
Richard Risby: We must not forget the Tartars as Putin oppresses them in Crimea
Caught between Moscow’s ruthless security forces and a million newly-arrived Russian settlers, the peninsula’s minority population deserves our support.
Caught between Moscow’s ruthless security forces and a million newly-arrived Russian settlers, the peninsula’s minority population deserves our support.
After a brutal civil war, a national de-radicalisation and reconciliation programme has made great progress.
So much of the present crisis – and of the intervening suffering – can be traced to our failure to move decisively against Assad two years ago.
There’s a limit to what we can do for Ukraine. But Tories shouldn’t sit side by side with autocrats.
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