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Banning Russia Today serves as propaganda for its persecution complex
RT trades off presenting the "real" news the Man doesn't want you to hear.
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Discover the latest New Statesman content on Russia, exploring the politics, culture and economy of the nation. Insightful coverage and analysis of the war in Ukraine and Putin’s presidency.
RT trades off presenting the "real" news the Man doesn't want you to hear.
ByBoris Johnson has spent a week trying to woo Gulf leaders in an attempt to secure alternative energy supplies.
ByVolodymyr Groysman on what the West got wrong about Russia and how it can help Ukraine win its war.
ByThe writer Kate Tsurkan recounts what it's like to watch the assault on eastern Ukraine from her home in the…
ByVladimir Putin has cast himself as a historical leader, harnessing past grievances and tsarist imperialism to justify his assault on…
ByA collaboration between the New Statesman, the Centre for Information Resilience and Bellingcat tracks assaults on ordinary Ukrainians.
ByExperts suggest that banning Russian oil and gas would impact the German economy less than the Covid pandemic did.
BySome are already too deep into conspiracy theories to break with Russia, or at least to side cleanly with Ukraine.
ByHaunted by the nightmares of history, Vladimir Putin is the latest Russian leader to use violence and occupation to control…
ByTo walk away from Beijing's relationship with Moscow, Xi would have to admit he had made a mistake – that…
ByIf China stands with Russia, Beijing risks being isolated as US influence in the non-Western world grows.
ByGerman Galushchenko, Ukraine’s energy minister, and the economic adviser Oleg Ustenko call on Germany to lead an EU oil boycott.
ByGrains, fertiliser and fuel are soaring in price.
ByFor Vladimir Putin, the fall of the Soviet Union was “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century”.
ByTheir human rights record is hardly an improvement on Russia's.
ByThe question hanging over Westminster is how to respond if Russian attacks stray over Ukraine's western border.
ByIt will take a lot for the Russians to terrify the city's remaining residents into submission.
ByThe UK and US fear Moscow is preparing to violate a “red line”, just as its Syrian ally did last…
ByHis ties to Biden and his personal history make him uniquely qualified as secretary of state as Putin wages war.
ByShould Big Tech be able to say who lives or dies?
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