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Russians rally behind Putin – Wagner coup collapses!

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

Life is returning to normal in Moscow following the Wagner mutiny last weekend that began as high drama with an abortive “March on Moscow” but ended in low farce with Wagnerians returning to their barracks and their boss Evgeny Prigozhin going into involuntary exile in Belarus.

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Visiting Russia during sanctions and war

by Theo Russell

On a recent visit to Russia to attend an activist conference in Moscow I gained a fascinating impression of this great and civilised country during a time of war.

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Editorial

The dreams of a war-lord

In October 1922 Mussolini’s Blackshirts marched on Rome. Within days the fascist leader had been appointed prime minister by the Italian king and was forming his first government.

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