WATCH handcuffed ex-President Saakashvili taken to Georgian jail as prosecutors vow to put him behind bars for AT LEAST 6 years

Georgian police have released a video of disgraced ex-President Mikhail Saakashvili being handcuffed and taken to jail upon his return to the country. Prosecutors say he’ll be facing at least six years in prison for his crimes. … Read More >WATCH handcuffed ex-President Saakashvili taken to Georgian jail as prosecutors vow to put him behind bars for AT LEAST 6 years

LGBT, radical feminism & childfree movements should be recognized by government as extremist ideologies, Russian official suggests

Russia should expand its list of extremist ideologies to include movements such as radical feminism and LGBT in order to protect children from damaging material, a senior official at the country’s media regulator has suggested. … Read More >LGBT, radical feminism & childfree movements should be recognized by government as extremist ideologies, Russian official suggests

News site founded by Pussy Riot & Golos election monitor among 24 new groups given ‘foreign agent’ status by Russian government

Two dozen Russian organizations and journalists have been added to a government list of ‘foreign agents’ with ties to overseas funding, requiring them to declare their status and abide by a series of financial disclosure rules. … Read More >News site founded by Pussy Riot & Golos election monitor among 24 new groups given ‘foreign agent’ status by Russian government

China requests emergency power from Russia as coal shortages leave cities without electricity & factories grind to a standstill

Beijing has reportedly asked one of Russia’s largest power companies to step up its exports of electricity to China after days of brownouts blamed on scarce supplies of coal caused chaos across the world’s most populous country. … Read More >China requests emergency power from Russia as coal shortages leave cities without electricity & factories grind to a standstill

Facebook could face millions of dollars in fines from Russia for failing to delete banned content, Moscow’s media regulator warns

US tech giant Facebook could be handed steep financial penalties amounting to ten percent of its national revenue after Russian officials revealed they are drafting up protocols against the company for alleged breaches of the law. … Read More >Facebook could face millions of dollars in fines from Russia for failing to delete banned content, Moscow’s media regulator warns

Poland ‘illegally’ refused entry to asylum seekers at border with Belarus, stranding them without food, water & shelter – Amnesty

Warsaw has illegally stranded 32 Afghan migrants on its border with Belarus, leaving them without access to clean water, shelter and medicine for weeks, despite having an obligation as an EU country to process their asylum claims. … Read More >Poland ‘illegally’ refused entry to asylum seekers at border with Belarus, stranding them without food, water & shelter – Amnesty

Exposing military spending waste, Apple’s junk business model, police lies about fentanyl

Lee Camp interviews policy analyst Stephen Semler about the US’ outrageous military excesses and how they impact the country as a whole. Semler and Camp discuss the minutiae of the military budget, Joe Biden’s career bolstering imperialist violence and the draconian policing of the domestic population, and how the American people have responded in the past few years. … Read More >Exposing military spending waste, Apple’s junk business model, police lies about fentanyl

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine successfully completes third & final phase clinical trials among elderly, Health Minister reveals

The third phase clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 among those aged over 60 have been successfully completed, with the jab proving its safety and effectiveness, Russia’s Health Minister revealed on Thursday. … Read More >Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine successfully completes third & final phase clinical trials among elderly, Health Minister reveals