Social Issues – The Syrian regime is facing growing isolation this week as Russia, one of its last remaining allies, edges nearer to international cooperation. With the situation growing increasingly dire and current UN figures suggesting that over 8,000 people have been killed in the...

LGBT Issues – A new law was signed in St. Petersburg, Russia which officially prevents spreading “propaganda of homosexuality to minors.” It is the fourth region in Russia which has passed such a law which was protested by the gay community locally and outside of embassies...

Human Rights – Despite attempts by UN Envoy Kofi Annan to facilitate talks between President Bashar Assad and the opposition, the fighting continues and more deaths are being reported. Shells rained down on the northern region of Idlib today as armed rebels tried to fend off Syrian...

Human Rights – Valerie Amos, United Nations aid chief, briefly entered the war torn Baba Amr district of Homs with Syrian Red Crescent (SRC) officials to assess the humanitarian needs before moving on to other districts. According to Sana, the Syrian state news agency, Walid Muallim,...

Social Issues – Vladimir Putin is set to “return” to the Kremlin after scoring a win in Russia’s presidential election on Sunday amidst reports of extensive vote rigging. “I promised that we would win and we have won!” President turned Prime Minister turned...

Just Weird – A new Russian political campaign advert is targeting virgins (sort-of) in hopes of drumming up votes for Vladimir Putin. The video shows a young Russian female, who tells a fortune teller that she wants her first time to be for love. At the flip of a card, Putin is revealed...

Social Issues – Top Russian parliamentarians concurred that the recent plot to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was intended to further destabilize Russia in what is already proving to be a volatile elections period. Ukrainian and Russian special services uncovered the nefarious...

Opinion – It is difficult to imagine that the crisis plaguing Syria could become any more horrendous, however reports emerging of the conditions facing many of the country’s civilians have increased concern in the international community. With escalating levels of violence in Homs,...

LGBT Issues – The Russian city of St. Petersburg has collected over 250,000 signatures for a petition calling for the abolishment of its “gay propaganda” bill. Unfortunately, it might not have made a damn bit of difference, as reports are now saying that the city legislature...

Human Rights – The United Nations is strongly condemning the escalation of brutal and violent attacks on civilians as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad steps up his campaign to annihilate his opposition. The past week alone has seen the death of hundreds of men, women, and children as...

Environment – In the wake of the recent earthquakes in the Midwest reportedly caused by “fracking,” it seems that Chevron has its sights set on shale gas exploration in Bulgaria, the EU’s poorest member. Bulgaria, which relies on deliveries of natural gas from Russia,...

Opinion – Russia’s recent plan for a 100-ton nuclear missile nicknamed (of all things) “Satan” may be just a big pile of hot steamy borscht. While reports of these types of “superweapons” conjure images of the Cold War, they notoriously come more as a...

Social Issues – Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are set to meet this week, ending a year long stand-still in peace negotiations. Saeb Erekat of the Palestinian Authority and Yitzhak Molcho of Israel are to meet in Jordan along with representatives of the U.S., the EU, the UN, and...

Civil Rights – Tens of thousands of Russians have taken to the streets to criticize election fraud and call for an end to autocrat Vladimir Putin’s reign, with an even larger protest called “For Fair Elections” set to take place. The protests that took place in the wake...

Social Issues – As if Russia’s election on Sunday was not enough of a fraud, Fox News decided to apply some of its trademark stellar journalism to the farce. When covering the completely and utterly merited mass protests in Russia, Fox decided that the riot, well just wasn’t...

Civil Rights – Even though the anti-gay propaganda law is still pending, Russian lawmakers are striving to “spread” the law as they’re renewing their call to ban anything publicly gay. St. Petersburg’s terminology of “homosexual propaganda” is just...

Human Rights – Recently, two amateur videos surfaced depicting violence on the streets in Syria and one shows a plea for help from the international community and the other shows citizens around a pick-up truck in the midst of gunfire. Citizens in Homs clearly frustrated with the string...

Opinion – Taking time away from tearing phonebooks in half with his pinkies and sleeping on a bed of hot coals, Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin made an appearance at a televised martial arts match in Moscow. But when the wildly popular Prime Minister took the floor to speak to...

Human Rights – Political figures and lawmakers in St. Petersburg, Russia have recently approved legislation that criminalizes gay pride events, parades or any kind of LGBT shindigs that could be viewed by minors. The bill was described as “curiously equating such acts to promotion...

Social Issues – Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister, who is seeking to run a third term as president next year, oversaw the signing of several contracts between the Defense Ministry and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) at Sevmash Shipyard, to give Russia’s military an...

Five years ago, Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative journalist who wrote highly critical reports of Russian military actions and of the Kremlin, was gunned down in the lift of her Moscow apartment block. Since then, the photograph “of a bespectacled grey-haired woman, her head resting...

Russia and China vetoed a Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its oppression of anti-government forces. A double veto in the United Nations is rare, but Moscow and Beijing have similar concerns about losing influence in the Arab world as authoritative governments based on the...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on the ruling United Russia party Saturday to endorse Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for president in 2012. Putin in turn suggested his protégé should assume the role of prime minister if the party wins parliamentary elections in December as...