This is Stepan, a cat with an amusing Instagram account (@loveyoustepan). Under normal circumstances, he lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Here’s…
For your edification, here’s a selection of links that illustrate Trump’s being a Putin fanboy, the Republican Party’s and alt-right’s…
Russia has a “burn book”! Okay, it’s more of an “enemies list”, but I choose to view it as a…
A moment of brightness in a dark time. Thanks to Tony Pierce for the find!
The reportage of the Ukrainian refugee crisis has unearthed some ugly truths that are worth discussing. Accidentally saying the…
In a recent tweet, Odile Turcu reminded us that “Generally speaking, March is a bad month for Russian leaders”. She backed…
The Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a public resource for mapping, documenting, and verifying significant incidents that happen in the Russian…
I know that the current situation in Ukraine has a lot of American firearms enthusiasts excited (and hey; guns are…
“Caturday” may not be the internet phenomenon it once was, but I thought that this photo was both timely and…
My long-time friend Marichka Melnyk (I met her in 1989!) made me aware of this exchange between a Ukrainian woman…