Anti-BDS laws are meant to censor & control speech, journalist Abby Martin tells RT after suing Georgia govt over cancelled talk
rt.com | 2020-02-14
Barred from speaking at a public university over her refusal to sign a pledge of allegiance to Israel, journalist Abby Martin is now suing the state of Georgia, arguing its anti-BDS legislation sets fire to the First Amendment. | Slated to give a keynote talk at a media literacy conference at Georgia Southern University later this month, Martin was asked to sign what amounts to a loyalty oath to the State of Israel, mandated under a 2016 Georgia law barring the government from hiring contractors who boycott Israeli products or associate with the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Martin t…
rt.com/usa/480806-abby-martin-georgia-bds/
Video: Syrian Army Gives Turkey \"Flick on Nose\" in Nayrab, Secures Entire Aleppo-Damascus Highway
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
For the first time in about 8 years of the war, Syrian government forces have established control of the entire M5 highway, which runs from the border with Jordan through Damascus, Homs and Hama to Aleppo. | During the first half …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-gives-turkey-flick-nose-nayrab-secures-entire-aleppo-damascus-highway/5703532
Western Anti-Chinese Propaganda Exaggerates Coronavirus Danger, Creates Panic
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
Now it is becoming obvious who China\'s friends are, and who her enemies are. In the West, many nations and individuals are celebrating the short-term difficulties that the Chinese nation is facing, pouring salt into the wound, while giving birth …
globalresearch.ca/western-anti-chinese-propaganda-exaggerates-coronavirus-danger-creates-panic/5703540
Video: Residents of Syrian Town Open Fire on US Armed Forces Patrol
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
A new video from the Al-Qamishli countryside was released this afternoon following a skirmish between the U.S. Armed Forces and residents of Khirbat Amo. | According to a report from the Al-Hasakah Governorate, the residents of Khirbat Amo attempted to block …
globalresearch.ca/video-moment-residents-syrian-town-open-fire-us-patrol/5703570
Traditional Indigenous and White Man\'s Conflicting Rules of Law: A Coming to Terms that Hasn\'t Been Resolved Since \"First Contact\"
Irwin Jerome | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
The controversy now erupting throughout Canada over the issue of the construction of the TransMountain Oil Pipeline is revealing a fundamental unresolved impasse that has existed since first contact in the New World between the opposing philosophies and rules of …
globalresearch.ca/traditional-indigenous-coming-terms-hasnt-been-resolved-since-first-contact/5703557
London Attack: West\'s Terrorists Bite the Hand that Feeds Them (Again)
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
The latest incident in London was so entirely preventable that it is difficult to describe it as anything less than deliberate. | In yet another headline-grabbing terror attack
Regime Change Wars Have No Basis in International Law
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
We\'re living in times of war psychosis. Regime Change wars have no basis in international law. They are entirely illegal, and they are all based on lies. We have seen the results, which are always catastrophic for all but certain …
globalresearch.ca/regime-change-wars-no-basis-international-law/5703545
Invisible Mega Oil Spill Beyond the Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Satellite Footprint
Igal Berenshtein | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
Introduction | The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout was a mega oil spill, introducing ~795 million liters of live oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) with oil slicks covering an estimated area of 149,000 km2 (1). As a result, vast | …
globalresearch.ca/invisible-oil-beyond-deepwater-horizon-satellite-footprint/5703566
The Political Economy of Corruption: Corruption Kills People, Ruins the Economy, Violates Human Rights
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
The whole world is facing the deepening and widening corruption which challenges the very survival of the free democracy and the free market economy. | Korea has been suffering for last 70 years from the corruption culture. But owing to courageous …
globalresearch.ca/political-economy-corruption-corruption-kills-people-corruption-ruins-economy-corruption-violates-human-rights/5703558
Sanders and AOC\'s Fracking Ban Angers Centrists and Their Fossil Fuel Backers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
House Democrats have finally unveiled a flurry of climate bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but activists say only one proposal represents the \"gold standard\" for tackling the climate crisis: Legislation introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that would ban fracking nationwide. While none of these bills are likely to become law under President Trump, together they form the contours of a fierce debate among Democrats and environmentalists over the f…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-aocs-fracking-ban-angers-centrists-and-their-fossil-fuel-backers/
AOC Blasts Bloomberg Over \'Racist\' Stop and Frisk Policy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Thursday Democratic presidential candidate and businessman Michael Bloomberg over his record as the mayor of New York City and the contentious \"stop and frisk\" policy he backed while in office. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Thanked US Senator Bernie Sanders for His Support | Ocasio-Cortez said Bloomberg is \"just a billionaire trying to cover up authoritarian and racist policy,\" if he does not take action to provide relief to…
telesurenglish.net/news/AOC-Blasts-BloombergOver-Stop-and-Frisk-Policy–20200213-0020.html
International Day Of Action To Free Julian Assange & Chelsea Manning
BACFJA | indybay.org | 2020-02-13
UK Consulate | 1 Sansome St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/11/18830618.php
Petition for Assange\'s freedom tabled again in Australian parliament
wsws.org | 2020-02-13
Despite the powerful public support and strongly expressed sentiments of the petition, its tabling received virtually no coverage in the corporate media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/13/parl-f13.html
After 10 months\' silence, UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warns against extradition of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-13
For the past year, Corbyn has led the suppression of any discussion over Assange\'s imprisonment in Britain and the country\'s participation in the US-led attempt to destroy him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/13/assa-f13.html
Can the World\'s Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-13
While our government\'s war propaganda has convinced many Americans that we are powerless to stop its catastrophic wars, it has failed to convince most Americans that we are wrong to want to.
mintpressnews.com/can-public-opinion-rise-ashes-twenty-years-of-war/264899/
Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-13
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/10/18830596.php
Bolivia: An Election in the Midst of an Ongoing Coup
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-13
On May 3, 2020, the Bolivian people will go to the polls once more. They return there because President Evo Morales had been overthrown in a coup in November 2019. Morales had just won a presidential election in October for a term that would have begun in January 2020. Based on a preliminary investigation by…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/13/bolivia-an-election-in-the-midst-of-an-ongoing-coup/
Bolivia: An election in the midst of an ongoing coup
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-02-13
Even with the violence from the government and its fascistic paramilitaries, even with Romero at the helm of the TSE, even with USAID on the ground, and even with the shenanigans of Claver-Carone, MAS is fighting to win…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bolivia-an-election-in-the-midst-of-an-ongoing-coup/
State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as \'state-backed\'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a US-backed information warfare shop smeared The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/
State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as \'state-backed\'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/
State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as \'state-backed\'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/
Pakistani court suspends corporal punishment for children \'in good faith for their benefit\'
rt.com | 2020-02-13
–ê court in Pakistan has suspended until further notice a penal code article that activists say allowed teachers to physically punish students. | On Thursday, the Islamabad High Court suspended Section 89 of the Pakistan Penal Court, which deals with the power parents, teachers, and legal guardians have over children. The section in question says that \"Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of a person under twelve years of age… is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause.\" | The decision came as the result of a petition by famous pop singer and human rights campaigner She…
rt.com/news/480737-pakistan-corporal-punishment-case/
\'Worst idea ever!\' Plans for Greta mural on North Dakota bakery scrapped after community outcry & boycott threats on social media
rt.com | 2020-02-13
A planned mural featuring teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in North Dakota has been tossed to the wind after news of the project stoked outrage among locals, who flooded social media with protests and threats to boycott. | The 7-foot mural was slated to be posted on an exterior wall of the Brick Oven Bakery in the city of Bismarck, however when local media outlet KFYR-TV brought the story to its Facebook page on Tuesday night, residents were immediately up in arms, with the post racking up over 1,000 comments…
rt.com/usa/480716-greta-mural-scrapped-outcry/
\'Worst idea ever!\' Plans for Greta mural on North Dakota bakery scrapped after community outcry & boycott threats on social media
rt.com | 2020-02-13
A planned mural featuring teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in North Dakota has been tossed to the wind after news of the project stoked outrage among locals, who flooded social media with protests and threats to boycott. | The 7-foot mural was slated to be posted on an exterior wall of the Brick Oven Bakery in the city of Bismarck, however when local media outlet KFYR-TV brought the story to its Facebook page on Tuesday night, residents were immediately up in arms, with the post racking up over 1,000 comments…
rt.com/usa/480716-greta-mural-scrapped-outcry/
Colombia: Two Social Leaders Killed, Death Toll Rises to 44
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
The Villa Fatima\'s Community Action Board prosecutor Luis Alberto Parra and his son Jader Alberto Parra were found dead in the municipality of Puerto Guzman, Putumayo, on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Colombian Teachers Announce 2-Day Strike To Defend Right To Live | Two days earlier, a group of armed men violently entered his house and kidnapped them, as reported by Parra\'s wife who was tied at the scene. | Subsequently, the Departmental Peace Council reported on the disappearanc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Two-Social-Leaders-Killed-Death-Toll-Rises-to-44-20200213-0003.html
Top security partner… & second biggest threat to world? Germans are increasingly unsure about role of US
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Most Germans see America, supposedly Berlin\'s biggest ally, as one of the biggest threats to world peace, right after Iran. Other nations painted as \"bogeymen\" by Western media are lagging far behind, a new poll shows. | More than 60 percent of Germans believe that Washington is \"the greatest threat to international peace,\" the latest Security Report
San Rafael Protests Senate Decision to Acquit Trump
R.R. | indybay.org | 2020-02-13
Protesting the Senate\'s decision to acquit Trump on articles of impeachment…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/12/18830629.php
The Wet\'suwet\'en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
A major anti-pipeline struggle continues in Canada, where protests have broken out across the country in solidarity with Wet\'suwet\'en land defenders whose sovereign land in northern British Columbia was raided last week and over the weekend by Canadian police. Dozens were arrested in the days-long raid of unceded indigenous territories, where hereditary chiefs have been in a protracted battle to protect their land from the construction of TransCanada\'s 400-mile, $4.7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline. The…
truthout.org/video/the-wetsuweten-fight-against-new-pipeline-spreads-across-canada/
The Wet\'suwet\'en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada with Blockades & Occupations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-13
A major anti-pipeline struggle continues in Canada, where protests have broken out across the country in solidarity with Wet\'suwet\'en land defenders whose sovereign land in northern British Columbia was raided last week and over the weekend by Canadian police. Dozens were arrested in the days-long raid of unceded indigenous territories, where hereditary chiefs have been in a protracted battle to protect their land from the construction of TransCanada\'s 400-mile, $4.7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline. The raids took place about 700 miles north of Vancouver and sparked outrage across the country. In Ontario, a Moha…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/13/wet_suwet_en_territory_pipeline_opposition
Colombian National Strike Committee Calls For New Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
The Colombian National Strike Committee (CNP) convoked Wednesday new protests for the next couple of months as they didn\'t reach an agreement with Ivan Duque\'s government. | RELATED: | Colombian Teachers Announce 2-Day Strike To Defend Right To Live | \"The government does not like the word negotiation,\" President of the Unitary Workers\' Union (CUT) Diogenes Orjuela said. | The Colombian executive considers that many of the requirements requested by the CNP are beyond its pow…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-National-Strike-Committee-Calls-For-New-Protests-20200213-0023.html
French \'Oscars\' management resigns to allow cinema a \'celebration\' after protests over Roman Polanski & accusations of elitism
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The \"collective resignation\" of the management team behind the Cesars Awards has been announced just two weeks before the ceremony, following protests over elitism and nominations given to statutory rapist Roman Polanski. | In explaining their leaving the Cesars only 15 days before the actual ceremony, the board managing the prizes for the French Academy of Arts and Technology of Cinema explained they are walking away to \"honor those who made cinema in 2019, to regain serenity and make the cinema festival a celebration.\" | A complete renewal of management is planned. The management change does not appear to ha…
rt.com/news/480797-cesars-polanski-collective-resignation/
Canada\'s Via Rail Cancels Service Nationwide
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
Canada\'s Via Rail has temporarily ended all passenger services nationwide. | \"Via Rail has no other option but to cancel its services, effective immediately and until further notice,\" Via Rails said via a statement on its website. | Canadian National Railway Co also stated that it has been forced to shut down its operations in Eastern Canada due to the blocking of rail lines by those protesting against a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia. | Canada\'s biggest railway said the shutdown, which would continue until the end of the blockade, may lead to temporary layoffs within its Eastern Canadian operation…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canadas-Via-Rail-Cancels-Service-Nationwide-20200213-0024.html
The Red-Baiting of Bernie Sanders Has Begun and is Already Becoming Laughable
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-13
With Bernie Sanders now having won New Hampshire (and probably Iowa, where he won the popular vote) and confirmed his position as the frontrunner for president in the Democratic Party primaries (the New York Times\' poll guru Nate Silver is giving him a better than 40% chance of gaining enough delegates by the end of…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/13/the-red-baiting-of-bernie-sanders-has-begun-and-is-already-becoming-laughable/
Is Oil Behind Washington\'s Venezuela Coup Madness?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
First published in February 2019 | On January 23 2019, US Vice President Pence sent a message via Twitter that Washington recognized the 35-year-old Speaker of the Venezuela National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the \"legitimate\" President of the troubled country, …
globalresearch.ca/is-oil-behind-washingtons-venezuela-coup-madness/5667411
Crisis in Syrian Idlib Has Firmly Put Turkey Back into NATO\'s Sphere
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Syria was the very reason why relations between Turkey and the United States deteriorated as the latter openly backed the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the People\'s Protection Units (YPG), that Ankara considers a terrorist organization. …
globalresearch.ca/crisis-syrian-idlib-put-turkey-back-nato-sphere/5703575
Crisis in Syrian Idlib Has Firmly Put Turkey Back into NATO\'s Sphere
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Syria was the very reason why relations between Turkey and the United States deteriorated as the latter openly backed the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the People\'s Protection Units (YPG), that Ankara considers a terrorist organization. …
globalresearch.ca/crisis-syrian-idlib-put-turkey-back-nato-sphere/5703575
More Lies on Iran: The White House Just Can\'t Help Itself as New Facts Emerge
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Admittedly the news cycle in the United States seldom runs longer than twenty-four hours, but that should not serve as an excuse when a major story that contradicts what the Trump Administration has been claiming appears and suddenly dies. The …
globalresearch.ca/more-lies-iran-white-house-cant-help-itself-new-facts-emerge/5703584
Corporate America in Israel and Illegal Settlements
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
US companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements are the tip of the iceberg in bilateral economic, financial, and military relations. | According to the US Chamber of Commerce, over 2,500 US companies operate in Israel, including a virtual who\'s who of …
globalresearch.ca/corporate-america-israel-illegal-settlements/5703594
Dems Phony War Powers Resolution
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
US 20th and 21st century history shows Dems more hellbent for war than Republicans. | In 1916, Dem Woodrow Wilson was reelected on a pledge of: \"He Kept Us Out of War.\" | Straightaway, he began planning US involvement in Europe\'s war …
globalresearch.ca/dems-phony-war-powers-resolution/5703593
My Mom Died
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-13
It is tempting, when a parent dies, to center your remembrance of them through the lens of your relationship to them as a child. Self-centered as we are
US, Taliban Agree 7-Day Reduction in Violence in Afghanistan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Thursday that they\'ve secured a seven-day reduction in violence in talks with the Taliban to help seek a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | US Dropped Record Number of Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 | \"It is our view that seven days, for now, is sufficient but in all things, our approach to this process will be conditions-based, I will say it again, conditions-based,\" Esper told reporters in Brussels, dubbing his m…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Taliban-Agree-7-Day-Reduction-in-Violence-in-Afghanistan-20200213-0019.html
US & Taliban negotiated proposal for 7-day reduction in violence, Pentagon chief Esper says
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The United States and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday. | \"We\'ve said all along that the best, if not only, solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement,\" Esper told reporters in Brussels. \"Progress has been made on this front and we\'ll have more to report on that soon.\" | \"It will be a continual evaluative process as we go forward
Did Amy Klobuchar Condemn an Innocent Teenager to Life in Prison?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
After a surprising third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is attempting to gain ground in the national polls. But Klobuchar is also facing mounting scrutiny over her record as a district attorney in Minnesota. The Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities and other racial justice groups recently called on Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign following a shocking investigation by the Associated Press. The AP report centered on the case of Myon Burre…
truthout.org/video/did-amy-klobuchar-condemn-an-innocent-teenager-to-life-in-prison/
Nevada\'s higher union density and racial diversity will shape caucus outcome
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-13
In the lead-up to Feb. 22 Caucus Day in Nevada, early voting will take place Feb. 15–18. Nevada is the third state in the country to hold caucuses or a primary election, and the first Western state, after Iowa and New Hampshire. Early voting is a new feature for 2020, in 80 polling stations around …
peoplesworld.org/article/nevadas-higher-union-density-and-racial-diversity-will-shape-caucus-outcome/
Did Amy Klobuchar Send an Innocent Teenager to Life in Prison? Questions Mount over Her Record as DA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-13
After a surprising third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is attempting to gain ground in the national polls. But Klobuchar is also facing mounting scrutiny over her record as a district attorney in Minnesota. The Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities and other racial justice groups recently called on Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign following a shocking investigation by the Associated Press. The AP report centered on the case of Myon Burrell, an African-American teenager who was sentenced to life in prison over the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tye…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/13/amy_klobuchar_myon_burrell
The Pundits Wrote Off Bernie\'s Candidacy
Mehdi Hasan | zcomm.org | 2020-02-13
In Iowa and New Hampshire, He Proved Them Wrong…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-pundits-wrote-off-bernies-candidacy/
When CNN Introduces Bernie-Bashers Only as \'Former,\' CNN Is Lying To You
Jeff Cohen | commondreams.org | 2020-02-13
Jim Messina, former Obama campaign manager and current corporate consultant, appears on CNN following the New Hampshire Democratic primary on February 11, 2020. (Photo: Screengrab/CNN) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cnn_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/13/when-cnn-introduces-bernie-bashers-only-former-cnn-lying-you?cd-origin=rss
Biden Has Raised the Most From Nevada Donors, But Sanders Leads in the Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
Democratic presidential candidates who received the greatest amount of donations from Iowa and New Hampshire residents also finished at the top of the polls in the two early primaries. | If those results are any indication of what can be expected from the upcoming Nevada caucuses, then this time, it\'s former Vice President Joe Biden who could finally make a breakthrough in the state. | Biden has raised almo…
truthout.org/articles/biden-has-raised-the-most-from-nevada-donors-but-sanders-leads-in-the-polls/
Bolsonaro Removes Chief of Staff, Appoints Former Army General
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed Wednesday, his chief of staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, one of the first politicians to back his presidential bid in 2018, and the last politician in his inner Cabinet. | RELATED: | Evangelical Drug Gangs Attack Afro-Brazilian Religions | The president announced Thursday that he offered the position to Army General Walter Braga. In doing so, the head of state distances himself from political parties in his closest circle of advisors, that…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Removes-Chief-of-Staff-Appoints-Former-Army-General-20200213-0025.html
Russian authorities investigate after photos emerge of Boris Nemtsov murderer allegedly enjoying prison \'feast\'
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The 2015 killing of Boris Nemtsov shocked Russians, and now photographs posted online of the man who assassinated him apparently posing in front of a slap-up meal are generating considerable anger. | The images, taken in an Irkutsk penal colony, show Zaur Dadaev and a group of other men surrounded by kebabs, soups, fruits, and juices. In response, Russian prison authorities have launched an investigation to determine the conditions in which he is being held. | Grilled kebabs, apples and fruit juice. Boris Nemtsov\'s assassin, Zaur Dadayev, (back left, standing) relaxing with friends in a Russian penal colony.
rt.com/russia/480779-nemtsov-murderer-photo-prison-feast/