Tag: Ukraine

How organized crime plays a key role in the Ukrainian conflict

John P. Ruehland – Globetrotter On November 1, the deputy director of Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation downplayed remarks made on October 30 by an agency official, who warned of Western weapons bound for Ukraine being smuggled into Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Nonetheless, the affair generated significant attention and reflected previous concerns expressed by European authorities over… Read More How organized crime plays a key role in the Ukrainian conflict

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Russian Nobel Peace laureate slams Putin’s ‘insane and criminal war’ on Ukraine

By Allegra Goodwin, CNN Russian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky blasted President Vladimir Putin’s “insane and criminal” war on Ukraine in his acceptance speech in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday. Rachinsky, from Russia’s human rights organization Memorial, claimed resistance to Russia is known as “fascism” under Putin, adding this has become “the ideological justification… Read More Russian Nobel Peace laureate slams Putin’s ‘insane and criminal war’ on Ukraine

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When reality hits the propaganda machine

Volodymyr Kadygrob Anton Tarasyuk Despite the bizarre and evidently distorted reality conjured by Putin’s media strategists, their propaganda has proved considerably effective even outside Russia. Not in the sense that many people in Europe believe in the Russian message. From a European perspective, Russian propaganda consists of nothing more than blatant lies and deliberate disinformation.… Read More When reality hits the propaganda machine

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Sixty years ago, true statecraft avoided a nuclear war. We need that again over Ukraine

Jonathan Steele NB: While I appreciate Steele’s evocation of moderation and restraint, there’s just one big problem with this article. One man alone saved the world from nuclear war in 1962, and his name was Vasili Arkhipov, one of three senior officers in the Soviet nuclear-weapon equipped submarine, the B-59, off the Cuban coast, which… Read More Sixty years ago, true statecraft avoided a nuclear war. We need that again over Ukraine

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Russia’s genocidal propaganda must not be passed off as freedom of speech

Peter Pomerantsev I was in gorgeous, courageous Kyiv on Monday when the latest Russian missile shower hit Ukraine, murdering civilians and knocking out heat and light on the cusp of winter. Kyivans took it calmly. My meeting smoothly transferred from a cafe to the metro, where we chain-drank coffee and carried on under the sirens… Read More Russia’s genocidal propaganda must not be passed off as freedom of speech

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‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia’s war falters

by Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth in Moscow Friends, rivals and enemies took their seats in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin gathered the country’s elite to formalise Russia’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine. The ceremony was meant to portray strength and unity, but within 24 hours had been overshadowed by Russia’s failures on the battlefield. These… Read More ‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia’s war falters

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