We’ve Been Conned Before–By Ourselves
12 November 2018 – New York, USA by Victor Rud How can Russia, a single country, so easily pin Western democracy against the ropes? We could do worse than to…
The Provocation of “Sanctioning” Russia
25 June 2018 – New York, US by Victor Rud Public focus on President Trump’s comments earlier this month about readmitting Russia to the G7 group of the most advanced…
A Killing Epidemic: The Culling of Russian Media Opponents
20 April 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova When I was working on the story of the attempted poisoning of former Colonel GRU Sergey Skripal in the English…
Recap: Where, exactly, is the surprise about Russia?
26 March 2018 – New York, US by Victor Rud – Board member of the Ukrainian American Bar Association and Chairman of its Committee on Foreign Affairs Why are…
Recap: An examination of “The World Order – Putin’s Way”
15 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Putin acknowledged that he controlled Yanukovych, expressed his readiness to destroy the world in a nuclear war and was…
Recap: “Sleepers” Series is a black mark of the Russian opposition
25 October 2017 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova It’s rather difficult to write about the spy series “Sleepers” shown recently on the First Channel, if only because most…
Recap: A Terrible Sinking Feeling – Turkey’s Course Set for Turmoil
8 March 2017 – London, UK by Chris Murray As I watch the only secular democratic state of the Middle East plunge headlong into the abyss I am left with a terrible…
Recap: UK’s Labour Party & NATO
23 February 2017 – York, UK by David Heaton The Labour Party opposition in the UK should be in a mood of high confidence. The Conservative Party has been scrambling…
Turkey’s Troublesome Times Continuing with No End in Sight
20 December 2016 – London, UK by Chris Murray It feels like only moments ago that Defence Report was analysing the attempted coup in Turkey. July does not feel a long way away…
Recap: Canadian Conservatives Stand by Outdated Document, says Bezan
11 March 2016, Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb In a recent op-ed in Embassy News, James Bezan stated that the Conservative Party still stands by their 2008 Canada First Defence…