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By 2017, Russia channelled funds to the breakaway republics via a South Ossetian bank. Donbass coal could reach Ukraine via Russia; profits from requisitioned shops could fund state pensions. It was all improvised. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2017/05/12Donb…

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The German upper middle class look down on Bild or ignore it. Yet its news nuggets-and-pinups formula sells 2.2m copies a day, making Bild the best-selling tabloid in Europe. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2015/05/11Bild

March’s ban on humanitarian aid entering Gaza has forced its people into acute food insecurity. The deliberate destruction of its civilian population has all the hallmarks of the ‘crime of crimes’. (Now open access.) mondediplo.com/2025/06/03gaza

In breaking the Greek Resistance, the British precipitated a civil war that would last for some thirty years, with a brief lull between 1963 and 1965. It would only end with the fall of the colonels’ dictatorship on 23 July 1974. (From the archive.) mondediplo.com/2012/07/Church…

The constructivist architecture of the early Soviet state has been neglected and is being demolished, despite the enthusiasts who have begun to appreciate its radical strength. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2014/03/14arch…

Sudan produces half the world’s supply of gum arabic, which is almost as crucial to modern life as oil; it’s in every bottle of Coca-Cola for a start. Even fierce sanctions against Sudan didn’t apply to gum arabic supplies. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2011/06/15guma…

In France, more than a million people have signed a petition against a law known as the ‘Duplomb’ law, which shows little consideration for the environment or public health, or the health of farmers. mondediplo.com/2024/02/01edit…

A Mao-era Chinese agricultural conglomerate dominates the African tomato market and supplies global food companies. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2017/06/12Toma…

Riots by migrant agricultural workers in southern Italy in 2010 weren’t just the result of racism. They were partly caused by the Calabrian mafia’s grip on citrus growing in the region. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2011/01/14mafia

A new Chinese-backed port on Peru’s Pacific coast is set to revolutionise intercontinental trade routes – but its deepwater capacity has fuelled US concerns over possible military use by Beijing. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2025/05/09peru…

Japan’s ruling coalition — composed of current prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner Komeito — has just lost its majority in the Senate. mondediplo.com/2015/02/10japa…

On 31 December 1999 the United States handed back to Panama the canal dug between 1903 and 1914. But Washington did not give up all its prerogatives on Panamanian soil. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/1999/08/06pana…

Latvia is so distrustful of Russia that it made many of its own Russian-speaking citizens stateless on independence in 1991. It also curbed the use of Russian in education and broadcasting. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2021/12/09latv…

For the French left to formulate more precise proposals on immigration, it must be willing to engage in an ideological struggle, by challenging the ‘facts’ that the media and the current situation throw in its face. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2017/04/02fran…

Germany took in more than a million migrants in 2015-6. Reactions to the newcomers range from mild neglect and slow bureaucracy to intense local hatred. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2017/03/07germ…

In Sweden’s general election on 11 September 2022, the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) became the second-largest party in the Riksdag with 20.5% of the vote. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2022/11/04swed…

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, former East German symbols and institutions were speedily consigned to the scrapheap. In today’s uncertain climate, many are questioning what has been lost, and why. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2009/11/10germ…

As it accumulated electoral successes, Germany's AfD attracted the support of media from the far-right cultural scene. The newspaper Junge Freiheit's subscriber numbers increased, rising from 1,000 in 2005 to 25,000 in 2016. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/2017/08/07press

Why should populism and technocracy emerge as the dominant political styles of our post-political age? They share an open hostility to parties and to parliaments. (July in the archive.) mondediplo.com/outsidein/ital…