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What a mess. The idea is that the often fictional EU payments to refugees would be used to pay for work in Ukraine. Photo: Ukrainian soldiers walk on a destroyed bridge in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, April 20.(Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press) Fables of the Reconstruction. Reconstruction of the Fables. 07 June 2022…
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If the US goal is to crush Russia’s economy with sanctions and isolation, why is Europe in an economic free fall instead? Photo: Washington’s competition with rising power Russia is so fierce, it is willing to sacrifice Europe. Photo Credit: The Cradle Sit back and watch Europe commit suicide 07 April 2022 | Pepe Escobar |…
Plans for sanctions were grounded on the understanding that the US refusal to entertain any diplomatic negotiations had backed Russia into a corner. 28 March 2022 | Nick Beams | WSWS Within days of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, the US and the European Union imposed a series of sweeping sanctions on Russia aimed…
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The order also applies to any individual who shares RT content. 10 March 2022 | JULIAN CLOVER | Broadband TV News EU sanctions aimed at silencing disinformation from Kremlin-backed organisations such as Russia Today require Google to remove them from its search results, it has emerged. Last week, the European Union outlawed the transmission of…
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And no, it isn’t just you. Many people are scratching their heads. Here the author dissects 15 Crisis narratives 28 February 2022 | Paul Street | Counter Punch Especially when deepened by the fog of war, stupidity comes in many mutually reinforcing forms. Let’s examine and get past some stupid thinking on the Russian invasion…
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