Day 216: Sketch of an unfolding fiasco
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Sham referendum
Elections officials in Moscow said Tuesday that eligible voters in Russia had overwhelmingly cast their ballots in favour of the...
Corrupt Russian police beat and rape poet
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Russian activist and poet Artyom Kamardin has been beaten and raped by Moscow police, Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on Monday.
A source told the outlet that...
Crushing victory for Italy’s hard right
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With all but 2% of the votes counted, the right-wing alliance to which the Brothers of Italy belong trounced its nearest rivals, a centre-left...
Is the US energy problem about to be ours too?
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es Vienna 25/09/22
Our westernmost AEJ member Llewellyn King is moderating an online discussion on September 30 which might, should interest us. He writes:
Dear Friends,
Study...
Day 213 of Russia’s War on Ukraine
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A UN-mandated investigation commission said it found evidence of war crimes including executions, rape, torture and confinement of children in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine after...
US: “Catastrophic consequences” if Russia uses nukes as unrest begins to shake the Kremlin
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Third day of voting in referendums on joining Russia
Regions would have Russia's 'full protection' - Lavrov
Police, opponents of Russian mobilisation clash...
Veteran AEJ writer publishes first novel
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Vienna, September 25, 2022
Honorary President Otmar Lahodynsky writes here about the just-published first novel by his colleague in Brussels:
Wolfgang Böhm, an AEJ member...
War comes home to Russians as thousands flee conscription
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es Vienna, September 25, 2022
Meduza, the amazing Russian publication-in-exile, reported last night on what Putin has now inflicted on his own people, as well...
If Putin dies tomorrow…
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As acting president, elected president, prime minister, and then president again, Vladimir Putin has now ruled Russia for almost 23 years. And it doesn’t...
Why is Putin escalating the war?
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Foreign Affairs: Fiona Hill podcast
Putin is taking a number of steps to up the ante in Ukraine. This week, Kremlin-backed leaders in Russian-occupied areas...