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Inside the Collapse: How Putin’s Russia Turned Its Opponents into Exiles
There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports Denis Mikhailov
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Russia Ramps Up Overnight Attacks as It Prepares for a New Summer Offensive Against Ukraine
Ukrainians are enduring a significant increase in the scale and frequency of Russian attacks, reports George Llewelyn
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Retaliation? Putin ‘Closely Monitors’ Criminal Strikes on Civilians in Kherson
Following the UN and Human Rights Watch identifying Russian drone attacks in Kherson as war crimes and crimes against humanity—the Russian military launched a massive combined assault on the city’s central district
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UN Confirms Russian Drone Attacks on Kherson are Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes
Zarina Zabrisky, who first exposed the “human safari” in Kherson for Byline Times in July 2024, reports on the UN’s historic confirmation that Russia deliberately targeted civilians in a campaign of terror.
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Putin’s Response to Trump’s Appeasement Plan: Hell in Kyiv
Paul Conroy surveys the scale of the destruction to the Svaytoshinsky neighbourhood, fifteen minutes from downtown Kyiv
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An Urgent Warning to the West From the Ukrainian ‘Elves’ Fighting Russian Infiltration
Zarina Zabrisky speaks exclusively to Ukrainian officers from the ‘Elves’ unit about how Putin’s agents waged a decades-long hybrid war against their country
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Russia’s Murderous Ceasefires and Musk Admiration for Putin
In his latest dispatch from Kyiv, Chris York has tales of occupied territories, tariffs, stalled talks – and storks!
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‘Israel’s Genocide in Gaza is the Fatal Flaw in Starmer’s European Alternative to Trump and Putin’
If we are to build a broad consensus in Europe against Trump, we need to bring Palestine into equal focus with Ukraine, argues Martin Shaw
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Deadly Lies: Ukraine on Tenterhooks as Putin and Trump Talk of Truces
In his latest dispatch, Chris York reports on overnight attacks on Kyiv, Trump’s diplomacy and the latest drone and media manoeuvres
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Populist Simplicity in a Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why his ‘alternative realities’ don’t stack up against real-world complexities
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Trump’s Mob Rule: An Offer We Can Only Refuse
If Europeans come from Venus, Peter Jukes observes, it’s only because they are aware (unlike Elon Musk) of the bleak devastation of Mars
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The Brutalist: How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s New World Order
For all its chaos in operation, Trump’s regime has a strategic rationale and must be fought strategically, argues Jon Bloomfield
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One Hundred Days of Protests: Georgia on the Crossroads between East and West
Zarina Zabrisky explores the cultural and political tensions of a country caught in the crossfire of global conflict
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For Ukrainian Survivors of Putin’s War, Donald Trump is Yet Another Threat to Their Lives
“Let the Trumpists come and spend a few days [here] and feel, hear, and see how Putin ‘wants peace’” a mother of a fallen Ukrainian soldier tells Kris Parker
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Fear and Favour: What Does Trump Owe Putin? Maybe His Life
With the increasingly bizarre compliance of the US President to the Russian President, Zarina Zabrisky wonders if the KGB/FSB tradition of assassination and mafia-style intimidation may be key
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‘Blind Rearmament Won’t Counter the Threats from Putin and Trump’
With the US potentially allied to Russia over the fate of Ukraine, there needs to be a root and branch rethinking of British and European security
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Kemi Badenoch’s Foreign Policy: ‘Channelling Her Inner JD Vance’
The former senior diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall sees signs of Trumpist culture wars and a woeful lack of realism in the opposition leader’s foreign policy set piece speech
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‘Trump’s New World Order: America Will Enable Authoritarians to Win’
The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling
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Will the US Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion by Betraying Ukraine?
Zarina Zabrisky explores Trump’s new alliance with Putin and the dark economic and ideological forces behind this new phase in the war
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‘F**k Trump’: Kyiv Faces the Darkest Hour
Chris York explores the mood in the capital as Ukrainians try to make sense of the US President’s support for the Kremlin
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‘There Is Nothing ‘Natural’ About Donald Trump’s Predatory Exploitation of Ukraine’
The US President’s attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past, argues Aleksandar Djokic
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From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
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Time to Build a Wall – Against Autocracy
Sergei Cristo, the whistleblower behind the new podcast series Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring, warns about the real threats from abroad
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Those Demanding a Swift ‘Peace Deal’ for Ukraine Don’t Understand How Complex This War Really Is
Donald Trump’s pledge to end Putin’s war “in 24 hours” is a fantasy that will be quickly met by painful reality
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Pro-European Protests Sweeping Across Georgia Stir Memories of a Darker Past
Huge numbers of protesters are demonstrating their resistance to their disputed Government’s Putin-pleasing decision to suspend the country’s bid for EU membership
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If Trump Surrenders to Putin Then Europe Will Quickly Need to Form a ‘NATO Within NATO’
European leaders fear Donald Trump could soon open Europe’s doors to Moscow
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Putin’s Constant Long-Running, Long-Range Escalations in Ukraine
As tensions mount over long range missile attacks on Russia, Chris York explains the daily routine for Ukrainians living in the capital Kyiv
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‘Ukraine Will Never Capitulate and Peace Plans Won’t Work – Now Is the Time to Put the Boot Into Russia’
Paul Niland explains why Trump’s talk of a ‘deal’ for peace will never work
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Lobbyists, Oligarchs and Power: The Pro-Putin Network Raising Fears of Foreign Influence in Trump’s Team
There is growing evidence of links between senior Trump appointees, associates, and Kremlin-linked entities
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‘I Don’t Believe in Democracy’: Putin’s Collusion with Trump Tracked in Real Time
Some of the loudest voices in the US are starting to say the quiet part out loud, reports Chris York
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Moldovan Dreams and Georgian Nightmares: Putin Meddles in European ‘Swing States’
US Swing states are not the only focus of Russian interference, with the Kremlin’s attempts to swing elections in Moldova and Georgia in stark relief
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X – Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion
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Fear and Loathing in Zugdidi: Dirty Tricks on the Georgian Campaign Trail
Amid mounting authoritarianism and widespread allegations of election-rigging, will Georgia’s democracy survive parliamentary polls scheduled for 26 October?
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David Lammy Unleashes On Vladimir Putin in Remarkable UN Speech – Then Takes aim at Russian Ambassador
The Foreign Secretary’s attack on Russian President was in stark contrast to Joe Biden’s final speech at the UN General Assembly on 24 September
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From Assassination to Misinformation: Kremlin’s Strategic Use of Digital Disinformation
“Ukraine played a role.” Once again Russian disinformation networks are weaponising an attempt on the life of a US President
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Russia Prisoner Swap: ‘Why the UK Must do More to Help British Citizens in Trouble Overseas’
Following the largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, the UK is being urged to adopt a policy on hostage cases and establish a point of contact for families involved
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‘The Withdrawal of the Black Sea Fleet From Crimea is a Major Blow to Vladimir Putin’s Strongman Aura’
During the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia’s prized fleet has been decimated, with one-third of its naval vessels either sunk or damaged
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A ‘Russia Hoax’ or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
Islamophobia, the Great Replacement Theory, and GB News are key elements in the Russian propaganda networks supporting the Reform Party
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Returning to Putin’s Russia: Why People Who Dodged Mobilisation for the Ukraine War Are Returning Home and Happy About it
When Putin tried to mobilise an army to boost troops in his war on Ukraine, some 700,000 people fled. More than two years on, many have returned home. Why?
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Having Outlawed Foreign Influence, Georgian Dream Initiates Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
Tbilisi Pride says that it is in the ‘ultimate battle for our lives… and if we lose, we will have to go into exile’
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The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with
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Explained: What Could Happen if Georgian Dream Is Ousted Over the ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill As Final Vote Set to Take Place
Protests against a Russian-style law on ‘foreign influence’ have been touted as signs that Georgia is heading for its ‘Maidan’ moment – but experts say the reality is more complex
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‘Our Injuries Will Heal, but the Georgian Government’s Reputation Will Not’
Georgia’s accelerating authoritarian slide into Russia’s orbit has now seen its government launch a full-scale Belarusian-style crackdown on opposition voices.
