Bribes, Bans, and Battlefields: How Moscow and Baku Control the Media Narrative

Bribes, Bans, and Battlefields: How Moscow and Baku Control the Media Narrative

They paint themselves as ‘victimized’ by the media, yet have strict control over all outlets and reporting on their countries. Journalists are heavily persecuted in both nations, which rank amongst the bottom in media freedom, and dissident voices will continue to be oppressed in Moscow and Baku as long as the kleptocracy remains in power.

The Cost of Appeasement: How the West’s Reluctance Empowered Putin

The Cost of Appeasement: How the West’s Reluctance Empowered Putin

Ultimately, the only way to secure Ukraine and the rest of the world from Russian threats is to arm Kyiv with the tools it needs to regain its territory. The more Putin continues to escalate a war in which he still hasn’t reached a single primary objective, the more degraded the Russian military and labor force will be for the next several decades.