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Vladimir Putin, Impaler or Impaled?

Vladimir Putin, Impaler or Impaled? The Barbican, 16th March 2022, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov, Yuja Wang, reviewed by Leslie Jones In this long overdue return of an international symphony orchestra to the Barbican, politics overshadowed music. Semyon Bychkov, … Continue reading

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Whither Ukraine?

Whither Ukraine? THE FOURTH REPUBLIC: Why Europe Needs Ukraine and Why Ukraine Needs Europe, Borys Lozhkin, Kyiv: Novyj Druk, 2016, reviewed by Stoddard Martin It is a principle nearly unarguable in the capitalist West that the ‘shock therapy’ delivered by … Continue reading

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What next in Russia’s “near abroad”?

What next in Russia’s “near abroad”? The Ethnic Conflict Information Centre identifies possible scenarios Ukraine’s modern history has been dominated by its struggle for national identity and self-determination in the face of aggression and outright occupation from its bigger Russian … Continue reading

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Where’s America’s right to referendum, secession?

Where’s America’s right to referendum, secession? ILANA MERCER smells hypocrisy hanging over Crimea From a node in the neoconservative network, a Fox News studio, Charles Krauthammer has complained about the eviction of the Ukrainian Navy from the city of Sevastopol, … Continue reading

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Russia – the un-Bearable rightness of being

Russia – the un-Bearable rightness of being GREGORY SLYSZ asks what the war in Syria, the coup d’état in Ukraine and the Sochi Olympic Games have in common The current level of Russophobia among Western governments and media has strong … Continue reading

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Euro 2012 – the BBC scores an own goal

Euro 2012 – the BBC scores an own goal Guest article by GREGORY SLYSZ The Euro football championships held in Ukraine and Poland ended with a most fitting finale, as Spain, the existing champions, as well as world champions, successfully … Continue reading

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