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UK spends over £80m on media in 20 countries around Russia
The British government is spending tens of millions on media projects in Eastern Europe which are often presented as fighting “Russian disinformation”, but which may involve the UK’s own information operations
Ukraine crisis: How can peace be secured in Europe?
Diplomats must keep talking to defuse tensions with Russia and negotiate a new pan-European security deal, an international relations expert tells Declassified.
UK rearms Turkey as Ankara backs war crimes in occupied Syria
Britain has quietly resumed arms exports to its NATO ally Turkey, whose brutal operation in Syria targets the UK’s key Kurdish allies fighting Islamic State (ISIS). Turkish-backed militias are complicit in human rights abuses and include former members of ISIS
Partygate referees: why are they so spooky?
Who’s driving the Russia invasion scare?
Why have the US and the UK chosen to whip up a massive campaign against a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, that makes no sense in mid-winter against a well-equipped and fiercely patriotic Ukraine?
Conservatives give £100m aid to ‘reduce poverty’ in China, while increasing it in UK
The UK government is spending £103m from its aid budget to promote ‘economic development’ and ‘poverty reduction’ in official enemy China while its austerity policies in Britain helped force 600,000 children into poverty.
The UK-backed African regime run by five men
Secretive UK team met in Venezuela to promote British energy interests
