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Australian politician blames Assange for years of captivity

The opposition leader in the Australian Senate, Simon Birmingham, has claimed Julian Assange’s years of confinement in the UK were the result of his own actions, as he evaded lawful extradition requests.  On Wednesday, the Wikileaks founder walked free from a courtroom in a remote US Pacific territory, after pleading …

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Austrian politician wants Ukrainian oligarchs sanctioned

An Austrian MP has called for the EU to impose sanctions on Ukrainian oligarchs, who he claims are the real culprits behind the military conflict between Kiev and Moscow. Martin Graf described the bloc’s current policy on Ukraine deeply flawed. “I demand that the EU authorities impose sanctions on Ukrainian …

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Ukraine should ‘confiscate’ Russian gas – politician

Ukraine should “confiscate” Russian gas from transit pipelines, Dmitry Razumkov, the former speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament, has argued. Russia transports some of its gas to Western Europe using a route, created during the Soviet-era, through Ukraine. Razumkov, who was Rada speaker between 2019 and 2021, said …

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Anti-gun politician crashes Texas shooting press conference (VIDEO)

Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference devoted to the recent elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas to demand greater gun control. However, he was ordered to sit down and called an “embarrassment” and a “sick son of a b***h.”  Robert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke, a former Democratic congressman and …

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West ignored Russia’s security interests – German politician

Veteran German politician Oskar Lafontaine has said the West’s refusal to hear Moscow’s concerns is one of the main causes of the conflict in Ukraine. Oskar Lafontaine, who from 1995 until 1999 served as chair the Social Democrats, accused the West of ignoring Russia’s security interests for years. In an …

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French far right politician booted out of Zidane football club (VIDEO)

A French far right politician was ejected from a football club established by France ’98 icon Zinedine Zidane by the former player’s brother Noureddine. On the eve of the French presidential election, anti-immigration candidate Eric Zemmour went to the Z5 five-a-side football club in Aix-en-Provence for an informal game. Having hardly …

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