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Georgia in turmoil over media freedom

Paris, March 10, 2023 After three days of intense street protests in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, parliamentarians have  scrapped government plans which plainly echo the...

A Czech with balance – Johnny Krčmář

  A Czech with balance by Edward Steen, Vienna, May 21, 2022 My old (actually oldest) friend, “Johnny” died a few days ago. Today I am already...

Putin’s War: Day 19

♦ A senior employee of Russia’s state Channel One television has interrupted the channel’s main news programme with an extraordinary protest against Vladimir Putin’s...

UN refugee figures: where they are

Which countries are Ukraine's refugees fleeing to? Refugees are crossing to neighbouring countries to the west, such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. These...

Sale of the Century 2: The Road to Serfdom

Cannes, 8 March 2022 by Mark Porter A Quick Guide: below is the third part of Adam Curtis's The Trap. He explains the philosophy of liberty...

Nuclear minefield

The irony of the fight is that the better the Ukrainians do in the great David and Goliath contest, the more terrible could be...

Poker-faced murderer keeps everyone guessing

Cannes, 7 March 2022 OPINION by Mark Porter "Putin – khuylo!" they shouted from St Petersburg to Nur-Sultan on the Kazak steppes. But the inalienable right to...

Where is the Russian airforce?

On the fifth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of many unanswered questions is why Russia has launched a military campaign at...

French citizens stranded in Ukraine after following Embassy advice

Cannes, 1 March 2022 by Ana Pouvreau While more than 660,000 Ukrainians have already left the country, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian left it until...

Justice clad in gold

Dateline: Britain In what was the land of the free, these days only the rich can afford justice. Specifically the Russian super-rich, who have been...

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