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 25, 2023. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov/ Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images)Vladimir Putin is trying to manipulate the West by deploying weapons to Belarus.Continue reading Grasping at Nuclear Straw
The Dispatch→ The War on Poets
Ales Bialiatski is seen in the defendants' cage in the courtroom at the start of a hearing in Minsk on January 5, 2023. Photo by Vitaly Pivovarchik/Belta/AFP/Getty Images.)For tyrants, it’s not enough to just go after journalists.The post The Wa
Snopes→ Russia Sets Cease-Fire for Evacuations but Battles Continue
The evacuation routes were mostly leading to Russia and its ally Belarus.
Snopes→ Russians to Compete As ‘Neutral Athletes’ at Paralympics
Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries' roles in the war against Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said.
Truth or Fiction?→ International Disinfo Machines Turning After State-Sponsored Kidnapping of Belarusian Journalist
On May 24 2021, in the hours and days after Belarusian dissident journalist Roman Protasevich was taken from a Ryanair flight that had been rediverted to Minsk and arrested along with his girlfriend, graduate student Sofia Sapega, in a dramatic state-
Truth or Fiction?→ Zinaida, Get Your Gun
On October 16 2019, a Tumblr screenshot was shared to Imgur and the Facebook page “Revolution Porn”; the post contained an illustration of a young girl reaching for a gun as a man in Nazi regalia looked the other way with text about the s