A Russian court on Friday sentenced three lawyers for the late opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny to as much as five and a half years in prison for passing on correspondence from him to his allies, a clear reminder of how the Kremlin is still pursuing his associates even after his death. The three lawyers…
Washington has condemned Beijing’s “retaliatory” decision to impose visa restrictions on US officials accused of interfering in Hong Kong affairs. The US Department of State’s remarks were made on Wednesday, a day after Beijing’s move which was in response to Washington’s threats to impose fresh sanctions on officials after the jailing of 45 opposition figures…
I saw an amusing T-shirt for sale online at a MAGA (Make America Great Again) website the other day. It has this printed on the front, “Sorry I can’t hear you over the sound of my freedom.” It’s apparently a parody of “Sorry, but I can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome I…