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Economics / Europe / Russia

Double standards of ‘caring capitalism’

Published by The i paper (31st July, 2023) Ben & Jerry’s is a company that exists to sell vast quantities of highly calorific ice-cream around the world. It […]

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Europe / Italy

The mothers having their names erased from their children’s birth certificates — by the state

Published by The Daily Mail (16th July, 2023) The shock news arrived without warning in January: Michela Leidi was being officially cancelled as the mother of her daughter […]

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Europe / France

Troubled republic must search its revolutionary soul

Published by The i paper (3rd July, 2023) In 2009, Africa Express, the collaborative music project I co-founded, held a show in the centre of Paris. So as […]

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Europe / Politics / Russia / United States / World

Three ageing male egomaniacs, clinging to power

Published by The i paper (12th June, 2023) Headlines over the weekend were dominated by three ageing male egomaniacs. They are all desperate to cling to power as […]

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Europe / Russia

It is laughable for Edward Snowden to pose as a freedom fighter

Published by The Times (9th June, 2023) Edward Snowden, the former CIA contractor, is marking the tenth anniversary of his revelations about electronic surveillance systems by warning again […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Mass evacuations as ‘Russia blows up dam’

Published by The Daily Mail (7th June, 2023) Shortly after two o’clock in the morning, residents in Nova Kakhovka woke to loud explosions and then strange rushing sounds. […]

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Africa / Europe / Russia / South Africa / Ukraine

South Africa isn’t neutral on Ukraine

Published by UnHerd (7th June, 2023) “Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division among us: between those who cherish democracy and those who […]

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Europe / Germany / Russia / Ukraine

Putin’s missile madness may backfire

Published by The i paper (5th June, 2023) The hail of Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine has become remorseless. A mother and her nine-year-old daughter were killed […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Yevhen’s story: how a father from Ukraine rescued his children from the Kremlin clutches

Published by Tortoise (30th May, 2023) The Polyany sanatorium is a two-storey brick building in verdant grounds about an hour’s drive west of Moscow. It is a hybrid […]

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Education / Europe / Finland / Policy / Technology

Why Finnish children see through fake news

Published by The i paper (25th May, 2023) Darja Rekani clearly remembers the day in primary school when a teacher showed a series of news reports before asking […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The West’s reluctance to commit fully to Ukraine’s fight will prolong the war

Published by The i paper (15th May, 2023) Since coming to power at the start of this century,  Vladimir Putin has used the Soviet triumph over the Nazis […]

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Europe / Russia

Breathtaking courage of tyrant Putin’s latest show trial victim

Published by The Daily Mail (18th April, 2023) A leading pro-democracy campaigner and Kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25 years in a Russian penal colony for condemning […]

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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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