The narrative in the West is that Putin is completely mad and has started a war he cannot win – a war that is going badly and that has united NATO. Boris’s bluster is that it may be hard but we…
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Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 11:00
Last Update: Sun, 06/03/2022 - 12:20
Putin’s Russia, just like the USSR in the Cold War, is a commodity-driven economy that to many is best described as a ‘Petro country’. Indeed, the revenues that have flowed as a result, since the…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 28/02/2022 - 15:07
Last Update: Wed, 31/12/2025 - 09:27
Introduction
Before Putin started his war, he purposely conducted nuclear response exercises to show the West that his capability…
Posted by David Murrin on Sun, 27/02/2022 - 15:00
Last Update: Sat, 19/03/2022 - 11:11
It is a well-known proverb that ‘no battle plan survives contact with the enemy’, a sentiment that Putin is likely pondering as we write because his operational plan for…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 25/02/2022 - 17:00
Last Update: Wed, 02/03/2022 - 11:42
We have been warning of a dangerous confluence of events that would be brought about by Biden’s weakness as a leader combined with the last third phase of the current…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 25/02/2022 - 10:40
Last Update: Mon, 20/06/2022 - 09:28
Yesterday, we awoke to a new age of war in Europe. Made all the more shocking by Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons if his forces were to be interfered with, a tactic…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 24/02/2022 - 12:48
Last Update: Fri, 25/02/2022 - 08:49
First and foremost, our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine, upon whom Putin has perpetrated the worst of human crimes by starting a war of expansion without any just cause for his own…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 23/02/2022 - 15:00
The Violation. On Monday, Putin effectively annexed and invaded two provinces of Ukraine after he had recognised the two states’ independence as his troops rolled across…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 23/02/2022 - 12:00
Last Update: Wed, 10/12/2025 - 06:31
Introduction
On Monday, we witnessed Prime Minister Boris Johnson triumphantly announce the end of all COVID measures in England. Rather than being a victory over an enemy, the irony is that he…
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