By Agence France-Presse Despite several rounds of sanctions levied by Western powers over the war in Ukraine, the Russian economy registered strong growth in 2023 after a recession the previous year. Fuelled by increased public spending – particularly military spending – other industrial sectors also benefited from the war in Ukraine, with the country’s economic […]
By user (Image: Getty) Richard Dearlove argues Britain is in a “grey war” with Russia and needs to increase defense spending to 2.5% of national income. Britain’s current spending is at 2%. Dearlove says Russia’s military is much larger than Britain’s and that Britain needs to invest in more ships and soldiers. Currently, Britain spends […]
By Iona Cleave ROTTING beds, charred dummies and broken operating tables – the chilling ruins of an asylum dubbed the “Painful City” has been left to rot for over two decades. In a rural town in northern Italy lies Manicomio Di Voghera, an abandoned mental hospital that was shut down in 1998 after over a […]