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30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
Ian Rons made the mistake of reading an article by an American conservative arguing for an end to aid for Ukraine. The ignorance was almost bottomless.
It's been claimed that in a recent interview, Angela Merkel said the Minsk agreements were just a way to "give Ukraine time". Yet this statement has been taken out of context by her critics, including Vladimir Putin.
The failed Minsk II agreement might have prevented the war in Ukraine. Yet in 2020, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a journalist that he only signed the agreement in order to "buy time".
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