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St. Louis-based activists Omali Yeshitela, Penny Joanne Hess and Jesse Nevel will not face prison time. The three are connected with the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Solidarity Movement and were indicted last year for failing to register as Russian agents. A jury acquitted them of that charge.

A Florida judge will sentence Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, three St. Louis residents and members of the African People’s Socialist Party and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, next Monday. The three were found not guilty of acting as illegal Russian agents but face charges for conspiracy to act as Russian agents.

Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek contends economic headwinds, political actions of Chinese government make the country a bad investment.

In the group’s first public address since the indictment, African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela said during a press conference at the organization’s St. Petersburg, Florida, office, that the indictment is an attack on free speech rights under the First Amendment.

The group behind a new basketball court in St. Louis is dealing with an FBI raid and accusations of boosting Russian propaganda.

St. Louisan Gene Litvin traveled to Poland this month to help Ukrainians fleeing the war. Litvin himself left Ukraine in the 1990s as a Jewish refugee.

Sheena Chestnut Greitens is a former first lady of Missouri and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She shares her perspective on China's response to the war in Ukraine, China’s strategic partnership with Russia and the lessons both China and Taiwan are taking from the conflict.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KXCL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.

Russia is a big exporter of fertilizer and its raw ingredients, and without them on the market, Midwestern farmers are reeling.

Lara Zwarun’s 2015 research on how Ukrainians use social media to counter Russian disinformation has new resonance today.