Silicon Bites - Russia has Inflicted Huge Trauma on Ukraine in A Year of Aggression and Lies

Edition No6 | 17-03-2023
A Year of Aggression and Lies
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FEATURED ARTICLES:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/11/russia-studies-war-ukraine-decolonize-imperialism-western-academics-soviet-empire-eurasia-eastern-europe-university/

It’s High Time to Decolonize Western Russia Studies
Why has it taken a war of conquest for experts to recognize Russia’s nature as a vast imperial enterprise?
By Artem Shaipov, a member of the Aspen Institute’s NextGen Transatlantic Initiative, and Yuliia Shaipova, an advisor at the Ukrainian Parliament.
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NEWS LINKS:

The Moscow Times

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/03/russias-second-silent-war-against-its-human-capital-a80291
Russia’s Second, Silent War Against its Human Capital
By Andrei Kolesnikov | 4th March 2023

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/03/conscripts-who-complained-to-putin-wiped-out-in-battle-a80391
Conscripts Who Complained to Putin Wiped Out in Battle
4th March 2023

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/03/russias-wagner-mercenary-group-launches-youth-club-in-st-petersburg-a80387
Russia’s Wagner Mercenary Group Launches Youth Club in St. Petersburg
4th March 2023

The Economist

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/03/02/russias-sanctions-dodging-is-getting-ever-more-sophisticated
Russia’s sanctions-dodging is getting ever more sophisticated - How banks are greasing the wheels of the growing grey trade
Mar 2nd 2023

https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/02/26/ukraine-finds-stepping-up-mobilisation-is-not-so-easy
Ukraine finds stepping up mobilisation is not so easy - Military recruiters are accused of rough tactics as they try to boost the head count
Feb 26th 2023 | KYIV

https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/02/27/the-war-in-ukraine-has-made-eastern-europe-stronger
The war in Ukraine has made eastern Europe stronger - But will the EU’s new balance of influence endure?
Feb 27th 2023 | WARSAW

The Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888-4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5
Tracking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps
FT Visual & Data Journalism team | 3rd March

Ukraine asks EU for 250,000 artillery shells a month -
Defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov seeks big boost to ammunition supplies to ease critical shortage

US launches new crackdown on Russian sanctions busting -
Push by three agencies comes amid fears imports flowing from UAE and Turkey are fuelling war in Ukraine

Blinken meets Lavrov for first time since start of Ukraine war -
US and Russia’s top diplomats speak for 10 minutes on sidelines of acrimonious G20 gathering

Russia on alert after reconnaissance group crosses over from Ukraine -
Vladimir Putin convenes security council and cancels planned trip in response to border incident
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Real World News
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https://meduza.io/
https://novayagazeta.eu/
https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia...

Analysis
https://www.ft.com/russia
https://www.economist.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
https://cepa.org/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/
https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s...

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