Putin’s War: Day 19
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♦ 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...
Poet’s thoughts on a plane to Brussels
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by Alojz Peterle, Ljubljana, March 1, 2022
Row 18, sitting alone. Because of Covid? The war? Was no-one travelling? Pretty alone anyway, en route to...
Putin’s War, Day 13 NEWS IN BRIEF 08/03/22
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Putin's War day 13
by Edward Steen. Vienna, March 8, 2022
♦ KHM 11 this afternoon - Biden suspends oil imports from Russia
♦ ABC News...
News in brief 07/03/22
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♦ US secretary of state Antony Blinken has assured Lithuania and Latvia of NATO protection and American support as he made visits to two...
“If Ukraine falls, Europe will fall” – Zelensky
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Federalists' two pan-European broadcasts
by Edward Steen. Vienna, March 6, 2022
The Union of European Federalists has over a space of two days organised two historic...
Sale of the century: how Putin got to power
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Cannes, 6 March 2022
by Mark Porter
A Quick Guide: how the oligarchs took control of Russia after the collapse of the USSR, leading to the...
Ukraine: mass-protest online Saturday, March 5
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by Edward Steen, Vienna. March 6, 2022
Organised throughout Europe by the Union of European Federalists
Europe's first-ever supranational demonstration took place online last night at...
Nord Stream to nowhere threatens Putin’s war
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by Edward Steen. Vienna, March 5, 2022
The latest issue of the specialist magazine World Oil explains some of the more tangled aspects of Russian...
Gergiev’s star falls as Kyiv prepares to look Hell in the face
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Cannes, 1 March 2022
by Mark Porter
Russia’s star conductor, Valery Gergiev, has been sacked by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and also dropped by his management over...
What role has Gerhard Schröder played in all this?
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How treacherous was/is Gerhard Schröder?
by Edward Steen, Vienna 24/02/22
Gerhard Schröder, 77, the former German Chancellor, chairman of the Russian energy giant since 2017, has...