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Month: November 2019

Israeli Aid to the Kurds?

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 / Jonathan Haslam

Just because President Trump withdrew American forces from north-east Syria, it did not mean he looked with favour on the invasion and occupation carried out by President Erdogan of Turkey. His only purpose was to localise the conflict; to give back to those in the region the responsibility for what occurs there. So it should … Continue reading Israeli Aid to the Kurds?

Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five

November 7, 2019 / Jonathan Haslam

The latest in the new series of intelligence documentaries on Zvezda tv, broadcast yesterday, gives us the life and work of the notorious spy Kim Philby. It was, as were the others, put together from the archives at Russian foreign intelligence (SVR) and the attentive viewer will see that the editor-in-chief, also one of the … Continue reading Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five

Documentary on William Fisher

November 5, 2019 / Jonathan Haslam

Today Zvezda TV followed up with a new documentary in its serial on legends of secret intelligence with a piece on William Fisher, the Russian who grew up in the North-West of Britain while his parents were in exile from the Russian empire. It is a fascinating story of how he became a key radio … Continue reading Documentary on William Fisher

Erdogan is Playing with Moscow and Washington

November 5, 2019 / Jonathan Haslam

The above is the title of an article in Vzglyad.ru that appeared yesterday. If true, those in Moscow who had pinned their hopes on drawing Turkey out of NATO, thereby breaking its southern flank, are seeing their hopes dashed, as are those Americans who believed that by giving Turkey a free hand in northern Syria … Continue reading Erdogan is Playing with Moscow and Washington

Putin as a Fighter among Fighters

November 1, 2019 / Jonathan Haslam

A fascinating article has just appeared today in Komsomolskaya pravda by Dmitrii Smirnov of the Kremlin press corps on the importance of sport for the current generation of political leaders in Russia; in particular, those sports with practical application for self-defence. Vladimir Putin is the obvious example of a skinny young man on the streets … Continue reading Putin as a Fighter among Fighters

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