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By Rhod Mackenzie

The latest development in the ongoing persecution being faced by ethnic Russiians in Latvia is a substantial increase in VAT on Russian-language books and press. This is intended to put an end to local Russian media outlets and bookstores. No doubt the embers of parliament who vo...

By Rhod Mackenzie

While Europe was endeavouring to appropriate Russia's frozen financial assetts resources the US was attempting to persuade Ukraine to accept the reality of the sutiuation in the conflict with Russia, significant historical developments were unfolding in Asia.
In the early days o...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It appears that the EU is involved in more election rigging after its interference in both the Moldovan General and Presidential elections. Rhod Mackenzie looks at how the EU interferes in elections of behalf of pro EU governements in Europe.
 Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russians who are currently living in various countries in Europe and have done for years legally are now regualrly being subjected to harrassment and persecution at the hands of the police and the local intelligence services, merely due to their being born Russian and their con...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Now as far as I know,no other head of state of a major  country sits down in from of an audience of his people and the tv cameras broacasting live and has a 4 and a half hour question and  answer session without notes and not knowing the questions in advance.

So Vladimir Putin...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Finland has breaches EU Fiscal Rules. This poses a threat of the implementation of financial sanctions on the country. What are the questions that have been raised as to whether the Finns will be punished or pardoned for political reasons, and as to the source of the funding to...