Russia’s decision to ban diesel exports this week has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, tightening supplies of one of the world’s most widely used fuels and driving prices sharply higher across
In a statement that has escalated tensions between Russia and the West, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), claimed that US and British intelligence agencies were behind the
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There is a scene early on in Nathanael West’s satirical 1933 novella Miss Lonelyhearts that reeks of depression, despair, and genius. It’s hard to forget. The protagonist is a lovelorn advice columnist for a
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on Thursday regarding the two attacks by Western long-range weapons on Russian territory on November 19 and 21 and Moscow’s reactive strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex
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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a stark warning about the growing risks of nuclear escalation in the Ukraine conflict, urging all parties to take decisive steps to prevent the use
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Every winter the war in Ukraine reaches an interregnum of sorts as ground conditions become unfavourable for conduct of military operations. This year there is an additional factor of US President elect
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President-elect Donald Trump has issued a stark warning that the United States is closer than ever to World War III under the current administration. Speaking on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Trump
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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that Western nations will eventually need to engage in dialogue with Russia to bring an end to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. In an interview
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RISE OF ADOLF HITLER TO POWER Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of propaganda,
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We’ve seen an uproar since it’s become apparent that the US has given Ukraine permission to launch long-range strikes deep inside Russia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, Moscow’s unequivocal warnings
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Ukraine says that Russia launched an ICBM that crashed into a manufacturing facility in Dnipro. Russia has said nothing. Some Russian mil-bloggers seem to have taken Ukrainian propaganda and supplied video as
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