Law, Power, and Justice

Emily Jones

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Tag: FSB

  • Ukraine Update: Friday Morning

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    FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2022 The Russians are bombing Lviv this morning.  The message is that nothing, nowhere is safe.  And, we sit for another day and wring our hands. CNN Russians accused of kidnapping another mayor. New attacks on civilian targets US not making it easy for Ukrainians with family in the US to come… Read.

  • Sergey Beseda: Putin’s Purge

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    BLOG ENTRY Sunday 13 Marcy 2022 Putin Arrests Head of FSB’s Fifth Service The leadership of the Fifth Service of the FSB, Russia’s main intelligence service, have reportedly been placed under house arrest.  The Fifth Service has been in charge of providing Putin with intelligence on political developments in Ukraine up to and on the… Read.

  • Hitler or Stalin? Mark Galeotti

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    BLOG POST 3/13/22 The following points are from Mark Galeotti’s podcast “In Moscow’s Shadow.” IN MOSCOW’S SHADOWS (Podcast and blog) Mark Galeotti (A Short History of Russia, 2021; We Need to Talk about Putin, 2019; Russian Political War: Moving Beyond the Hybrid, 2019; The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, 2018). Hitler or Stalin? Hitler and Stalin… Read.

  • Ukraine: Morning Update Notes

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    Ukraine CNN Russians are bombing the humanitarian zone in Mariupol. MSNBC All the usual suspects following along with the “too risky” narrative for the jets from Poland. Jane Harmon is on Way Too Early.  The war is going very badly for Putin.  Harmon supports (surprise, surprise) the Biden administration refusal to implement a No-Fly Zone… Read.