In the second part of our interview, Russian socialist and political economist Ilya Matveev sat down with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes to discuss how Putin鈥檚 Russia transformed from friend to foe of Western imperialism.
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Ilya Yashin is a Russian opposition politician who was released from prison on August 1 in the prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. Yashin spoke to Ara journalist Cristina Mas on September 30, where this interview was first published in Catalan.
Russian labour and anti-war activist Mikhail Lobanov is part of a new left-wing initiative, called Just World/Just Peace, which is seeking to disrupt Russia's staged presidential elections on March 15鈥17. He spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes about the campaign.
Thousands of troops belonging to the Wagner Private Military Company, a mercenary force linked to the Russian regime, crossed back over the border from Ukraine and marched towards Moscow, on June 23. Russian leftist and former local councillor in Moscow, Alexandr Zamyatin explains why.
Moscow-based poet, translator, and activist Kirill Medvedev, of the Russian Socialist Movement, talks about听President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 war on Ukraine and anti-war resistance at home.
Peace and anti-war groups came together in Sydney to join the global protest against Russia's war in Ukraine on March 6, reports Peter Boyle.
Russia expert Tony Wood told 麻豆传媒听Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine represents 鈥渁 turning point鈥 for his regime.
A new coalition of anti-war socialists has formed in Russia.听Socialists Against the War Coalition speak out against the war in their manifesto.
Thirty years since the collapse of the听Soviet Union and听the end of the Cold War听the promised听peace and听harmony has been illusive, writes William Briggs.
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The Washington insider crowd was absolutely outraged and appalled by Donald Trump鈥檚 performance at Helsinki, Juan Cole notes, as he violated all the principles of American hawkishness.
Trump sat next to Vladimir Putin, leader of a rival power, signaling that Russia is a peer. He sided with Putin over the assessments of the CIA, the National Security Agency and other US intelligence organizations.
US President Donald Trump made a fool of himself when he stood next to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that鈥檚 not the only thing he did in Europe. An editorial in US , abridged below, says the left needs to keep its eye on the deeper threat.
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Hardly a day goes by without much of the mainstream media concentrating on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections. This includes any news about the various investigations into the question, much blowhard opinionating by talking heads, charges that Russia sought to collude with Donald Trump鈥檚 campaign, and more.
It is probably true that Russia would seek to influence US politics to the extent it thought it could. But to keep a sense of proportion, we should recall that the world鈥檚 foremost 鈥渕eddler鈥 in other people鈥檚 politics and elections is Washington itself.
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