US President Donald Trump has said he “wasn’t happy” with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s recent remarks questioning the credibility of the Ukrainian leadership. Vladimir Zelensky’s term as Ukrainian president expired in May 2024, although he has since refused to hold a new election, citing martial law. Russia regards Zelensky as …
Read More »Russia’s Yan chasing revenge & legitimacy at UFC 273
Petr Yan appeared to be cruising to victory in last year’s title tussle with Aljamain Sterling before an illegal shot ended both the fight and his title reign, but the Russian superstar shouldn’t be expecting an easy night when he steps into the cage with the American for a second …
Read More »Training sex worker students is an abuse of a university’s academic legitimacy
As euphemisms go, ‘sex worker’ is right up there with ‘collateral damage,’ ‘alternative facts’ and having a ‘number two’ – such is the detachment the phrase has from the reality it masks. On the one hand, ‘sex worker’ conjures up fantasies of hot, high-end, happy Hollywood hookers a la Julie …
Read More »From election “against the rules” falling legitimacy
As practice shows, the voters pretty quickly get used to the different mechanisms of pressure on them and learn to give power back. The first days of the “experimental” vote on presidential amendment to the Constitution showed that the government actively uses the most unusual ways of organizing the people’s …
Read More »Clinton did not rule out challenging the legitimacy of the election of the President of the United States
Ex-rival trump’s not sure there is a “legitimate constitutional way” to challenge the election results. Candidate for the US presidency from the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton does not rule out appealing against the legitimacy of the elections in 2016, if there will be new evidence of Russian interference. This was …
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