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Dr Matthew Parish
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International lawyer and Managing Partner, the Paladins Organisation, www.the-paladins.com; Executive Chairman, Ukraine Development Trust, www.development-foundation.org; Editor-in-Chief, Lviv Herald, www.lvivherald.com; World Economic Forum
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Lviv Herald article - Sabotage on Polish railways
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Sabotage on Polish railways
On the weekend of 16–17 November 2025 a serious act of sabotage was perpetrated on a vital section of Poland’s rail infrastructure. A railway line running from Warsaw through Lublin and onward towards...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Ukraine's Octopus interceptor drone
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Ukraine's Octopus interceptor drone
In the context of her ongoing struggle against the Russian Federation, Ukraine has increasingly turned to indigenous innovations in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and counter-UAV systems. Amongst the...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The Russian Revolutions, 1917 and 1989
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The Russian Revolutions, 1917 and 1989
The Russian revolutions of 1917 and 1989 stand as two turning points that reshaped not only Russia herself but also the international order. Although they occurred seventy-two years apart and in radic...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Compassion as Weakness?
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Compassion as Weakness?
The moral status of compassion in political life reveals how societies understand authority, fear, security, citizenship and vulnerability. It is a lens through which entire civilisations can be inter...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Could Large Language Models Replace Voters, Politicians, Lawyers and Judges?
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Could Large Language Models Replace Voters, Politicians, Lawyers and Judges?
The rapid emergence of large language models has revived an old philosophical inquiry: whether political and legal authority is grounded in human judgment or whether it might one day be assumed, in wh...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The Prospects of a Second War between Israel and Iran
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The Prospects of a Second War between Israel and Iran
The possibility of a second full-scale war between Israel and Iran has become one of the most serious and destabilising contingencies in contemporary international relations. Both states perceive them...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Loss of Russian refinery capacity
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Loss of Russian refinery capacity
Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries have created two very different numbers: a large headline share of capacity “hit”, and a much smaller reduction in what Russia actually refines after she rearra...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Are Large Language Models Conscious?
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Are Large Language Models Conscious?
The later writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, particularly the Philosophical Investigations, reshaped the philosophical landscape by dissolving traditional puzzles of mind and meaning. His followers exte...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The Russian Military Formation Rubikon
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The Russian Military Formation Rubikon
Amongst the many experimental and improvised formations that have emerged from the Russian war effort in Ukraine, few have attracted as much attention as the so-called Rubikon unit, formally the Centr...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The effect of US Russia sanctions upon Serbia
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November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Lviv Herald article - How to Speak to an Artificial Intelligence Large Language Model
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How to Speak to an Artificial Intelligence Large Language Model
The rapid ascendancy of artificial intelligence in the form of large language models has created an unusual communicative landscape. People now address machines that speak fluently, reason impressivel...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Lviv Herald article - How government spyware became everyone's problem
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How government spyware became everyone's problem
In recent years the notion of government surveillance has evolved from a murky but distant concern into a concrete personal threat. The revelation that government-grade spyware is being deployed on an...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The Flamingo missile
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The Flamingo missile
The FP-5 “Flamingo” has arrived on the theatre of war at a juncture when Kyiv needs capabilities that change the balance of deterrence and effect at distance. Descriptions from the manufacturer and in...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Testing for AI Models
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Testing for AI Models
By Matthew Parish and R. EplicantThe question of whether a text has been written by a human being or by artificial intelligence has become increasingly important for journalists, editors and readers a...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Lviv Herald article - Russia is selling Urals crude at record discounts
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Russia is selling Urals crude at record discounts
The discount of Russian Urals crude against the global benchmark Brent reached about US$19.40 per barrel at the ports of Primorsk and Novorossiysk on 10 November 2025. This discount rose from about US...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The battle for Pokrovsk
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The battle for Pokrovsk
As of 13 November 2025, the battle for Pokrovsk has become the central drama of the eastern front: a grinding urban fight inside the city itself, combined with an encirclement battle in the surroundin...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Applying Heidegger’s Theory of Hermeneutics to Artificial Intelligence Language Models
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Applying Heidegger’s Theory of Hermeneutics to Artificial Intelligence Language Models
By Matthew ParishThe emergence of large language models (LLMs) has transformed the human relationship with language itself. These systems, capable of producing vast and subtle bodies of text, now serv...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Corruption in Ukraine's energy sector (II)
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Corruption in Ukraine's energy sector (II)
Key actors1. Tymur Mindich – Businessman and co-owner of the energy production company Kvartal 95. He reportedly left Ukraine ahead of a search of his apartment in Kyiv, as the investigation prog...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Ihor Kolomoisky brought to justice in England
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Ihor Kolomoisky brought to justice in England
On 10 November 2025 the High Court in London issued a money judgment in JSC Commercial Bank PrivatBank v Kolomoisky & others, ordering former owners Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholyubov, another Uk...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Lord Dracula of Lviv, Chapter #6: The Ruins of Vysokyi Zamok
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Lord Dracula of Lviv, Chapter #6: The Ruins of Vysokyi Zamok
The city lay beneath a shroud of snow, her spires half-buried in whiteness, her streets muffled and still. But above her, upon the hill of Vysokyi Zamok, the wind was alive. It tore through the skelet...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Corruption in Ukraine's energy sector (I)
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Corruption in Ukraine's energy sector (I)
Corruption in Ukraine’s energy sector has long been one of the principal obstacles to the country’s economic modernisation, energy independence and political stability. The sector has historically sto...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Lviv Herald article - The Enduring Wit of a Lost Empire: Old Soviet Jokes and Their Meaning
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The Enduring Wit of a Lost Empire: Old Soviet Jokes and Their Meaning
Humour was one of the few freedoms available in the Soviet Union. It flourished underground, whispered in kitchens and shared on park benches, in queues and on trams. Soviet jokes—known collectively a...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Lviv Herald article - the Russian banking sector crisis
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The Russian banking sector crisis
Russia’s banking sector is moving into troubled waters. On the surface many of the major banks appear to be generating profits and maintaining capital adequacy, but beneath lies a web of structural vu...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Gunvor and Russia sanctions
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Gunvor and Russia sanctions
Gunvor’s story is inseparable from the modern history of Russian hydrocarbon exports. Born as a niche trader focused on moving crude from Russian Baltic and Black Sea ports, she grew rapidly in the 20...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Lviv Herald article - Is the Five Eyes alliance under stress?
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Is the Five Eyes alliance under stress?
The Five Eyes alliance (FVEY)—comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand—has long been regarded as one of the most enduring and consequential intelligence-shar...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM