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HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 | History Defined

Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

Foreign Policy

Sri Lankan government accused of draconian treatment of protesters

New president Ranil Wickremesinghe is attempting to crush mass protests that forced out predecessor

The Guardian - UK

Concerns as Sri Lanka arrests top protest leader Joseph Stalin

Arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown against people protesting against the government over island’s economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

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Putin’s ‘food terrorism’ in Ukraine war leaves millions facing famine in Africa

Among those worst affected by the blockade are those in the Horn of Africa.

The Independent UK

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud built groundwork for current world order, on a boat

On Friday, Joe Biden will pay his first visit to Saudi Arabia as President of the US. The Biden trip is the latest twist in the saga of one of the most unlikely alliances in modern history.

Radio France Internationale

Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that's why it works

Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed peace talks, and Western countries’ issuing severe economic sanctions against Russia.

The Conversation

Ukraine Recap: why a small Russian 'exclave' is suddenly so important

Well before Vladimir Putin sent his war machine over the border into Ukraine, the Russian president and his proxies were fulminating about Nato surrounding his country, establishing hostile military bases in its backyard and boxing it into a corner.

The Conversation

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Aiden Aslin now a pawn in Putin's total war strategy, says Ukrainian historian in Nottingham

Newark's Aslin was sentenced to death earlier in June

Nottingham Post

Why Putin's policy towards Ukraine has strong parallels to Stalin's post WWII plan for Germany

Almost four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s policy is becoming clear. The war between Ukraine and Russia is likely to be a long one. It is becoming obvious that the western states, and particularly the countries of Europe, will have to provide assistance on an unprecedented scale,…

The Conversation

Putin’s bodyguards ‘collect his excrement on trips abroad and take it back to Russia with them’

Practice allegedly carried out in bid to stop foreign powers gathering information about Russian leader’s health

The Independent UK

Russian artists grapple with the same dilemma as their Soviet forebears – to stay or to go?

With few exceptions, most Russian artists who oppose the war have been relegated to releasing songs, posting artwork or publishing articles on social media.

The Conversation

ANU project saves key Ukraine history

ANU becomes repository of essential information on Stalin's Ukrainian famine

The Canberra Times

Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t land

Putin isn’t just trying to take over Ukrainian land — he is trying to obliterate Ukrainian identity

Salon

Chinese TikTok Users Are in Love With ‘Daddy Putin’

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The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin ‘more dangerous than Hitler or Stalin’, says Poland’s prime minister

Morawiecki accuses west of blissfully forgetting threat of Russia resurrecting demons of history

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'more dangerous than Stalin and Hitler' with 'deadlier weapons'

Polish leader Mateusz Morawiecki pointed out the Russian president has "deadlier weapons at his disposal" than the 20th century despots, amid fears Putin is preparing for a long war

Foreign Affairs

The Coup in the Kremlin

How Putin and the Security Services Captured the Russian State

Daily Mirror

Memories of last time Red Army invaded still haunt families living on the Russian border

Finland’s historically fraught relationship with Russia is now at its most fractious, after the invasion of Ukraine convinced the Nordic nation to ditch its neutral status and apply for NATO membership

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Russia: Victory Day 2022 and why commemoration of the end of WWII matters today

Even in the darkest days of the pandemic in 2020 Russia didn’t cancel Victory Day, its anniversary of the end of the second world war – it was just postponed. This year, the Kremlin promises a parade on May 9 with 11,000 servicemen and women plus 62 airplanes and 15…

Foreign Affairs

The Power Struggle After Putin

Russia’s Inevitable Succession Crisis

Salon

Sanctions won't stop Putin — this might

All along, Putin has counted on the fact that Europe needs Russian gas. But that's also his Achilles heel

The Conversation

How Russia's fixation on the Second World War helps explain its Ukraine invasion

Russian media references to the “de-Nazification” of Ukraine to justify its invasion have placed Russia'a fascination with the Second World War in the public eye.

Salon

Ukraine and the psychology of genocide

To understand the massacre in Bucha, we need to stop off at Babi Yar, Katyn and Oradour-sur-Glane. It's a long trip

ABC News

Why does Russia keep poisoning people? The wild history of Moscow's chemical assassination plots

Billionaire Roman Abramovich is just the latest in a long line of people who suspect they may be the target of a Kremlin poison plot. Russia is well-practised in the art of chemical assassinations, but carrying out a murder using poison is inherently risky.

ABC News

Korean Ukrainians refuse to become 'Russian prisoners' again

Fighting against Russia's invasion means more than independence for many Korean Ukrainians, whose ancestors were deported by Joseph Stalin to Central Asia.

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