#NYPD pension fund to divest M of Russian-issued securities investments

#NYPD pension fund to divest $42M of Russian-issued securities investments

“#NYPD pension fund to divest $42M of Russian-issued securities investments” New York City’s Police Pension fund will divest its securities investments issued by Russian companies, following a slew of state and federal sanctions boycotting Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine. The fund’s trustees – which include Mayor Eric Adams, city Comptroller Brad Lander and NYPD…

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#Yes, Russia could use nuclear weapons

#Yes, Russia could use nuclear weapons

“#Yes, Russia could use nuclear weapons” “Nuclear war is part of our strategic culture. Yes, we would start one if our homeland, our way of life, was threatened, absolutely. Why wouldn’t we?” That’s what a retired Russian diplomat told me on the sidelines of a Track 2 dialogue between US, Russian and Chinese experts back…

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#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary

#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary

“#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary” From the right: Bitter Lessons of the War “It’s vital that the world not look away” from “the indifferent brutality of Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine,” argues The Wall Street Journal’s editors, since “it’s a warning of what will become more common as the multi-decade Pax…

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#Russians fed ‘fog of disinformation’ amid Ukraine invasion

#Russians fed ‘fog of disinformation’ amid Ukraine invasion

“#Russians fed ‘fog of disinformation’ amid Ukraine invasion” As world leaders condemned Russia’s declaration of war on Ukraine and full-fledged invasion of the country, causing frightened residents to flee and sanctions to be imposed, Russians were fed a misleading “fog of disinformation” about the conflict. State-funded media presented a rosy picture of Russia’s military actions…

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#Putin’s moves threaten America — not just Ukraine

#Putin’s moves threaten America — not just Ukraine

“#Putin’s moves threaten America — not just Ukraine” As Vladimir Putin’s gangster regime moves to recognize the two “people’s republics” of Luhansk and Donetsk, it raises the stakes in a conflict that many fear might lead to a cataclysmic land war in Eastern Europe. At this moment, it is important for the West not to…

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