Bryan MacDonald
Before moving to Russia, Bryan MacDonald previously worked in Ireland for the Evening Herald, Ireland On Sunday and the Irish Independent. He also written for The Irish Examiner, The Star and The Dubliner magazine, as well as being a regular guest on Irish radio networks RTE and Newstalk.
- Ukraine's most powerful oligarch states the obvious: Ukraine has to turn back towards Russia
So, here we are, almost six years since the first “EuroMaidan” protests in Kiev, and Ukraine's most prominent oligarch has finally voiced the unmentionable: the project has failed. - Washington Post shows how to ‘lose the information war’ by peddling DISinformation & falsehoods on Ukraine & CrimeaThe Washington Post’s attempt to highlight “five myths about Ukraine” is more yarn than verity, and sets out to mislead readers. It also suggests fact-checking is now non-existent at the newspaper.
- Irish Times’ Brexit Sinn Féin fantasies betray fact that English-Irish misunderstanding is mutualThe Irish Times, led by its celebrity brain du jour, believes Ireland can prevent a no-deal Brexit by pulling strokes in London, instead of Brussels. It’s a doltish recipe for disaster.
- Russian media solidarity for Golunov contrasts with loathsome US/UK press bootlicking over AssangeIf you express concern about Ivan Golunov, but not Julian Assange, yet speak of support for a free press, you are a hypocrite. And, what’s more, the reverse is also true.
- Kiev's US Embassy pushes Ukrainian propaganda outfit on 'World Press Freedom Day'By promoting the founder of the notorious "StopFake," US diplomats in Ukraine seemed to confuse "World Press Freedom Day" with "April Fool's Day."
- Poroshenko out, Zelensky in: West backed the wrong man in Ukraine & now it’s payback timeKRASNODAR, RUSSIA – Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory in Sunday’s Ukrainian Presidential election marks the moment when the Western populist wave comes to the post-Soviet space.
- American values: Embassies are for chopping up journalists, not protecting themFair-minded people across the world have rightly condemned the US-ordered arrest of Julian Assange. However, few have noted how it fits part of a pattern of American hypocrisy when it comes to the treatment of journalists.
- Reality check: CNN’s claim that Trump has been unwilling to confront Putin is total bulls**tFareed Zakaria is a veteran Putin conspiracy theorist. And you can assume he feels this obsession has helped further his career, especially at CNN.
- Ukraine election: The West’s Poroshenko gamble blows up as joker Zelensky tops pollTV comic Volodymyr Zelensky has won 30 percent of the vote in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election. He’ll face the beleaguered Western-backed president, Petro Poroshenko, in a run-off.
- Mueller report: ‘Russiagate’ hoax helped turn ordinary Russians against the US‘Russiagate’ is over. But its toxic legacy will endure. And in Russia it has led to disenchantment with the United States.
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