Soviet (1936) map of the Russian Empire. Light blue - “the Great Russian people”. Dark blue - “the oppressed nationalities”. Green - “factual colonies”
The five worst countries in the EU for media freedom are:
🇬🇷 1. Greece
🇲🇹 2. Malta
🇭🇺 3. Hungary
🇧🇬 4. Bulgaria
🇵🇱 5. Poland
It's the second year in a row that Greece has taken the top spot.
Data: Reporters Without Borders 2023 World Press Freedom Index
https://t.co/yaWSLJmuGQ
Today, #Lavrov spoke on ‘effective multilateralism'.
We don’t need lessons from Russia.
Thousands dead in Ukraine & millions suffering globally.
Multilateral institutions like the #UNSC should evolve.
Respect for the Charter, sovereignty & territorial integrity must remain.
ISW is excited to announce the release today of our 1st China–Taiwan Weekly Update. The weekly updates will focus on CCP paths to controlling #Taiwan & relevant cross–Taiwan Strait developments.
This update covers developments through April 21 at noon ET. https://t.co/KTwVZURKMI
Interesting fact: Ukraine was a founding member of the UN in 1945. Neither China nor Russia were: China became a member in 1972 instead of Taiwan, Russia only in 1991, claiming to be the successor to the Soviet Union.
let’s hope the Chinese ambassador knows diplomatic history!
We just passed 10,000 entries on the https://t.co/AVgjQLEtal map of verified visual content of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Big thanks to the partners and volunteers working tirelessly to track this war with @Cen4infoRes@bellingcat@GeoConfirmed@C4ADS & others.
One year ago, Russia's bombing of the Kramatorsk train station deeply shocked the world.
It was a brutal attack on innocent civilians, including children, fleeing amid fears of another Russian onslaught against their homes.
Putin must be held accountable for his crimes.
Thomas Mann's radio address to Germans in March 1941:
'The resistance of England, the help it receives from America, are denounced by your leaders as “prolongation of the war”.
Situation in #Ukraine: #ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova
Read more ⤵️
https://t.co/5OMC7Xuuy5
There's never been a more pressing need to study Ukraine's history - a history that teaches us about resistance to imperialism and defiance in the face of oppression. Enrol on @Ukr_Institute's Istoria to learn from top scholars! ❗️Limited spaces! ℹ️https://t.co/uIvW6YuOm1
What did we do to deserve all of this suffering and devastation?!! #Homs, #Syria... Even years after the strikes ended, the pictures of desolation attest to the evil done by #Russia and #Assad.
Among those murdered in the Holocaust were 20,000 Hungarian Jews, shot on the banks of the Danube, having been forced to remove their shoes. The shoes were deemed to hold value. Sculptor Gyula Pauer’s monument is composed of 60 pairs of shoes in iron. #HolocaustMemorialDay
Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, I'm thinking about this little boy, the same age as my kids, proudly showing a flower to another child, outside a gas chamber at Auschwitz, where they were all murdered moments later. It is so important for us all to remember what happened.
First time teaching Superpower Relations since 2019. There’s a huge amount to take in over a short period of time. Hoping these one point of reference content sheets act as simple KO’s, homework infographics or posters to refer to in class. #historyteacher
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