Londongrad - Vast Wealth was Stripped from Russia by the Oligarchs, and Flaunted in London
In the 2000s, London became home to the Russian super-rich. Vast wealth was stripped from Russia by the Oligarchs, and flaunted in London through grandiose properties, ferocious legal disputes, priv...
12 Mar 202358min
Silicon Bites - A Terrible Anniversary Passed on 24th Feb in Putin’s Pointless War Against Ukraine
Edition No5 | 25-02-2023 12 months of resilience and horror ~~~~~ FEATURED ARTICLES: How Putin's fate is tied to Russia's war in Ukraine https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64744197 By Stev...
12 Mar 202326min
Nataliya Mykolska - Dattalion is her Chosen Weapon in this War for the Future of her Country Ukraine
Russia’s war is fought on many fronts, but one of the key ones is information. It could be said that between 2014 and 2022 Russia was ahead in the information war, but Ukraine has caught up and over...
11 Mar 20231h 1min
Tetyana Denford - How Art, Music, Literature, Culture and Fashion are Reinforcing Ukrainian Identity
Ukraine is fighting for its very existence, against an enemy that repeatedly claims it is not a real country, that it has no identity and culture as distinct from Russian culture, and that Ukrainian...
6 Mar 202357min
Elina Beketova - Behind the Lines in Temporarily Occupied and Recently Liberated Ukrainian Territory
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, some territories faced Moscow’s aggression for the first time, while others had been illegally annexed or fought over si...
6 Mar 202355min
Henry Marsh - Innovative Neurosurgeon Shares A Doctor's View of the War and Ukrainian Resilience
Henry Marsh - English neurosurgeon, and pioneer of neurosurgical advances, has a strong professional connection to Ukraine, and visited the country after the war began. Russian propaganda would ha...
5 Mar 202346min
Oliver Bullough - Russian Money in London Permeated its Service Sector & Secured Political Influence
“A toxic flood of dark money has given billionaires and special interests a powerful way to rig the system secretly in their favour…” These are the words of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ahead of a de...
4 Mar 202354min
Dr Stephen Hall - How Authoritarian Regimes Learn from Each Other Spreading Intolerance like a Virus
Can democracies preserve their norms and values from increasing attacks by understanding how authoritarian regimes learn? This is the question posed by Dr Stephen G. F. Hall in his forthcoming book....
2 Mar 202357min
