UPDATE 3: ABC News spoke to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s father from his home in the Russian city of Makhachkala, who leveled a warning, a threat to U.S. law enforcement. “Give up. Give up. You have a bright future ahead of you. Come home to Russia,” the dad said. The father warned, however, “If they killed him, [...]
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News Desk: Jailed Pussy Riot Member ‘Moved to Safety’
Jailed Pussy Riot member ‘moved to safety’ (via AFP) One of the jailed members of Russia’s punk band Pussy Riot was moved out of her quarters in her prison camp after complaining of poor relations with other prisoners, the prison service said Friday. Maria Alyokhina, 24, who is serving her two-year sentence for the group’s [...]
Lena Dunham Ad Upsets Mourdock Supporters [Video]
IT’S ALREADY known around here that I’m a huge fan of the brilliant Lena Dunham and an avid viewer of HBO’s GIRLS. So, I’m sure you’re not shocked that I love this Obama ad. Young women vote in much smaller numbers. If that wasn’t true, Al Gore would have become president. All these years later, [...]
News Desk: Putin Accused of Using Terrorist Tactics Against Political Opponents
“It’s a turning point,” said Andrei Piontkovsky, a political analyst and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Either we head toward an openly fascist regime, or we stop it now.” [Washington Post] IN RUSSIA, President Vladimir Putin is giving new meaning to the phrase you are either with usme or against usme. Leonid Razvozzhayev tried [...]
News Desk: Russia’s Putin Calls Romney Out for Using “Nationalism and Segregation” on International Stage
PRESIDENT PUTIN hardened his position on Syria, while taking aim at Mitt Romney’s claim that Russia is “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” It’s then that he weighed in on the 2012 election in America. Putin took aim at Obama’s Republican rival Mitt Romney, calling his criticism of Russia “mistaken” campaign rhetoric and suggesting [...]
News Desk: Two Pussy Riot Band Members Flee Russia
Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have fled Russia to avoid prosecution for a protest against Vladimir Putin that sent three of their band mates to prison, the group said Sunday. [Associated Press] TWITTER BROKE this story, with one Pussy Riot Twitter account tweeting supporters were “recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new protest [...]
Pres. Putin’s Pussy Riot Crackdown Gives Hint on Syria Thinking
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT is using the Orthodox Church to wage a cruel campaign using the religious hierarchy against three young, female musicians in a band called Pussy Riot. From The New Yorker: …Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, twenty-three; Maria Alekhina, twenty-four; and Ekaterina Samutsevich, twenty-nine—Nadia, Masha, and Katya—are being prosecuted for an unsanctioned “punk-prayer” called “Our Lady, chase [...]
Putin Claims “Clean” Victory
There isn’t a report to be read in the news today that verifies anything was “clean” about the presidential elections in Russia. Details of the fraud have hit the New York Times already. From Reuters: Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia’s presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning [...]
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