Cicero's Songs

In his recently published book, Bill Browder gives estimates of how much Vladimir Putin has stolen from his Russian fellow countrymen . The number he gives is a truly staggering $200 billion.  If this is even remotely true, it makes Putin one of the greatest thieves in human history.  We already know that Putin is presiding over a propaganda machine that rivals and even exceeds the worst that Josef Goebbels presided over. The use of propaganda is sophisticated and relativistic- Peter Pomerantsev in his book "Nothing is True and Everything is Possible" outlines just how pervasive and evil the Putinist lie machine has become. In the UK, the inquiry into the circumstances of the poisoning of Aleksander Litvinenko  has revealed that the British government has clear and direct evidence that Russian government agents acting under the orders of "the highest authority" carried out the murder of Litvinenko, even though he was a British citizen, and the murder was c...

Russia is refusing to back down in Ukraine. All out military force is being used in order to support the declared Russian military objective that Ukraine be defeated and divided. Civilians are being deliberately targeted and the attacks on a major power station and other industrial operations is a clear attempt to destroy the Ukrainian economy. Put simply, the Russian Federation is engaged in a huge act of aggression against a peaceful neighbour. Despite sanctions, and despite increasing economic weakness Vladimir Putin stands defiant. In Britain, the evidence of state sponsored murder of a British citizen is now revealed and is both clear and overwhelming.  Russia is seeking by overt aggression and covert subversion to attack the West. The astonishing lies put out by the Russian propaganda machine are feeding a frenzy of anti-Western hatred . Some countries- including Greece- have been severely compromised by a large scale and long term Russian espionage penetration . R...