Elections in Europe: Amid the agony of Ukraine there are still Europeans who like Russia best
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 12:18 am
Elections in Europe have shown up the extent of a pro-Russia sympathy, whether drawing on some traditional alignments in Eastern Europe or stirred up by the far-right.
The voting has put a dent in solidarity against the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war of aggression against neighbouring Ukraine.
Commentary: Ukraine’s ‘Historical Crisis’
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 11:14 am
Reported by Lee Duffield
Learning from history: It can be done but may require work and won’t tell everything you want to know.
The invasion of Ukraine by the neighbouring Russian Federation this year is a crisis of history, if this definition of such a crisis is accepted: an event affecting many people in a life-changing way, confounding all expectations, that will divert the general course of history from its pathway so far – the change will involve opportunity and danger.
Lee Duffield writes: