Kathryn Natale – The Diplomatic Envoy

On February 24, Russian troops captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its exclusion zone, the 30 kilometer area around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, reports Radio Free Europe. The situation escalated when it was reported by CNN that soldiers were holding power plant staff hostage. On February 25, Reuters said that both the Ukrainian nuclear agency and interior ministry had reported increased radiation levels coming from the plant.

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January 31, 2022January 30, 2022 Kathryn Natale

U.S. Prosecutors Charge Belarusian Officials with Aircraft Piracy for Diverting Plane

On January 20, prosecutors from the United States charged four Belarusian officials with aircraft piracy after diverting a flight to the Belarussian capital Minsk to arrest opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich, according to Reuters.

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October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Kathryn Natale

Prison Officials Designate Navalny as a “Terrorist” and an “Extremist”

On October 11, the officials of a Russian prison in Vladimirskaya Oblast, which is located about 60 miles east of Moscow, designated the opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a “terrorist” and an “extremist” according to Reuters. He was given these designations after the same commission revoked his previous status as an “escape-risk,” a status which necessitated more tedious “accounting.”

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Russia Takes Chernobyl and Holds Staff Hostage as Radiation Levels Increase

U.S. Prosecutors Charge Belarusian Officials with Aircraft Piracy for Diverting Plane

Prison Officials Designate Navalny as a “Terrorist” and an “Extremist”