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Moscow's war on history Janusz Bugajski © Provided by Washington Examiner In the wake of Russia’s Victory Day military parade on May 9, Russian lawmakers plan to ban any comparisons between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The parade marks the 76 th anniversary of the end of World War Two and, as is traditional, will be held in Red Square. The bill follows President Vladimir Putin’s orders to prohibit publicly equating the role of the two collaborationist powers during the war. Such moves illustrate that Putin's expansionist ambitions not only involve the revision of ...

On today’s episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan and co-host John Kiriakou discussed current events, including closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial...

A less cold war with Russia Print this article The Russian government is escalating its confrontations with the West in order to test the Biden administration's resolve. Contrary to some assertions, however, we are not witnessing a second Cold War. The Cold War was essentially a stalemate until the Soviet empire imploded. Instead, President Vladimir Putin is engaged in an intimidating international offensive to regain world stature, reconstruct a Muscovite empire, and divide the West. Russia is reinforcing its military deployments along Ukraine’s borders and raising the prospect of another...

  If the ever-present Farage represents this broken country best, for his denialism, his racism and his blazored bigotry, it also points to how the media operates through what Mark Fisher called: “the solitary urinal of male subjectivity.” And so the British media is in full meltdown. Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, has resigned after publishing a ridiculous articles saying that it was untrue that sections of the UK press were bigoted, claiming “It is not acceptable for the Duke and Duchess to make such claims without providing any supporting evidence.” And...

The terrible reality is this “failed state” is Nicola Sturgeon’s Scotland. Almost 14 years after the SNP took power, the state of Scotland is woeful. It is an amazing irony it has taken an allegedly politically motivated attempt to put Alex Salmond behind bars for Scots to finally wake up to what is happening. For Salmond to imply the state of Scottish governance makes it unfit to be independent is astonishing. The SNP has relied on the perpetual constitutional debate over independence. But even constitutional politics and the blame Westminster mantra, it seems, has its limits. The terr...