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Paul HansburyJul 10, 202310 min readLUKASHENKA AND THE PRIGOZHIN MUTINYOne man unexpectedly came out of last month’s spectacle rather well: Belarus’s dictator, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. What was his role, really?
Paul HansburyJun 24, 20237 min readPRIGOZHIN VS. PUTIN: A STORY OF RUSSIAN RAGEHe feels that he can say anything he likes without consequence. He gets away with airing in public his feud with the Russian military....
Paul HansburyJun 6, 20238 min readON UKRAINE'S COUNTER-OFFENSIVEThe Chaplain struggles to distinguish between illusion and reality. I can’t remember the context of the following quote from Catch-22...
Paul HansburyMay 10, 20236 min readAN INCONVENIENT TRIANGLE? RUSSIA, CHINA AND SUDANThe conflict in Sudan has drawn some – but insufficient – attention back to Russia’s role on the African continent. That role, greatly...