Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th October, 2016) As heavy rain gushed down from glowering skies and cars snaked through heavily fortified customs points, it was impossible […]
Politics
Why will Stop the War not condemn Russia?
Published by The Sun (13th October, 2016) IT was a telling demand from veteran Labour politician Ann Clwyd. Where, she asked fellow MPs, were the protests against Russia […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent
Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the uprising against the Russian stooges running their country […]
Syria / World
Assad fanned the flames of extremism
Published by The Independent (7th December, 2015) How quickly the narrative changes. Just two years ago, our leaders insisted we could not stand idly by after Syria’s president […]
Europe / Russia
Gunned down in a gangster state
Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st March, 2015) Boris Nemtsov knew he might one day be silenced. Now the shocking picture of his body prostrate in the […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Good result for Vladimir the Terrible
Published by The Independent (16th February, 2015) On a dank day last March I was chatting to tense Ukrainian officers besieged in their Crimean base by Russian armed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]