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Russia
Winston Churchill in 1939 famously described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” And for decades, if not centuries, the Western fascination with Russia as some sort of exotic
Nov. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
Sweden’s security service SAPO on Tuesday, Nov. 22 arrested two people suspected of spying for years for an unnamed country, authorities said, with media reporting they were a married couple from Russ
Nov. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
Kazakhstan has dismissed international criticism of its presidential vote, in which incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev secured a landslide re-election victory. The foreign ministry said late on Monday th
Nov. 22, 2022
Russia
A Russian woman who harassed Ukrainian women on the streets of Germany and Austria has been permanently expelled from the country, it was confirmed on Nov. 21, 2022. A video of Yulia Prokhorova being
Nov. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Missile misunderstanding Two missiles hit a Polish village killing two farmers. The psychological barrier has been crossed here in Poland. The war in Ukraine is no longer just about refugee waves, fig
Nov. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and General Wei Fenghe, Minister of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China, at a meeting in Cambodia discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine. That’s according
Nov. 22, 2022
Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday, Nov. 20,appeared at a football match of the Hungarian national team with a scarf depicting a map of “Greater Hungary” with parts of neighboring states
Nov. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Abandoning Ukraine will Destroy Taiwan Some of those interested in abandoning Ukraine to Russian conquest have recently advanced an argument supposedly based on strategic realism. The U.S. cannot prov
Nov. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
A top US official has accused Russia of committing “systemic” war crimes in “every region” of Ukraine where the country’s troops have been deployed, including the murder, torture and kidnapping of civ
Nov. 22, 2022
The 2022 FIFA World Cup has kicked off in Qatar. It is usually a feast of football for fans and a jackpot for FIFA which, in fact, lives from championship to championship, earning huge money from each
Nov. 21, 2022
Russia
A Russian state TV host has been rebuked on air by his fellow presenters after he called for Kyiv to be “destroyed” and Kharkiv to be “wiped off the face of the earth.” In a rare sign of disunity amon
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Last week, the U.S. organized a master class for the whole world on how to manage military risks and neutralize the nuclear threat. Russia finally deleted even verbal hints about the possibility of us
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Kazakhstan’s presidential polls, in which incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev secured a landslide victory, lacked “competitiveness” and showed the need for reforms, international election monitors said Mo
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Another eight ships with 342,000 tonnes of agricultural products for the countries of Africa, Asia and Europe left the ports of Great Odesa over the past two days, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (U
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
It is bizarre that calls for peace talks pick up every time Kyiv shows its ability to take back territory The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement is a domestic economic event. The audience understandably li
Nov. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov held a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart Peeni Henare on Nov. 19. This was reported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. “For the first time in history, the Minis
Nov. 20, 2022