Tag Archive: Russia
Gerhard Schröder Says the West Opposed Ukraine Peace Deal
The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has claimed that “the Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not allowed to”. He is now the fifth person to state that the West opposed a peace deal.
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The Death of the ‘Rules-Based Order’
From Putin to Hamas and Ilham Aliyev to Xi Jinping, a wide array of actors appears to have got the memo that rules aren't important and the way to get things done is through 'policy by design', says Dr David McGrogan.
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A Cold Dose of Reality in Ukraine: Straight from the Freezer Revisited
In April 2022, M.L.R. Smith and Niall McCrae drew on their extensive Cold War knowledge to offer provisional analysis of the Russian war in Ukraine. Eighteen months later they look back at how their conclusions held up.
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The Fight to Keep Cash
The former head of Interpol, Björn Eriksson says his chief security concern now is the erasure of cash, as worries grow about the vulnerability of electronic payment systems to attack.
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The American Right’s Arguments For Ending Aid to Ukraine Don’t Pass Muster
Ian Rons made the mistake of reading an article by an American conservative arguing for an end to aid for Ukraine. The ignorance was almost bottomless.
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Time is Running Out for Ukraine as U.S. Election Threatens White House Support
Time is not on the side of Ukraine in its long-running counter-offensive, says Colonel Richard Kemp, as it is battling not just against the strongest Russian defences but also the clock of U.S. electoral politics.
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“If They Can Do it to Me, They Can Do it to You Too”: Nigel Farage’s Bank Account Closed to ‘Force Him Out of the U.K.’
Nigel Farage has claimed his bank accounts have been shut down to force him out of the U.K. due to his position on Brexit and accusations that he has taken money from Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia.
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Putin’s ‘Weakness’ is a Delusion of Western Media
All our mainstream media have claimed that the Wagner mutiny has weakened Putin. But the evidence suggests the opposite, writes David Craig, after the Russian leader swiftly faced down the threat.
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The Evidence is Incontrovertible: The Russians Blew Up the Kakhovka Dam
The Kakhovka Dam was designed to withstand a nuclear attack, so the possibility of it being blown up by Ukrainian missiles is extremely remote. Russia, by contrast, had the means and the motive.
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On June 6th, Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam was destroyed, unleashing vast quantities of water that are now flooding downstream areas. The question, as in the case of the Nord Stream sabotage, is whodunnit?
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