By Rachel Lloyd | RT | October 6, 2021 With gas prices rising dramatically across much of Western Europe, and a dip in its transit through Belarus and Ukraine to the EU, many commentators have pointed the finger once again at Russia, as the source for all their woes. For some, this is evidence that President […]
By Jonny Tickle | RT | October 6, 2021 Russia has nothing to do with the rapidly rising gas prices in Europe, and the country is providing as much as it possibly can to the rest of the continent, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, amid accusations that Moscow is to blame. Speaking to journalists on […]
CrossTalk | Host Peter Lavelle with 21WIRE editor Patrick Henningsen and author George Szamuely.
Kit Knightly The Pandora Papers are out! Following the riveting Panama Papers in 2016, and the astounding Paradise Papers of 2017, the latest entry in the trilogy of financial “leaks” is finally here, and I couldn’t be more excited. The “leaks” So let’s get right down to it…what do the “leaks” say? Well, according to …
21WIRE + The Cradle | Is this a prelude to the 'final push' that Damascus has been seeking for so long?
In Daniel Rancour-Laferriere’s ambitious psychohistorical study, The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering, the author, a psychoanalytically-oriented Russian studies scholar, presents an overarching thesis: that Russian character was long grounded in masochistic tendencies. Scholars have long recognized that folktales as well as popular literature often express recurring psychological themes specific to […]
RT | September 29, 2021 YouTube has violated Russian law by taking down two German-language channels run by RT, the Kremlin has insisted, cautioning that the American tech giant will face serious consequences unless it urgently reinstates the accounts. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said that “there are of course […]
Patrick Henningsen | A dangerous move in banning state media - which threatens to start a tit-for-tat media war between the West and Russia.
It is almost taken for granted, if not an article of faith, in the progressive milieu (e.g., here) that the US empire is declining. Does this hold up, or is it comfort food for the frustrated hoping for the revolution? First, it is essential not to confuse the ongoing decline of the living conditions of […]
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It’s nice to hear President Joe Biden saying that the US “era of relentless war is over”. But “nice” doesn’t mean “credible”. Indeed, the probable chances are that Biden’s words are sugary, hollow and disingenuous. Sentimental candy-floss. © REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz So hold on to the ticker-tape celebrations and champagne toasting a new era […]
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