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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Is Moscow hiring gangsters to sabotage Western factories supplying arms to Ukraine?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th May, 2024) Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key Ukrainian allies are being targeted by Russian saboteurs […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

We’re still stunningly complacent about this tyrant’s grave threat

Published by The Daily Mail (18th March, 2024) Thirteen years ago, Vladimir Putin went to watch a martial arts tournament and, as he congratulated the winner of one heavyweight […]

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Europe / France / Russia / Ukraine

Macron’s hypocritical stance on Ukraine

Published by The i paper (4th March, 2024) Last week Emmanuel Macron, the French President, engaged in sabre-rattling that set nerves jangling from Moscow to Washington. Speaking at […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Only history can judge Zelensky’s big gamble

Published by The i paper (12th February, 2024) Volodymyr Zelensky is a bold, competitive and determined man, driven by an astonishing sense of self-belief. These personal traits took […]

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Canada / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / World

Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying

Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Yesterday Labour leader […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

One woman’s story is a reminder of our duty to Ukraine

Published by The i paper (18th December, 2023) The chilly winds of appeasement blow through the West as Ukrainians shed blood in their epochal battle between democracy and […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping fruit tea while chatting amid the bustle of […]

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Russia / Ukraine

Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin

Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds of war as Ukraine’s capital suffered its heaviest […]

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Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]

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Denmark / Europe / Greenland

What kind of nation forcibly sterilises girls as young as 12 to cut welfare bills?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th November, 2023) Like many teenagers, 15-year-old Arnaq took a part-time job in a local shop to earn some money. Appallingly, though, […]

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Crime / Europe / Norway / Policy

What prisons can teach us about democracy

Published by UnHerd (4th September, 2023) Andrea Albutt has been a dedicated public servant for almost four decades who worked as a military nurse and ran four prisons.  But […]

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Europe / Russia / United States / World

Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot

Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]

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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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