by Susan | Oct 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 14, 2009 During US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit, dozens of Russian lawmakers from minority parties staged a rare walkout from the Duma (parliament) to protest what they and independent monitors describe as rigged local elections across...
by Susan | Sep 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 21, 2014 In Russia, thousands marched through Moscow to protest against the Kremlin’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis, in the country’s first major anti-war rally since fighting erupted in...
by Susan | Mar 20, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 20, 1915 The British government signed a secret agreement with Russia regarding the hypothetical post-World War I division of the former Ottoman Empire. By the terms of the agreement, Russia would annex Constantinople (now called Istanbul), the Bosporus Strait...
