Tag Archives: Ukraine

The longest ongoing conflicts in the world

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

It’s that time of year when most websites and blogs do a rather whimsical review of the year with an overly saccharine Christmasy feeling.   That may be all well and good for those of us living in something of … Continue reading →

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Is Putin like Hitler?

Posted on May 24, 2014 by

It’s the question that everyone has been talking about recently.  It’s possibly what even more people have been thinking to themselves. Is Putin acting like Hitler? Putin has on more than one occasion said the fall of the Soviet Union … Continue reading →

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Ukraine, Putin and the West – What you need to know

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

It’s not often I write political pieces, but the scenes on the television news coming out of Kiev are terrible.  Not so long ago, Kiev hosted international football tournaments and was fast becoming a city-break destination for western Europeans rather … Continue reading →

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