So which is scarier - Brexit or COVID? My house is no longer a fortress The protracted (almost like the Hundred Years War) "Brexit Saga", probably, could end not in divorce, but in a wedding. 23.12.2020 12:39:44
The Baltics are getting ready. Will Latvia be able to become a springboard for the invasion of American special forces into Russia? Modest but tasteful As part of the European Containment Initiative, a portion of the US military has once again appeared in Latvia. 22.12.2020 06:23:19
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy. 21.12.2020 06:07:28
Japanese expert believes that the Kuril issue will soon be closed From the relationship between Moscow and Tokyo, the problem of the islands of the southern Kuril ridge will cease to exist in 2021. 20.12.2020 14:30:28
Defending European security: Putin and Merkel join forces to resist cynical US sanctions on controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline Relations between Russia and Germany are at an all-time low, but nothing brings people together like a common enemy. 19.12.2020 09:00:13
Biden Reportedly Won't Demand Maduro's Resignation in Sanctions Relief Negotiations The current US administration has been pressuring the economically stagnating Venezuela with sanctions for several years in an unsuccessful attempt to force Maduro to step down. 18.12.2020 08:57:50
‘No Doubt’: Iran’s Rouhani Says US Will Rejoin 2015 Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions Under Biden Under the Trump administration, the US withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), arguing that Iran had violated its terms and that the deal was not beneficial. 17.12.2020 08:49:16
‘Don’t trust the enemy’: Iran’s Khamenei warns against expecting any lifting of US ‘hostility’ under Biden Iran’s Supreme Leader has hit out at the US on his return to the public stage, claiming that Joe Biden’s accession to the American presidency is unlikely to see any change in Washington’s “hostility” towards Iran. 16.12.2020 19:56:58
Swedish parliament takes a ‘decisive step’ toward defense alliance with Finland and NATO membership A majority of the Swedish parliament favors having the option to join NATO at some point in the future, after the populist Sweden Democrats reversed their earlier opposition to joining the alliance. 10.12.2020 08:58:04
Ukraine is unlucky with presidents, presidents with the country ... Who is more unlucky - Ukraine with presidents or presidents with a country . 07.12.2020 17:59:28
Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese Russian citizens of the disputed Kuril Islands are, according to US officials, actually Japanese – a result of the US’ policy of insisting much of the archipelago, governed by Moscow since World War II, rightly belongs to Tokyo. 06.12.2020 15:07:21
How ingenious impromptu actions are born in the military sphere Very often we find ourselves in a situation where the foreign policy situation suddenly changes. 04.12.2020 09:21:58
Israel prepares for war with Iran, which does not want to fight We live in interesting times. 01.12.2020 07:28:39
European Parliament approves sanctions on Turkey over reopening of Cyprus town MEPs have adopted an amendment calling on the European Council to impose sanctions on Turkey, after they unanimously voted to condemn its recent "unilateral and illegal" behavior in Cyprus and the surrounding territorial waters. 26.11.2020 12:46:19
Russia Seeks to Preserve Open Skies Treaty Following 'Hypocritical' US Withdrawal Moscow will seek firm guarantees that the states remaining in the Open Skies Treaty will comply with their commitments, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on 22 November, the date when the US participation in the agreement officially ends. 22.11.2020 15:52:36
What is Trump's or Biden's victory fraught with for Russia? The struggle unfolding in the United States between Trump and Biden for the presidency is of interest to many, from the point of view of the consequences for Russia if one or another candidate wins. 18.11.2020 10:10:29
Poland blames RUSSIA for damaging its image in Western countries as Warsaw’s rows with Brussels deepen A top Polish intelligence official’s spokesman has accused Moscow of seeking to tarnish the country’s reputation abroad. 16.11.2020 05:54:50
Now - the blockade of Karabakh? To win back, but not to recognize Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was clearly belated with the statement that the world (which can be called “obscene”, like Brest,) allowed the Armenians to keep Stepanakert. 12.11.2020 20:20:50
European leaders congratulate Joe Biden, after media count declares him victorious in US presidential election Shortly after the Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner in the US election, messages of congratulations flowed in from European leaders, some of whom had testy relationships with Donald Trump. 07.11.2020 18:03:30
Every Legally Cast Vote Should be Counted, Every Illegally Cast Vote Should Not, Ivanka Trump Says US election results are still being counted in several key battleground states, meaning the country’s vote for the next president still hangs in the balance. 06.11.2020 18:32:41
Trump says states where Biden recently declared victory to be legally challenged for ‘voter fraud’, adds there’s ‘plenty of proof’ President Donald Trump vowed to make legal challenges over allegations of voter fraud in all states that were recently put in the win column for Democrat rival Joe Biden, saying there’s “plenty of proof” of wrongdoing. 05.11.2020 17:40:57
The end of American power: Don’t blame Trump, and don’t expect Biden to save it either Fretting about the US' declining global power has long been a parlor game among its establishment thinkers. 30.10.2020 10:02:48
Putin’s long game strategy on nuclear missiles in Europe may well pay off because Cold War treaties completely ignored China In announcing a new variation of his long-held proposal for a moratorium on intermediate-range nuclear forces in Europe, Russia’s president seeks to repeat history, turning an anticipated US/NATO “no” into an eventual “yes. 27.10.2020 07:27:48
Ukraine will build a new Sevastopol A significant event for Ukraine, the report of President Zelensky on the work done before the Rada deputies, made a depressing impression on many. 25.10.2020 08:31:21
Trump touts ‘really good progress’ at Armenia-Azerbaijan talks in Washington as shelling in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh intensifies Even as US President Donald Trump praised the “progress” made in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, air raid sirens sounded over Stepanakert in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, heralding another round of artillery bombardment. 23.10.2020 20:57:48
