#Russia

A short thread about my friend, Yogesh In the coming days, hedge funds will have huge payoffs and wealthy people will become rich; the opening up of the economy for
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Jan 25th, 1954. 66 years ago to the day, M N Roy passed away in Dehradun. He had one of the most fascinating life stories of any Indian in the
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Was 9/11 preventable? (thread)Government failure to respond to warnings a big contributor to the success of 9/11 attack.Countries that warned US, include (not limited to):ArgentinaAfghanistan/ TalibanEgyptFranceGermanyItalyIndonesiaIndiaIsr
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Jeffrey on US policyWe’ve ratcheted up isolation & sanctions on Assad, we’ve held the line on no reconstruction. Syria's desperate You see what’s happened to the Syrian Lira, you see
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The dust hasn't yet settled, but we can draw some early conclusions from today's protests in #Russia. TL;DR: The Kremlin and the opposition are at a stalemate./1 I don't see
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.@Hatewatch found the same Russian email ID buried in the source code of a small network of websites connected to the white nationalist group TRS. The websites focus on civil
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Alexander II, the Tsar-Liberator, was the only constant friend the Union had from start to finish during the Civil War, while liberal heroes like Gladstone waxed poetic about magnolias and
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i should make a thread of my favourite documentaries/docuseries evil genius is so strange but so fucking interesting 10/10 we all know ted bundy so i don’t even need to
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Citizens protest against Spanish state's imprisonment of a #Catalan rapper @PabloHasel for "crimes of expression" (speech!) that wouldn't bat an eyelid in Ireland. But for the #EU, if it's not
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This is the clearest argument I’ve heard from the right: you undermined Trump’s legitimacy for 4 years, therefore we do not have to grant your guy legitimacy. 1/https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1325658142592667648 But there
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Mayday: Putin is taking over the world by working with other ruthless autocrats to install puppets in all democratic countries.This thead details Putin’s plan to take over the USA using
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Another article that incorrectly links melting ice to increasing oil & gas development and an economic "race" in the #Arctic, this time from otherwise reputable @DiscoverMag . This boom is
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Turkish newspaper "Turkey" calls for the creation of a unified pan-Turkist army consisting of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. (Russia ) That was quick: Turkish Defense Minister
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This is the 21st instalment of #deanehistory. In this challenging time people are understandably reflecting on things & realising that there are things that they regret. Looking back, I realise
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This article is extremely disingenuous for multiple reasons and completely misrepresents what happened last night.This was not a win for "left-wing" "dissidents", but rather a win for a reactionary anti-equalities
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Sit down. I have something to tell you. And it's going to make you sad. But it's also an opportunity you must take. And immediately. It's this: People you love
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