Hanna Bogorowski on January 22, 2019 Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee was on alert Tuesday after a passenger amid a Moscow-bound flight attempted to hijack the plane and threatened to divert it to Afghanistan. The flight made an emergency landing in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, where police detained a drunken, bluffing man, CBC News reported. The passenger, who claimed…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration had a “back channel” to communicate with Russian officials, according to a new report detailing Moscow’s efforts to delegitimize the U.S. presidential election results. The news comes after Trump White House aide Jared Kushner was criticized for allegedly trying to open a back channel…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The dissident Russian “artist” Pyotr Pavlensky, famous for nailing his scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square, is filing for Asylum in France. Pavlensky’s other stunts include wrapping his naked body in barbed wire, sewing his lips shut, setting the doors to Russia’s secret service on fire. Russian authorities say…