March 2020

Coronavirus must not distract the world from Russia’s Ukraine war

On: March 30, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has been described in some quarters as the biggest global emergency since World War II. The fight against the pandemic is certainly proving to be unprecedented in terms of scale and impact, with entire nations now stranded and entire economies coming to a halt. Naturally, this isRead More →

The Russian Revolution Begins: This Day in History

By: Robert H. Shaw

On: March 8, 2020

In: Russian revolution

On this day in history, March 8, 1917, the first phase of the Russian Revolution began in present-day St. Petersburg. The March Revolution (sometimes referred to as the February Revolution due to the country’s Julian calendar) saw many protests against the Tsarist regime due to the lack of food. ForRead More →