Eastern Europe
War in Ukraine
Despite Moscow claiming that the war is going well, there are more signs that average Russian soldiers, soon to be shipped to Ukraine, are dissatisfied with how the army has prepared for their arrival
Oct. 18, 2022
War in Ukraine
What would you think of a crew in a bar shouting that they are going to destroy the place, beat up all the guests and staff, but only two get up to do it? Wouldn’t you look with disgust at that crew b
Oct. 16, 2022
On Oct. 8, OPEC kicked America and Europe in the teeth with an oil price hike. The move will help Russia finance its war against Ukraine and the West, add to global inflation and further impair develo
Oct. 15, 2022
War in Ukraine
The Belarusian newspaper Nasha Niva reported on Oct. 13 that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has chosen to carry out a covert mobilization. The outlet cited unnamed sources when it claimed t
Oct. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a senior Belarusian opposition politician, has stated in her column for Ukrainian news outlet Ukrayinska Pravda, that the Ukrainian nation is writing not only in its own hist
Oct. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia indicated Friday, Oct.14, repairs to the Crimea bridge could take months after an explosion on the key supply link that sparked a barrage of retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine. Nearly eight
Oct. 14, 2022
Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Oct. 14, dismissed comments from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was “destabilising” the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, wh
Oct. 14, 2022
Russia
According to the EU, sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have been “melting away” Russia’s ability to fund the war, though China and Turkey are assisting Russia in evading Western
Oct. 13, 2022
Russia
Peter Pomerantsev, a British journalist and writer, has told Kyiv Post that Russian propaganda against Ukraine does not work in Europe and North America, but that cannot be said about the rest of the
Oct. 13, 2022
War in Ukraine
When making the decision to invade Ukraine in February, Vladimir Putin made two false assumptions – the strength of his own army and the strength of the resistance he would encounter in Ukraine. He ov
Oct. 13, 2022
War in Ukraine
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Oct. 12, overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine, a move US President Joe Biden said sent a “clear message” to Moscow.
Oct. 13, 2022
Russia
According to the country’s Interfax news agency, the Russian government added Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, to a list of terrorist and extremist organisations on Oct.11. The anno
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s economy may face multiple long-term challenges, but for now energy exports appear to be helping it ride out Western sanctions imposed over the offensive against Ukraine. Moscow says inflation
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
While mobilization continues inside Russia, historic buildings in Ukraine’s occupied territories are being turned into fortresses. In the southern Siberian Republic of Tuva, homeland of Russian Defen
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
The military-industrial complex of Belarus is already involved in the repair of Russian equipment damaged during hostilities. In addition, the first batch of twenty T-72 tanks was removed from storage
Oct. 12, 2022
Members of Generation Z (the demographic group under 25 years of age) are already making a serious global impact: they are leaving Russia by the hundreds of thousands to avoid military conscription. F
Oct. 11, 2022
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The RU foreign minister has made more threats against Ukraine and allies for allowing the use of ATACMS and other US-made long-range weapons to strike inside Russia after months of lobbying by Kyiv.
Nov. 18