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Former President Poroshenko Is Acting Like He’s Still Ukraine’s Commander in Chief. I Get Now Why President Zelensky Wanted to Arrest Him…

Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 6:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Their rivalry Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging a genocidal war in Ukraine that is making strange bedfellows of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his predecessor Petro Poroshenko. After all, just weeks before Putin launched it, Zelensky was accusing Poroshenko not just of treason but of attempting to flee justice to boot. Poroshenko is one of… Read more.

Marina Ovsyannikova, Who Defied Putin on His Own State TV, Finally Getting the Navalny Treatment

Friday, August 19, 2022 at 6:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Frankly Marina Ovsyannikova seems hell-bent on provoking Putin to make of her the jailed martyr he is making of Alexei Navalny. Marina Ovsyannikova, a former editor of the state-run Channel One network who denounced Moscow’s war on Ukraine during a live TV broadcast, faces criminal charges after Russia’s security services raided her home on Wednesday.… Read more.

Ukraine Is Taking Fight to Russia. But Crimea Is Still Ukraine

Friday, August 12, 2022 at 6:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Much is being made about explosions that sent Russians scurrying from their beach cabanas on the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea on Tuesday. Ukraine claims they resulted from the derring-do of its Special Forces – who infiltrated behind enemy lines and blew up a Russian military airbase. But red-faced Russia insists the explosions resulted from nothing… Read more.

Putin, the Butcher of Bucha, Presides Over May Day Parade

Monday, May 9, 2022 at 7:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The  Western world watched as Russian President Vladimir Putin (aka the Butcher of Bucha) presided over his May Day parade today. But everyone waited with bated breath to hear what he would say about his “special military operation” in Ukraine. To say what he said was anticlimactic would be an understatement. Frankly, it was like… Read more.

Irony of Germany Enabling Russia’s Genocidal War in Ukraine

Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 10:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Podcast Episode 75 Germany professes a “special duty” to prevent genocides, and we all understand why. But Germany remained conspicuously AWOL as genocides raged across Asia and Africa, and we all understand why. Except that Germany is still remaining effectively so even as genocide is raging in its own backyard in Ukraine. History will record… Listen.

Russia’s Victory Day Parade

Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 7:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The International Criminal Court must file charges against Vladimir Putin. This, for the war crimes he’s lording over in Ukraine. Granted, it might take a revolution of the kind Vladimir Lenin mounted to arrest him. But they should file the charges and issue the arrest warrant as a matter of principle. This will help the… Read more.

Zelensky Criticizes Israel for Not Helping Ukraine Fend Off Russia

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 6:44 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Volodymyr Zelensky has been delivering roving appeals to democratic governments. Pursuant to that, he decried Israel on Sunday for not doing more to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s genocidal invasion. It might help to recall the empathy he evoked during his address to the US Congress. Because he did so by lacing it with analogies… Read more.

President Zelensky Zooms into Washington to Plead for Ukraine…

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 11:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made US history this morning. He became the first world leader to address a joint session of Congress virtually. As the Post reported, he zoomed into Washington to plead for increased aid to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s genocidal invasion: ________ Zelensky renewed his plea for air support to protect the… Read more.