“Friday night’s attack in Moscow was nightmarish but sadly the horror is likely to be just beginning.” By Greg Barton, Deakin University It appears almost certain the brutal assault on a Russian crowd settling down to watch a rock concert in Moscow on Friday night was an Islamist terrorist attack. At least 133 […]
While the attack comes over two years into Russia’s war on Ukraine, an adviser for the Ukrainian president said the neighboring nation “certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall.” By COMMON DREAMS STAFF Mar 22, 2024 UPDATE: Russia’s Investigative Committee announced Saturday that the death toll has increased […]
In the days leading up to Navalny’s funeral, the Kremlin had warned “unauthorized gatherings” would violate the law, and across the country they arrested hundreds of people for laying flowers at makeshift memorials. Still, at Friday’s ceremony, up to 10,000 people braved the threats and cold to join what became Russia’s largest opposition gathering in decades. By ABBY […]
Nearly 40 years after the Cold War, Europe is once again tense and divided. While the United States and the European Union has sided with Ukraine, China has been overtly and covertly backing Russia. A lot of commentators are tempted to speak about the spectres of World War III. While we might debate about the […]
This urgent appeal has been written in collaboration with activists and intellectuals living in Russia. If you are willing to sign it please send your signature by email to polsolidaritycall@gmail.com. At the end of January 2021, a wave of mass protests swept through all of Russia’s major cities. The occasion for these protests was the […]