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The United States’ fight to maintain its global hegemony has reached its third stage.After the expansion of Nato to the East in violation of Western commitments not to station US weapons in Central Europe, Russia, which cannot defend its huge borders, is under direct threat.In violation of its World War II commitments, Washington has put “hardcore nationalists” (“Nazis” in Kremlin terminology) in power in Kiev. They banned their Russian-speaking compatriots from speaking their native language, deprived them of public services, and ultimately bombed those in the Donbass. Russia had no choice but to intervene militarily to put an end to...

Our Man in Paris: When the 'internut' drives out reality John Lichfield 22 July 2002 Apart from his impudent, mournful expression, Thierry Meyssan is an unlikely looking left-wing activist. He wears a suit and a tie and he has short, dark hair. He looks like a door-to-door insurance agent from the 1950s. To France's shame, Mr Meyssan, 44, is a bestselling author. His breathtakingly silly book L'Effroyable Imposture ("The terrible imposture") has been hanging about in the French bestsellers' list for weeks.The book suggests that the attack on the Pentagon on 11 September last year was carried out, not by...