In the second part of our interview, Russian socialist and political economist Ilya Matveev sat down with Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Federico Fuentes to discuss how Putin’s Russia transformed from friend to foe of Western imperialism.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin's regime is using anti-terror laws to step up its repression at home and in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, reports Federico Fuentes.
Ukrainian socialist and author of Ukraine and the Empire of Capital Yuliya Yurchenko discusses the key domestic factors that shaped Ukrainian politics from independence to Russia’s invasion.
As tensions heat up on the Ukraine-Russia border, Vijay Prashad looks at the factors and interests behind what is happening.