Russia has just sentenced a 17 year old girl to 3.5 years hard labour for her anti-war social media posts. She’s the second minor to be given a real prison term for anti-Kremlin views.

Russia is censoring books by literally blacking out entire sections of text as it wages war on what it calls “LGBT ideology.” Here’s a new biography of Pasolini released in bookstores there this month, with anything concerning sexual identity behind a think black line.

🚨 A new investigation by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's @ozodlik into how Uzbek political insiders rake in millions from the shadows of the lucrative gas market. This time, an obscure company linked to associates of the president's son-in-law: rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-g…

A🧵on how it came together.

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thread below this is interesting - discussion about regional disparities having emerged within Ukraine about willingness to fight

A faction of the ’Ndrangheta mafia based in Toronto allegedly worked with insiders at two major Canadian banks to launder money, court records show.

Angelo Figliomeni’s group allegedly cultivated ties with staff at RBC and TD Bank. Here's how it worked: occrp.org/en/28-ccwatch/…

#Belarus Today is Maria Kalesnikava's birthday. She is our heroine, a symbol of the unbroken spirit of Belarusians. However, today she is a political prisoner enduring complete isolation. She was subjected to poor conditions after a difficult operation for a stomach ulcer, an…

the North Koreans have much better insults

In Bulgaria, a drunk man physically attacked a birdbg journalist and then got him arrested, presenting himself as a tax official. All while our colleagues were finalizing an investigation about the minister of the interior. 👇

The Ndrangheta are an amazing mixture of old and new school. Europe’s most sophisticated traffickers and money launderers - run by the managers of panini, pizza and gelato spots across the Calabrian diaspora.

My grandma and father crying and hugging each-other made me cry too. I wont rest until my father's travel ban is lifted, his charges are dropped and I can meet with him! I miss him so much and our fight continues! #FreeGubad !

wow it’s real. like, not on Twitter.

Zelensky tweeted this within minutes of the vote, underscoring how closely the Ukrainians have been watching the political wrangling in DC, trying to make sense of it and hoping that it gets resolved in their favor.

A Ukrainian soldier texts from Donbas:

- The whole unit was watching. After the vote, one could hear all over the trench: “YESSS!”

Thank you!

#StandWithUkraine

the first amendment is good, actually

Daily reminder that 68% of responders to a Donetsk poll said they wanted to live as part of a united and unitary Ukraine