Source link The West must keep sending weapons to Kiev rather than seek compromise with Russia, President Alexander Stubb argues Negotiating an acceptable peace with Russia regarding Ukraine is unlikely, so the Western nations must keep providing Kiev with weaponry, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argued during an interview with CNN on Sunday. Helsinki used to […]
Source link The CIA head’s vision for the future of America’s ongoing confrontation with Russia is surprisingly shortsighted William J. Burns has published a long piece in Foreign Affairs under the title ‘Spycraft and Statecraft. Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition‘. This is an essay likely to be read with great attention, maybe […]
Source link Maslenitsa is being widely celebrated in the Chinese capital this year for the first time, according to Channel 1 Several thousand people in the Chinese capital, Beijing, have taken part in the celebration of Maslenitsa, the traditional Russian folk festival dedicated to winter’s end and the arrival of spring, Channel 1 has reported. […]
Source link Washington and its allies have reportedly ruled out a deal with Russia before American voters cast their ballots in November Western leaders have reportedly dismissed the possibility of reaching a negotiated peace agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict before US voters go to the polls later this year. “Officials in Washington and European […]
Source link Some people who arrived in the Soviet era miss the feeling of being in charge of Estonia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas claims Younger Russian speakers in Estonia consider themselves Estonian, but their older counterparts who arrived during the Soviet era pose more of a problem, the prime minister of the EU and NATO […]
Source link Counterfeit notes worth over €5 million were discovered last year, according to the Bundesbank The number of fake euro banknotes in circulation in Germany increased sharply last year compared to previous years, the country’s central bank revealed this week. Police, retailers, and banks in Germany discovered almost 56,600 counterfeit notes in 2023 with […]
Source link The assumption that China will eventually overtake the US as the world’s largest economy now seems less certain, Eswar Prasad has said The US has extended its lead over China in the race for the globe’s largest economy, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The American economy defied forecasts in outperforming China’s last year, according […]
Source link Washington is using the conflict between Moscow and Kiev to generate profit for US companies, the Russian foreign minister has said Statements made by Washington suggest that the US regards Ukraine as nothing but a “lucrative business project,” one that it is profiting from, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the UN Security […]
Source link Pushing Kiev to hold a presidential election is intended to keep the ‘unhinged’ leader in check, the Russian foreign minister says Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is becoming increasingly unhinged as he clings to power, and his Western backers are looking for ways to keep him in check, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed […]
Source link The reduction caused by the industrial slump is not sustainable, a think tank has warned A slump in industrial production and an economic downturn in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, have caused carbon emissions to drop to their lowest level in seven decades, a German think tank has reported. Last year, Germany’s greenhouse gas […]
Source link The US State Department has dismissed allegations over Israel’s deadly military campaign in the Palestinian enclave US President Joe Biden’s administration has rejected genocide allegations against Israel by multiple nations, including a NATO ally, insisting that Washington sees no indication that West Jerusalem’s forces are committing such acts as they pound the Gaza […]
Source link Hungarian hauliers followed Poland and Slovakia’s lead and are demanding that the EU stop favoring their Ukrainian counterparts Hungarian truckers on Monday staged a demonstration near a checkpoint at the border with Ukraine and are slowing down any trucks attempting to go in or out of the country. The protesters are demanding that […]
Source link The growing alliance is forcing neocolonial powers to rethink their “parasitic” relationship with the Global South, Jackie Shandu told RT The West views the expansion of BRICS as an existential threat because a larger alliance jeopardizes the West’s “parasitic” relationship with the Global South, independent analyst Jackie Shandu told RT on Sunday. Cooperation […]
Source link Pretoria acknowledged the pause in fighting but hopes “to see a permanent ceasefire” between the sides, Mzuvukile Maqetuka told RT South Africa’s Ambassador to Russia Mzuvukile Maqetuka commented on the Israel-Hamas hostilities and Russia’s grain deliveries to Africa in an exclusive interview to RT on Monday. Speaking to RT during the Primakov Readings, […]
Source link Kiev’s backers increasingly believe neither side will be able to break a “stalemate,” The Economist has reported More and more Western leaders have reportedly conceded that the Russia-Ukraine conflict may drag on for another five years in a “stalemate” that neither side is capable of shattering. Neither Russia nor Ukraine is prepared to […]