[PDF file]: […] Russian population and the position of Russian minorities in the former Soviet republics. Thus, in part, the recent events in Ukraine and various comments recently attributed to Putin about the Russian military capacity to invade neighbouring states if necessary to protect those minorities.2 What he does not discuss is striking: there is almost nothing […]
[PDF file]: […] golf course owner and TV celebrity. And much of his income over many years came from money laundering courtesy of the Russian mafia. His affinity for Vladimir Putin certainly seems to derive at least in part from this last factor. He was certainly not one of the US super rich. Short term advantage with […]
[PDF file]: […] still relevant and valid . . . .19 Mr Laurence and the editorial staff at both Covert Action and Consortium News should read the long speech Mr Putin gave in February 2022 in which he made it quite clear that his aim was to reincorporate Ukraine into what he described as ‘the historical Russia […]
[PDF file]: […] interesting point he makes is that even after the collapse of Communism, ‘the level of surveillance in Russia had not eased’. (pp. 69-70) And, of course, Vladimir Putin was to take control of the country by the end of the century. This triumph of authoritarianism in Russia has had an impact throughout the world […]
[PDF file]: […] The Soft Power Ecosystem and Beyond’ at or 81 See, for example, the long analysis by Ivan Katchanovski, at . 82 28 the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. 40 […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
