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The origins of the fault lines in Ukraine
KENNY COYLE examines how the turbulent events of the early 20th century affected politics and sense of identity in today's Ukraine
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
All reactionary expressions of nationalism invariably base their claims on mythical and mystical origins - and the Ukrainian far-right is no exception.
Tracing Ukrainian nationhood back to the 9th century with the foundation of the state of Rus in Kiev by Scandinavian counterparts of the Normans, right-wing Ukrainian nationalism - like its counterparts elsewhere in Europe - shares an unscientific fixation on race and unhistorical obsession with national purity.
Rus later became the root term for Great Russia and Byelorussia (White Russia) while the territory of Ukraine itself was often referred to as Malorussia (Little Russia).
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