Tag: Russia
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Re-writing historical fact through the eyes of a denier
Nigel Farage will say anything to be heard, but the failure of the Brexiteer to mind his Ps and Qs was at its most compunctious when talking to Nick Robinson on BBC Panorama. It was not a matter of the hundred thousand who have been killed, wounded or disabled from the war in Ukraine, that…
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NATO, Europe and the question of Ukraine
It is strange that when a country invades part of your territory, you are not allowed to attack the supply line that is enabling the attacking power to invade your territory in the first place. Ukraine is in this position, a position of weakness because it cannot attack Russia’s supply lines with the Western weapons…
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Revisionists and war
It is just about the only time that arguments are defined biblically, but the start of extended wars has encapsulated not just Netanyahu but also Putin. The war in Gaza is one of biblical proportions according to the hard line cabinet that Netanyahu has gathered as a government. In many ways Putin has argued that…
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Ukraine – NATO…. Russia
Constants are at the top of the list in Warsaw and Paris; the Baltic’ nations press ever harder for Ukraine to join NATO, but Germany and the US have made certain that Ukraine will not be joining NATO any time soon. The constant in this equation is Putin, who has been re-elected with an eighty…
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Ukraine 2 years on
It is two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the meat-grinder that is the war – is not slowing down. Advika, is the latest town to fall to Russia. But Ukraine with a shortage of ammunition held back by the US Congress’, due to their inability to differentiate right from wrong; Congress are now electioneering for the…
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End of Alex Navalny… thank you for making me laugh.
Alexei Navalny, found his poisoner, he confronted him and questioned his technique. It was just a few drops of a Novichok type of substance on his underpants that led to him being put into a coma. A flight to Germany, a three week coma and waking up in another country was the price of life.…
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Welcome to a new year
Welcome to a new year. There are so many important elections to look forward to this year, but this is the year of critical argument where nations are dependent on the outcome of two very important elections that will determine how the world is seen and moves forward. The first election is a given, it…