PUTIN’S POLITICAL PRISONERS
A British political prisoner in Siberia is almost certain to die unless freed soon, according to a prominent human rights campaigner. Vladimir Kara-Murza is one of at least 700 political prisoners currently held in Russian jails, nearly three times as many as at the end of the Soviet era. All Continue Reading
Arms Dealers Get Wealthy from Russian & Ukrainian War
Lords Get Richer Through Worldwide Arms Deals arising from Ukrainian Invasion Members of the UK House of Lords have profited tens of thousands of pounds throug investments in arms companies as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to openDemocracy website. According to the official register of interests, Tory peers Lord Glendonbrook, Viscount Eccles, and Lord Sassoon, as well as unaffiliated peers Lord Lupton and Lord Gadhia, own shares in in British weapons company BAE Systems worth at least £50,000. Since the conflict began over four weeks ago, BAE Systems’ share price has climbed by 23%, implying that each peer’s investment is now worth at least £11,500 more than it was before.The company is the largest arms seller in the United Kingdom and the sixth largest in the world. All but four of the world’s top 20 weapon sellers have seen their percentage of sales increase. The conflict is thought to have killed tens of thousands of people, including 20,000 civilians in the besieged city of Mariupol in the country’s south. A pregnant mother and her Continue Reading
UN calls for Medical Facilities offered during the War in Ukraine
The number of civilians killed in Ukraine’s war continues to rise. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has counted 1,663 civilian deaths and injuries in the country, with 596 people killed and 1,067 injured (From 24 February to 12 March). The majority of civilian deaths were inflicted by Continue Reading
How Russian Invasion of the Ukraine Could be Stopped
By Jamie Shea, Associate Follow Chatham House – International Security Programme The response to the invasion of Ukraine is a mixture of shock and horror, with Russia condemned in the UN Security Council and by an overwhelming vote in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). But despite this, Moscow is ramping Continue Reading
Is a Russia and Ukraine war imminent?
By Mathieu Boulègue Research Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Chatham House What does Russia want? Fundamentally, the Russian leadership wants to subdue Ukraine once and for all. Russia is seeking to transform Ukraine into part of a buffer zone with limited sovereignty – as explicitly made clear by Vladimir Putin – to protect Continue Reading