Latest from International Energy Agency International Energy Agency demonstrates that CCS/CCSU Carbon Capture & Storage (& Utilization) is far from enough to deal with the consequences of fossil fuel use. The only real solution -- sharply curtailing fossil fuel use.

Super excited & proud to share that former Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs Edgar Rinkevics has been sworn in as president of #Latvia - the country's first openly gay president. Ura!!! thepinknews.com/2023/05/31/lat…

So excited and proud to share that former Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs Edgar Rinkevic has been sworn in as president of #Latvia - the country's first openly gay president. Ura!!! meduza.io/feature/2023/0…

Another toughtful piece by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Chechnia's Kadyrov's Moslem clergy's agitation in support of Orthodox Moscow's war against #Ukraine .
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From Team of Zina Portnova via Oxana Shevel 🇺🇦: Ukrainian hackers got into surveillance cameras in #Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea and made them broadcast Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський address to the Russian people and a popular Ukrainian folk song. Amazing to watch the reactions. A must-see!

Together with my brilliant colleagues from the region and the West, I made another attempt to explain why the decolonization of studies of russia and those countries it used to dominate is an urgent task for political science. Obviously, my focus is on Ukraine.

A delegation of six African leaders vising Kyiv & Moscow. Top concern: how to pay Russia for fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs news.yahoo.com/negotiator-afr… via Yahoo News

From Сибирь.Реалии Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a sobering look at the reality of Russian-Chinese economic relations. From the ground, on the example of Yakutia. Топ якутско-китайских нереализованных проектов sibreal.org/a/top-yakutsko…

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Soon out! Orbán as history? Time to frame him this way. I used a wide range of written&oral sources to describe Hungary's post-1989 unique trip to full-blown democracy to authoritarian rule through the biography of the most influential Hungarian of our age. Enjoy&spread voice🙏

Get ready for new city names in Crimea. Назвать по-старому. Киев избавит аннексированный Крым от колониального прошлого svoboda.org/a/nazvatj-po-s…

CORRECTION: In Cambridge, MA? JoinTuesday, May 16, 2:30-4:00pm in person for what promises to be great discussion around my wonderful colleague Viktoriya Sereda's forthcoming book w/
Cambridge University Press Book Talk: Displacement in War-Torn Ukraine huri.harvard.edu/event/sereda-2…

May-be my possible fore-mother is the reason for my reputation?

Two weeks ago, #Russian government seized assets of Finnish # Fortum Russian subsidiary #PAO , and replaced its CEO. After Moscow denies compensation, company to write down its assetts. Impact: this was the largest #renewables player in Russia. financialpost.com/pmn/business-p…

Highly interesting report from Радио Свобода Кавказ.Реалии on how corrupt businessmen and officials in southern #Russia (including North Caucasus) profit from participating in the way against #Ukraine . Чиновники-взяточники с юга России рвутся на войну kavkazr.com/a/v-okop-s-zol…

Ukraine's largest steel producer, @ArcelorMittalUbvA said today it had told staff to be away Tuesday because of the threat of Russian air strikes. reuters.com/world/europe/u…

Highly interesting material from Meduza on how Russian diplomats (Ministry of Foreign Affairs offcials, especially younger ones) perceive the atmosphere there. Based on anonymous interviews. meduza.io/feature/2023/0…

Kazakhstan to ban oil products supplies via rail to Russian port of Taman reuters.com/world/kazakhst…

Another example of the ramifications of both energy #sanctions and #Russia 's growing dependency on #China : Exclusive: India, Russia suspend negotiations to settle trade in rupees ... as Moscow favors payment in Yuan. reuters.com/markets/curren…

While all eyes on #Transnistria as #Russia destabilizes #Moldova , let us not forget elections in #Gagauzia , formally not a secessionist entity but friendly toward #Russia & dissatisfied with pro- #Western policy of the #Moldova n authorities. Выборы svoboda.org/a/vybory-v-gag…