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  • One in ten

    One thousand casualties per day, one in ten Russian’s know somebody who has been killed, but is the message getting through to the Russians that this an incredibly costly war for the Russian military. It was not evident to the world after Putin’s speech to the state, nor was it evident when he postured in…

  • What Ukraine wants

    What to make of Biden’s trip to Kiev and Putin’s speech, are just distractions from what Ukraine needs. The question has to be can Ukraine win with current losses, 100,000 either dead or injured. Russia itself is haemorrhaging manpower, 200,000 dead or wounded, a statistic of 2:1 in favour of the Ukrainians. But the argument…

  • Putin’s revisionist perspective

    On 24th February 2021, Putin ordered his army into Ukraine. An invasion of another sovereign nation had begun. The Russian army failed in its mission on this day, but what exactly is the argument that led to the attempted dismantling of a sovereign nation by Russia. The revanchalist reading of historical argument could be blamed on…

  • Dissent and imprisonment

    The widespread corruption of Russian politics has created a weakness because voices that should be heard are lost in either graveyards or prison cells right across Russia, and if those voices are lost, then Russia itself without an opposition that has a tangible voice will be lost by the misadventures and ridiculous loss of life…

  • Lost in silence

    Two months after spontaneous protests broke out in response to a deadly fire in Urumqi, China, against the draconian laws underpinning the pandemic controls, a number of peaceful protesters are being held in detention on charges of picking quarrels or provoking trouble and gathering in a crowd to disrupt public order. Human rights groups have…

  • Does anything come after Putin?

    There are some analysts who believe that what comes after President Putin will be worse than now. But is the talk of what is to come just that bit to early. Western analysts cannot see the Russians holding on, they seem to think that with less than 100 tanks promised, the Ukrainians will be fully…