Posted by Richard Iron: https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/about-us/our-people/richard-iron/
2nd September 2023
How Putin’s Soviet-style propaganda machine created a brainwashed ‘zombie nation’ as he drags Russia behind Iron Curtain | The Sun
How Putin’s ‘Soviet’ propaganda turned Russia into brainwashed ‘zombie nation’
LONG before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin began building his very own Soviet-style propaganda machine. But Vlad’s warped techniques
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2nd September 2023
If want to know the real horror that has eaten young Zimbabweans alive read this heartbreaking post by
a young entrepreneur – then read the comments & hear the casualties
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Victor Mapunga
@victor_mapunga
1st September 2023
Sometimes when I think about the level of CORRUPTION & incompetence in Zimbabwe, I laugh. I recently met a manager at a public sector firm whom we briefly dealt with a few years ago. That firm is the reason why I stopped trying to work with government entirely, what happened… Show more
September 1st, 2023
Today is the Day of Odesa In Odesa there is a copy of a statue of Laocoön, who Greek & Roman mythology says was defeated, along with his two kids, by giant sea serpents. Today, the snakes of the Navy attack Odesa. Unlike Laocoön: Odesa exists & will prevail.
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Glasnost Gone
2nd September 2023
Good news: Due to worldwide outrage, not least in #Sweden & #Ukraine, the
has backed down & “choose to repeat last year’s exception to regular practice – to not invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus & Iran” to their 2023 #NobelPrize banquet https://nobelprize.org/press-english/
2nd September 2023
Reaching targets 1,500 km deep inside Russia is no longer a problem—Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council Secretary Danilov stated that Ukraine has successfully tested various drones and some missiles. “The nationality of the weapons used on the Russian Federation’s territory… Show more
1st September 2023
The Russian authorities have this evening branded Nobel peace laureate Dmitry Muratov a “foreign agent”
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@echofm_online
1st Setpember 2023
Главный редактор «Новой газеты» Дмитрий Муратов попал в список «иностранных агентов».
2nd September 2023
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Minna Ålander
@minna_alander
2nd September 2023
The Nobel committee will NOT invite Russian, Belarusian and Iranian ambassadors after even the king of Sweden said he’s considering not to attend if the ambassadors are invited. https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10040899
In the past 2 weeks, #Assad & his regime have come under more pressure than in years — in too many ways to fit in a single tweet, so a brief summary is here. In short: #Syria’s crisis persists as it’s root cause & core drivers remain as bad, if not worse than they were in 2011.
Andrew Tate: Chats in ‘War Room’ suggest dozens of women groomed
2nd September 2023
Outside , Russian sanctioned oligarchs & businessmen are slowly daring to be critical of Putin’s invasion of #Ukraine – to save their own arses/credibility. Andrey Melnichenko, richest man, has criticised attacks on civilian targets in as crimes. https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/sep/02/russia-ukraine-war-live-boat-targeting-crimea-bridge-destroyed-moscow-says-kyiv-claims-advances-in-south?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-64f307558f083bb275c233e0#block-64f307558f083bb275c233e0
2nd September 2023
#India now rubbing salt in Russia’s Moon wound. First they do a successful Moon landing, now they’re off to the Sun.
2nd September 2023
The 18-kilometer bridge connecting Crimea peninsula to the Russian mainland is under increased unmanned boats attacks
2nd September 2023
Displays of flowers, photographs and other memorabilia appeared in several cities after the mutinous mercenary leader’s death in a plane crash.
themoscowtimes.com In Photos: Russians Mourn Prigozhin With Makeshift Memorials Gallery |
2nd September 2023
Moscow is concerned about the tendency of the US, UK and French representatives to abuse their powers in the UN Security Council, including when it comes to peacekeeping efforts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said: https://vk.cc/cqzT6S
1st September 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he will soon meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping: https://vk.cc/cqzFoT
1st September 2023
What are the origins of Putin’s private army that is quickly becoming the country’s second military force? Read the story of the Russian leader’s “Praetorian Guard” on our website.
1sst September 2023
What are the origins of Putin’s private army that is quickly becoming the country’s second military force? Read the story of the Russian leader’s “Praetorian Guard” on our website.
Changing of the guard. What is the story behind the agency known as Putin’s private army, where…
2nd September 2023
We continue to facilitate the stabilization and national reconciliation process in the CAR It is time to consider complete removal of the Security Council’s sanctions against CAR. https://t.me/MFARussia/17237 #UNGA78
2nd September 2023
Iran’s accession to the BRICS group, which has so far included Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is being hailed as a strategic success for its foreign policy in the face of illegal sanctions by the United States.
2nd September 2023
Shameful! US lobbying firm BGR attempted to shield Russian bandits Fridman and Aven from sanctions. Every enabler assisting Kremlin thugs needs to be exposed. They are the root cause of why Russia has been successful in its attacks on the West & democracy
A citizen of Russia and Germany arrested in Germany in a case of circumventing EU sanctions He is suspected of supplying Russia with components for Orlan-10 drones used in the war against Ukraine. The publication “Important Stories” reports that the suspect may be German… Show more
2nd September 2023
We are advancing today with EU Foreign Ministers on how to best ensure sustainable support to #Ukraine: – the peace formula & our intl outreach; – military support, under my proposed Ukraine Assistance Fund; – resilience, reconstruction and accession reforms; We #StandWithUkraine
Belarus opposition leader Pavel Latushko told the Polish Press Agency on Aug. 28 that Belarus’ Internal Affairs Ministry is issuing new passports to Wagner mercenaries, allowing them to easily enter the EU and potentially engage in sabotage and terrorism.
Climate War …. too
1,939 views Apr 26, 2023 As the Ukraine War continues well into its second year with no end yet in sight, the topic of how wars end continues to be one of the most important issues in global affairs. Drawing on a very wide range of expert testimonies and practical examples, Damien Kingsbury and Richard Iron will explore how and why wars end. Using their own experiences and viewpoints – one as a professional negotiator, the other a professional soldier – they will explore how understanding why wars start is fundamental to understanding how they might end and, once started, understanding what prolongs them is critical to how to end them.
https://youtu.be/hXxQ9muJf9c
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“That such lowly beginnings would soon become one of the world’s strongest dictatorships is beyond fantastic. Lenin was essentially a pamphleteer. In 1918 he was identified as “Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars and journalist,” and earned more money from publication honoraria (15,000 rubles) than from his salary (10,000 rubles).17 Trotsky was a writer as well, and a grandiloquent orator, but similarly without experience or training in statecraft. Sverdlov was something of an amateur forger, thanks to his father’s engraving craft, and a crack political organizer but hardly an experienced policy maker. Stalin was also an organizer, a rabble-rouser, and, briefly, a bandit, but primarily a periodicals editor—commissar of nationalities was effectively his first regular employment since his brief stint as a teenage Tiflis weatherman. Now,”
― Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
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Who Watches the Watchers? 