The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Sportswashing Is Everywhere, but It’s Not New

Regimes have been using sports to burnish their images or distract from their problematic behavior for centuries.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 29, 2022

Putin deploys notorious Russian football hooligans in his war on Ukraine

Bloodthirsty Vladimir Putin - who previously vowed to banish notorious football hooligans - has deployed a full battalion of thugs to fight his illegal war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Russia launches "most massive" missile attack on Ukrainian cities

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said 54 cruise missiles and 11 Iranian-made drones were shot down.

Axios · Dec 29, 2022

Belarus protests to Ukraine after downing stray air defence missile

Belarus protested to Ukraine's ambassador on Thursday after saying it had downed a Ukrainian S-300 air defence missile in a field, during one of Russia's heaviest aerial onslaughts against Ukraine since the start of the war in February.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

‘Senseless barbarism’: Russian missiles target Ukraine’s cities

Explosions rock Kyiv as Moscow launches wave of attacks stretching from Kharkiv in the east to Lviv in the west.

Al Jazeera · Dec 29, 2022

Bulgaria protests to Russia after journalist Grozev put on wanted list

Bulgaria protested to Russia on Thursday for putting Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev on a wanted list, with its prime minister criticising the move as an intimidatory tactic designed to muzzle free speech.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

Zelensky thanks France as Paris promises more military aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky on Wednesday met the French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu in Kyiv. The Ukrainian leader thanked France for its continuing military and humanitarian support for his nation in the war against Russia.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 29, 2022

VIEWPOINT 1: 2022 was hard, but good public policy made it a success story

There’s no question that 2022 was challenging. A stubborn pandemic, Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine and the resulting inflation have all squeezed American families.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Mark Z. Barabak: It's not just Russia and China targeting Washington. Disinformation is a problem in local races too

Michelle Petersen was sitting in her home office a few days before the November election when her computer began blowing up with urgent messages.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 29, 2022

Commentary: The rise of the left was the real story of 2022

Pundits reviewing 2022 are heaving a palpable sigh of relief. This was the year, or so the consensus goes, when far-right strongmen such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were enfeebled, China stumbled and the “West” made a comeback, at least against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022