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Russia cannot be said to be ‘losing’ the war as long as people are dying in Ukraine, but nor do they appear to be winning Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin 22 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Vladimir Putin’s KGB background likely affected intelligence disaster in Ukraine 21 March 2022 | Dan…
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Introducing the Russian Asset Tracker, designed to track and catalogue the vast wealth held outside Russia by oligarchs and key figures close to Putin 21 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News 21 March 2022 | Drew Sullivan | Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project The Russian Asset Tracker has an ambitious goal:…
Perhaps we had it all wrong and Comrade Putin sees himself as a rock star Photo: Putin’s speech during a concert marking the eighth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea outside Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2022. RIA Novosti Host Includes a video of the ‘celebration with ‘rough’ English subtitles. It is truly…
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Many far-right conservatives like that Putin’s a nationalist, so-called patriot tough guy who doesn’t put up with open immigration, “fake” media criticism Photo: Ukrainian servicemen help a woman carrying a small dog across the Irpin River on an improvised path while assisting people fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim…
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Russia may be headed once again for an inglorious Afghanistan 2.0 military exit from Ukraine. Photo: A Russian soldier-internationalist guards roads during the Soviet-Afghan War. Photo Credit: RIA Novosti, Wikipedia Commons. 05 March 2022 | Dr. Subhash Kapila | Euroasiareview | With additional information Russian President Putin’s ‘War of Choice’ in invading Ukraine reflective of…
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Jack Sweeney is the aviation enthusiast who turned down Elon Musk’s money to stop tracking his plane’s movements. Photos in the gallery are said to include rare photos from inside one of Putin’s private jets. 01 March 2022 | Elena Gorgan | AutoEvolution Jack Sweeney is an aviation enthusiast who found himself in the crossfire…
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Having condemned western-style regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, Russia is once again indulging in the same practice in Ukraine Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on 9 May 2021 (AFP) 24 February 2022 |…
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Dear Vladimir Putin: Your friends think it is time for a weekend getaway! Nothing says ‘life’ like a weekend of fishing in Siberia!
The ‘Olympic Truce’ began seven days before the start of the Olympic Games and ends seven days after the conclusion of the Paralympics, which will conclude March 13. Photo: The Olympic Truce Flag 27 February 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News The truce is intended to secure safe passage for athletes during the…
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The defense minister and the chief of the military’s General Staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty.” UPDATE: Vladimir Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces on high alert 27 February 2022 | Andrew Roth | The Guardian Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to put Russia’s nuclear deterrence…
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Protesters, most of whom appear to be young, were quick to take to the streets in anti-war protests against the “special military operation” against Ukraine. Photo: Rally on Pushkin Square, Moscow on 24 February 2022 against the invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Kommersant Photo Agency/Rex/Shutterstock 27 February 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News | From various sources…
In his latest essay, John Pilger describes the changes in the reporting of war crises such as the ‘imminent invasion’ of Ukraine Photo: Britain is arming Ukraine and training its army. Image: Pexels John Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He…
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