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Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin

The long and poisonous tentacles of Kremlin intimidation: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star

Threats of violence against critics and activists should be taken seriously by all Western governments. The threat posed by the Russian government’s efforts...

 

September 14, 2020 at 5:26 pm read more

Building Resilience Against the Threat of Disinformation: New MLI Straight Talk with Michael Weiss

OTTAWA, ON (August 21, 2020): Disinformation has only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese, Russian, and Iranian governments actively promote conspiracy theories and myths regarding the...

 

August 21, 2020 at 2:11 pm read more

Canada’s feminist foreign policy must support Belarusian feminist pro-democracy revolution: Marcus Kolga in the Star

A feminist pro-democracy uprising is taking place in Belarus, yet the leadership that Canada’s self-proclaimed feminist prime minister and foreign minster should be...

 

August 18, 2020 at 8:34 pm read more

Putin’s contentious victory could mean dark days ahead for Russia: Aurel Braun in the Conversation

What the Kremlin portrayed as an enormous victory that saved Russian culture and the country’s future may turn out to have dire unintended...

 

August 1, 2020 at 6:21 pm read more

False reality is at the heart of Putin’s brazen constitutional assault: Aurel Braun in the Globe and Mail

Making the best of a bad situation, Vladimir Putin is determined to make Mr. Putin great again. But his attempt to defy and...

 

July 7, 2020 at 9:37 pm read more

Dark days ahead for Canada-Russia relations as Putin certain to win referendum: Marcus Kolga in the Star

With the outcome of Russia’s constitutional referendum next week a fait accompli, the Trudeau government must prepare for yet darker days ahead by...

 

June 30, 2020 at 5:44 pm read more

Ep. 41 - What's Putin up to? With Balkan Devlen and Hanna Shelest

In the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen was joined by Dr. Hanna Shelest, Editor-in-Chief of Ukraine Analytica...

 

February 3, 2020 at 8:24 pm read more

What’s Putin’s end game? Balkan Devlen in The Hill Times

It’s too early to know for sure what Vladimir Putin is hatching, but it looks like he is aiming for a three-pronged system:...

 

January 23, 2020 at 9:35 pm read more

Vladimir Putin’s war against truth, justice and Sergei Magnitsky: Marcus Kolga in Maclean's

Canadian advocates for Magnitsky legislation have become victims of Russian government propagandists, writes Marcus Kolga. By Marcus Kolga, January 14, 2020 When Russia’s...

 

January 14, 2020 at 9:36 pm read more
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Putin’s bareknuckled propaganda comes to the Canadian War Museum: Marcus Kolga in The Toronto Sun

The Kremlin’s support for the revanchist glorification of Soviet symbols aims to subvert Canada’s European alliances and turn Canadians against each other, writes...

 

May 23, 2018 at 4:13 pm read more
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 In 2021, NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) is heading into its fourth year. Canada’s commitment as the Framework Nation for the eFP...

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