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Created: Thursday, 01 September 2022 08:21

Written by FRFI

Debate among socialists over what stance to take in relation to the war in Ukraine hinges in part on whether Russia is considered to be an imperialist state or not. For some, it is not, and they conclude that in invading Ukraine, Russia is acting in legitimate self-defence against the imperialist powers which are using Ukraine as a proxy for their aggressive interests. In evidence, they will point to the very limited extent of Russian capital exports and overseas financial interests compared to those of US imperialism or the major European imperialist powers; to the size of the Russian economy in comparison to the major European powers, and to its dependence on raw material exports, in particular oil and gas. This, such socialists say, does not fit with Lenin’s classic definition of an imperialist power as set out in Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism.

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Created: Sunday, 28 March 2021 10:42

Written by Adam Grey

The alleged poisoning of Russian social media star and investigative journalist Alexei Navalny in August last year was the latest episode of the long-running anti-Russia soap opera broadcast by Western media on behalf of US imperialism. NATO member states are all too happy to overlook extrajudicial murders by the governments of important political allies like Israel and Saudi Arabia. But when it comes to Russia, a feigned moral concern for free speech is the excuse for escalating a long-running rivalry. ADAM GREY reports.

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Created: Thursday, 05 April 2018 10:25

Written by Trevor Rayne

The British government’s response to the alleged poisoning with a nerve agent of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury on 4 March 2018 has been one of calculated aggression, with no room for doubt that the trail ‘leads inexorably to the Kremlin’ (Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary). The Labour Party’s response has been to round on its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, for having asked for the evidence before condemning Russia. Corbyn called on the government to pursue established international legal and diplomatic procedures, but this has been turned into a test of the Labour Party’s fitness to serve British imperialism in government. The Labour Party does not intend to be found wanting. Trevor Rayne reports.

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Created: Thursday, 04 June 2015 13:42

Written by Trevor Rayne

Ukraine’s descent into economic chaos is accompanied by organised fascist repression of opponents to the government. The government was selected by US and European capitalism and Ukraine’s army is being trained by US and British soldiers. In late May 2015 Ukrainian state forces were shelling towns in the Donbass (Donetsk and Luhansk) in defiance of the Minsk 2 agreement signed by Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France in February 2015.

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