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Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Putin bribing his main supporters and controlling what Russians hear about the war in Ukraine

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If Putin thought that his recent threats or that his attempted deflection of the eyes of the EU and the US away from Ukraine and towards the...
Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Putin protecting his mafia-siloviki clan

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Like any mafia Don who protects those closest to him, Putin's response to the sanctions imposed upon Russia and his clique by the EU, US...
Monday, 29 September 2014

Putin's 'one trick' energy economy and the coming of winter

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Anne Applebaum, in a talk given at the LSE (London School of Economics) on 28 January 2013, pointed out that Russia is a 'one-trick...
Saturday, 27 September 2014

Putin, Ukraine, and the coming of Winter 2014

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As if almost to underscore the palpable fear that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has of Putin; three days after a meeting in Bud...
Friday, 26 September 2014

Does Putin's latest threat hide his fears?

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It has now emerged that Putin has demanded from the EU a re-opening of the, "... recently-ratified trade pact with Ukraine and has th...
Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Putin upping the confrontation stakes. Who will blink first.

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Today, the 24th September 2014, merely seems to be confirming the fact that Putin's single mindedness in re-creating Novorossiya , irres...
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself

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On Sunday 21st September, thousands of people marched in Moscow and other Russian cities, including St. Petersburg,  protesting Russia's...