Russian Invasion Ukraine: Blasts, fresh drone attacks rock Russian-held areas far from Ukraine war front - by Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder

Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after eexplosions erupted in Russian held areas far from the Ukraine war front as a result of drone attacks. This as half of the Russian Black sea  Airforce is destroyed.

Re ad more at: Blasts, fresh drone attacks rock Russian-held areas far from Ukraine war front | Reuters

Russia-Ukraine invasion: UN chief warns grain woes not over

UN chief warns grain woes not over. Ukraine Nuclear Power plant  belomg to Ukriane and that turning the Nuclear Power plant into a Russian armed base presents a nuclear radiation threat to Europe and Russia.

R ead more at: Russia-Ukraine live news: UN chief warns grain woes not over | News | Al Jazeera

Democracy is in crisis - Opinion

If you think the United States is the only country plagued with conspiracy theories that threaten societal cohesion and democracy as a whole, you're wrong.

Almost three-quarters of Republican Party supporters in the United States believe Joe Biden is not the legitimate president of the country. Overall, 15% of the American population support the claim by the militant right-wing conspiracy conglomerate "QAnon" that the United States government, business, and media are "controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who sexually enslave children all over

Let's turn to Germany. According to a newly published representative poll by the Allensbach Institute, a third of all Germans believe they live in a "sham democracy" in which "citizens have no say." Are we living in a sham democracy?

Read more at: Görlach Global: Democracy is in crisis | Opinion | DW | 15.04.2022

Ukraine Russian Invasion: Biden can't decide who'll be in power in Russia

The Kremlin dismissed a remark by US President Biden that Putin "cannot remain in power," saying it was up to Russians to choose their own president.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Reuters: "That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians."

Peskov did not immediately respond to a follow-up request for reaction to the White House clarification.

Read more at: Live blog: Biden can't decide who'll be in power in Russia — Kremlin