War and the Deep State Russia’s military attack on Ukraine starting 24 February 2022, is war. Whether or not countries are actually involved in war, war is always justified by one or more parties to the conflict, and condemned as unjustified by one or more parties. Both sides of the …

Russian President Putin has claimed that he ordered the invasion of Ukraine to “denazify” its government, while Western officials, such as former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul, have called this pure propaganda, insisting, “There are no Nazis in Ukraine.” In the context of the Russian invasion, the post-2014 Ukrainian …

Any Russian business that wants to work with individuals or entities from its “unfriendly countries” list will require government approval, Moscow said on Tuesday (8 March) following the publication of the list on Saturday. The list of apparent enemies of Russia includes all the 27 EU member countries plus Monaco, …