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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The west is letting Putin get his way on Ukraine

Published by The Guardian (28th November, 2014) Ukraine’s new parliament was sworn in today. More than 400 members took their oaths, but 27 seats remain vacant – the annexation of […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

How the Tories are helping Ukip

Published by The Independent (17th November, 2014) First Clacton, now Rochester – the unlikely landmarks of British political history as Ukip takes one more step on to Tory terrain […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Fascists, felons and fanatical fools: ugly truth about Farage’s friends in Brussels

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd November, 2014) Eleonora Bechis does not hold Nigel Farage in high regard. She calls him ‘a misogynist, homophobe and xenophobe,’ adding that […]

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Europe / European Union / Immigration / Policy / Politics

Britain’s refusal to save migrants is an act of inhumanity

Published by The Guardian (29th October 2014) Last year a wealthy couple called Regina and Christopher Catrambone were cruising the Mediterranean when they saw a jacket float past […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Why do we stand by and watch Putin?

Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were filled with families fleeing the city,which lies in […]

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Europe / France / Politics

Look to France for a vision of life under Miliband

Published by The Guardian (27th August, 2014) History never tires of repeating itself. More than three decades ago Socialists won power in France with promises to revive the […]

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Europe / Ukraine

With the remains of 200 victims, the train of death finally moves out

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd July, 2014) The freight train filled with its grisly cargo of death last night finally pulled out of the station where it […]

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Europe / Ukraine

The grimmest journey for MH17 victims

Published by The Daily Mail (21st July, 2014) The stench of death is thick in the air as onlookers peer inside a freight train containing the bodies of […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The graveyard of desecration

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2oth July, 2014) There was something almost beautiful about the white ribbons tied to stakes as they fluttered in the wind; some […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Blood on Putin’s hands?

Published by The Daily Mail (18th July 2014) The world may have averted its gaze towards Israel and Gaza, but this week the rumbling warfare in eastern Ukraine […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics / Russia / Ukraine

Ukraine and the shame of Europe

Published by The Wall Street Journal (22nd May, 2014) There are flickers of hope that calm can descend again on Eastern Europe. We are told that those threatening […]

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David Cameron’s right-wing problem

Published by The Wall Street Journal (7th May 2014) Shortly after David Cameron became leader of the Conservatives in Britain, a caller to a radio show asked him about a […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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