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Lara Marlowe

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Putin’s pact with the Russian people is fraying and his paranoia is deepening

Putin’s pact with the Russian people is fraying and his paranoia is deepening

A former news editor from Russian state television claims journalists prepare a special news broadcast for Putin nightly, shorn of anything which...

15.08.2026 20

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Lara Marlowe

Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina has a warning for Europe

The Russian dissident says most European countries continue to do business with Putin’s Russia – Ireland included

31.07.2026 20

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Drones have brought a ‘horrifying intimacy’ to warfare

Vladimir Putin is reportedly terrified that a drone with facial recognition technology – like the AI tools used by Israel to assassinate Iranian...

24.07.2026 30

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I’ve had near misses as a journalist. But a holiday swim was the closest I came to dying

I write this column as a cautionary tale, because most of us forget how easy it is to die

12.07.2026 100

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Julia is kind, sweet and plans to raise two kids with her partner. There’s just one catch

Lamar’s plan to adopt children and parent them with his AI chatbot partner, recounted in a book by British-Australian sociologist James Muldoon,...

21.06.2026 30

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‘An inside job’: US public opinion on Israel has shifted

World View: Disgust at Israel’s assault on Gaza and Iran war have precipated a shift, including among prominent Jews

01.06.2026 40

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Ukraine’s greatest hope? To be able to have a boring life

Worldview: Tragic Ukraine is a borderland for Russia and for the West, historian Yaroslav Hrytsak says

07.05.2026 50

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Lara Marlowe: A far-right victory in France would be a win for Putin and Trump

The RN’s challenge for the next year is to bring on board the bulk of the right, the traditional right as well as their hardcore far-right supporters

10.04.2026 60

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Ireland’s small steps on defence are an Irish solution to an Irish problem

As Emmanuel Macron talks about extending the ‘nuclear umbrella’ across Europe, Ireland remains virtually defenceless and without a clear strategy

27.03.2026 70

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Lara Marlowe: Trump wanted a distraction. So he turned the world into a lawless jungle

Worldview: Christian Zionists such as Mike Huckabee believe the Battle of Armageddon between Iran and Israel will precipitate the return of Christ

07.03.2026 70

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Trump’s threats against Russia are a charade meant to buy Putin time

19.07.2025 60

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Lara Marlowe