By Sacha Ismail One striking aspect of the 21st November sentencing hearing for Nathan Gill, the former Reform UK Wales leader convicted of taking bribes to make pro-Russian propaganda in the European Parliament, has not been reported on. In his arguments to the court before the judge handed down the sentence, Gill’s defence barrister Peter Wright … Continue reading Covering for Farage and Putin? Nathan Gill’s barrister spouts pro-Russian narrative at Old Bailey
Stop Farage, stop Putin – Protest at Reform UK HQ, 28 October
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Russian state targets Ukraine solidarity campaign
A Russian authority — the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (ROSKOMNADZOR) have issued a demand to Internet website hosting company WordPress to remove the website of UK-based Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (USC). Campaign organisers have been notified by WordPress legal department that they … Continue reading Russian state targets Ukraine solidarity campaign
Anti-Fascists or Conspiracy Theorists? The Truth Behind UK Protests
Nearly three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and a decade after the war began, a small band of so-called anti-fascists took to the streets of London and Glasgow to demand “no more British arms to Ukraine.” We say “so-called”, because the "International Ukraine Anti-Fascist Solidarity" demo shared more in common with far-right disinformation … Continue reading Anti-Fascists or Conspiracy Theorists? The Truth Behind UK Protests
PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST
By Stephen Velychenko Comments on Ilya Budraitskis: “Putinism as New Form of Fascism?” There can be no doubt that as of 2004 Putin, his secret police cronies and associated marginal ideologues like Dugin and Zhirinovsky, had created an authoritarian dictatorship in Russia. Some like Budraitskis characterize this regime as fascist. If this characterization was applicable before … Continue reading PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST
PUTINISM A NEW FORM OF FASCISM?
By ILYA BUDRAITSKIS The invasion of Ukraine has provoked debate on the nature of contemporary Russian society. It has been argued that Russia's war on Ukraine is part of an attack on democracy taking place globally, that Putin’s Russia part of a growing authoritarianism. We publish here an important contribution to this debate by the … Continue reading PUTINISM A NEW FORM OF FASCISM?
The Wagner Mutiny – Some thoughts on Russia
By Val Graham What happened was a dramatic falling out among thieves as a consequence of the invasion going very badly for Russia. Putin heads up various factions. some of them military whose heads all owe allegiance to the Capo. They may hate each other. You can see the separatists under Girkin as one and … Continue reading The Wagner Mutiny – Some thoughts on Russia
WHAT IS BEHIND GROWING RUSSIA-UKRAINE TENSIONS
Russian Army on the border with Ukraine Tensions have been growing between Russia and Ukraine, what is behind this recent escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign spoke with Dr Pete Duncan, a veteran socialist and specialist on Russia who is writing on the relationship between internal change and foreign policy development in the Russian … Continue reading WHAT IS BEHIND GROWING RUSSIA-UKRAINE TENSIONS
Putin Aide promises Donbas Proxies higher ‘pay’ & help with ‘elections’
So much for Moscow’s claim that the events in Donbas are a ‘civil war’ in Ukraine that Russia is not a party to. On 10 October the Russian state news agency TASS reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Vladislav Surkov had met, in Moscow, with the current leader of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ [DPR] and … Continue reading Putin Aide promises Donbas Proxies higher ‘pay’ & help with ‘elections’
THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT
The regime in Russia is ultra-conservative; it defends a reactionary oligarchic capitalism and promotes Russian chauvinism. It is an enemy of the Labour Movement. Yet the Russo-Ukraine War, Russia's role in Syria, the Trump-Putin nexus and assassinations in England have all provided growing evidence of a deep retrogression across a section of the Western Left … Continue reading THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT
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