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Dark money, lobbying, regulatory capture, state institutions hollowed by donor factions, foreign interference, and the financialisation of political power.
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‘Genocide’ and Putin’s War of Destruction against Ukrainian Society
Professor Martin Shaw, author of two books on Genocide, explains how the synchronised attack on Ukraine’s people, culture and institutions, is escalating beyond war crimes
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Darkness Falls: Ministers are Making Themselves Unaccountable – Because They Can
The public bodies that are supposed to keep government virtuous have been systematically subverted by crony Conservative appointments, says Brian Cathcart. We must make them independent
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The Johnson-Lebedev Letters: A Back-Channel to Vladimir Putin?
Letters exclusively obtained by Byline Times, between Boris Johnson and Evgeny Lebedev, shed new light on how the son of a Russian oligarch and former KGB officer built such a close relationship with Britain’s Prime Minister
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Truth is the Most Powerful Deterrent to Vladimir Putin
Jemimah Steinfeld, editor of the Index on Censorship’s 50th anniversary edition, explains how journalism can be an antidote to autocracy
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I Spent Years Imploring the Conservatives to Investigate Russian Interference. They Didn’t Listen
As a Labour MP investigating disinformation, Ian Lucas saw first-hand the Government’s attempts to duck the question of Russia
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London’s Financial Giants Have Made Billions from Russia’s State-Linked Companies
TJ Coles explores the tangled web that exists between British and Russian money
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How Levelling Up, Brexit and the Ukraine War are Intertwined
Sam Bright explores how Brexit has exposed Britain to the reverberations of the war in Ukraine
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Evgeny Lebedev: The Ersatz Kremlin Critic
Mic Wright looks at the cute and often contradictory statements on the Russian President made by the proprietor of the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers. Photo: Matt Crossick /Alamy
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A Golden Ticket: 2,000 Oligarchs from Countries with Human Rights Concerns ‘Buy’ Permanent Right to Live in UK
Between 2010 and 2020, 65% of the foreign investors granted permanent UK residency were from China and Russia, reports Sam Bright
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Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
2016 EU Referendum, 2020 US Presidential Election, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservative Party, Democracy, Donald Trump, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Interference, Collusion and Alternative War, Leave.EU, Nigel Farage, Russia, The European Union, UK Politics, Ukraine, US Politics, Vladimir Putin, Vote Leave, War and Conflict
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UK Politics Stands at a Crossroads – Which Path Will the Conservatives Choose?
Robert Saunders assesses whether war in Ukraine will result in British governance rolling-back its recent destructive tendencies – or whether it will further retreat into them
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Government Didn’t Record Minutes of Meeting Between Lebedev and Johnson
A now-infamous meeting between the Prime Minister and his Russian ally was not recorded by officials, Sam Bright reports
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Boris Johnson has Left an ‘Oligarch Loophole’ in the Economic Crime Bill
The Government’s ‘crackdown’ on money-laundering by Russian oligarchs has a large loophole which will allow some oligarchs to be exempted, reports Adam Bienkov
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Brexit was a Victory for British Putinism – Why were those who Got It Right Vilified?
Anthony Barnett details what he has learnt from the work of journalists such as Carole Cadwalladr and Byline Times’ co-founder and executive editor Peter Jukes about the threat to British democracy hiding in plain sight
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The Putin Doctrine: Trump Military Study Explains Why Putin May Escalate Nuclear Threats
A US Army study commissioned by Trump’s Secretary of the Army warned that a Russian ‘information blitzkrieg’ which began in 2014 could go nuclear if Putin believed he was losing a conventional war
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Conservatives Cannot Fix a Cost of Living Crisis of their Own Making
The Government does not have the ideological or intellectual tools to stop Brits from being squeezed, says Mike Buckley
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Boris Johnson Lets Russian Oligarchs ‘Get Away With It’ As Sanctions Reprieve to Last for Months
The Prime Minister denies donation from senior figure at Russia’s second largest bank was behind decision to hand them a one-month reprieve from sanctions, reports Adam Bienkov
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Trump Military Study Saw Brexit as ‘First Step’ in Russian ‘Information Blitzkrieg’ on West
A US Army study commissioned by the former President’s Secretary of the Army warned that a global information war launched by Putin in 2014 could escalate into a display of Russian power in Eastern Europe
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The Ukraine War Has Exposed the UK’s Russia Delusion
Successive governments have chased Russian roubles while ignoring geopolitical reality, reports Sam Bright
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The Economic Crime Bill Doesn’t Nearly Go Far Enough
If the Government really want to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs, the Economic Crime Bill doesn’t go far enough, says Gareth Roberts
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The Brexit Build Back Botch: Businesses Visited by Boris Johnson See Profits Collapse
Sascha Lavin explores the reality behind the Prime Minister’s economic exaggerations
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Ukraine is Just the Beginning: Secret Document Reveals Putin’s Long War on Europe
A previously unreported internal US military analysis suggests the invasion of Ukraine is a culmination of Putin’s 15-year plan to dominate Eurasia, in revenge against NATO expansion
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The Conservatives Have a Long History of Taking Money From Russia
TJ Coles explores the Conservative Party’s decades-long attempts to schmooze Russian oligarchs
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Boris Johnson’s Gesture Politics Won’t Help Ukrainian Refugees
The Prime Minister’s rhetoric about helping the Ukrainian people under a savage assault by Russian troops has not been backed up by action, reports Adam Bienkov
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Coercion and Deterrence: Putin’s Irrational Nuclear Threats are a Risk to the Whole World
The Russian President’s threats to use nuclear force should be a wake-up call for the West, writes Dr Andrew Corbett
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Putin’s Gamble and the First Shots of a Revolution
Paul Niland argues that the Russian President has doubled down on his gamble by invading Ukraine, with dire consequences for his undemocratic rule in Russia
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Kleptocracy Versus Democracy: Vladimir Putin’s Biggest Fear
Trump, Giuliani, Manafort and a host of Russian oligarchs have all felt threatened by Ukraine’s efforts to tackle corruption and improve democratic accountability, reports Matt Bernardini
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The First Great Information War
The Observer and Guardian journalist explains how the Russian President Vladimir Putin won the first phase of his war on Europe, by convincing us it wasn’t happening
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The Real Trojan Horse: Beware Russians Bearing Gifts
As Russian troops reach Kyiv, state terror is rained on innocent civilians. Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu explore why the British Conservative Party has ignored Putin’s violent extremism in the mother of all intelligence failures
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Corruption Fatigue: The Conservative Plan to Quash its Partygate and Russia Scandals
Sam Bright explores the psychological warfare enacted by Boris Johnson and his party to buttress its political position
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Conspiracy and Paranoia: Putin’s Far-Right Cheerleaders
The Russian President’s anti-NATO, anti-EU, anti-gender stance has won him support over Ukraine from far-right and populist-right actors
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Voters Want Conservatives to Ban Russian Donations to the Party – Poll
An exclusive poll by Omnisis for Byline Times reveals the overwhelming public appetite to see Russian donations banned to Boris Johnson’s party
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UK Sanctions Will ‘Flop’ Because the City of London is Compromised by Russian Money
A former US defence advisor warns that Britain is likely to be the biggest drag on any Western sanctions initiative against Putin
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Boris Johnson Allowed Russian Interference into the UK as Putin Prepared For War
The Prime Minister has at best stood by as the Russian President sought to destabilise the West – and at worst facilitated him, reports Adam Bienkov
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Conservative Party Dodges Questions on Vetting of Russian-Linked Donors
Max Colbert reports on the unwillingness of Boris Johnson’s party to explain how it audits its benefactors
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‘International Community has Moral Obligation to Act Now’: Indian Diaspora Groups Hold Summit on Preventing Genocide
As the persecution of Muslims in India continues apace, CJ Werleman reports on new attempts to prevent an atrocity
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Has the Prime Minister Been Compromised by Russia?
John Sweeney delves into the ties between Boris Johnson and several Russian oligarchs
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Boris Johnson Refuses to Extend Russian Money ‘Clampdown’ to Conservative Donors
The Prime Minister accused his opponents of ‘Russophobia’ for asking about donations to the Conservative Party from individuals linked to Russia, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘I Hope Europe Finally Realises’: How Putin’s ‘Horror’ Speech Went Down in Kyiv
Chris York speaks to people on the streets of Kyiv after Vladimir Putin’s rambling speech and the moving of more Russian troops into eastern Ukraine
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Ukraine is a Warning Shot – This is About Us All
Kyiv resident Paul Niland explains why the West must finally recognise the real cause of Russia’s aggression – and take a firm and collective stand against Vladimir Putin
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Far-Right Infiltration: The Extremists Hiding in Germany’s Police and Military
Some serving police and military personnel in Germany are plotting for ‘Day X’ – a far-right conspiracy that seeks to overthrow democracy and launch a race war
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Unelected Lords are our Last Defence Against the Government’s Undemocratic Elections Bill
Now in the upper chamber for its second reading, Maddy Dhesi sets out how the controversial Elections Bill is a dangerous attack on British democracy in the name of British democracy
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Red Alert: Several Major Government Departments Vulnerable to Cyber Attack
Sam Bright reveals the security gaps at the heart of the Whitehall machine
