Alexander Sheffner - International Affairs

MAIN PAGE > Authors > Alexander Sheffner

Ambitions of a dead empire

15:17 19.09.2022

Ambitions of a dead empire

It is customary for the Western media to accuse Russia of imperial ambitions. In fact, the Kremlin is trying to create its own sphere of influence in Europe, defending the rights of Russian speakers and its economic interests from the standpoint of a great power. Obviously, this is precisely what …

Kurdish autonomy as a price to pay for NATO unity. Will Europe budge?

11:58 10.06.2022

Kurdish autonomy as a price to pay for NATO unity. Will Europe budge?

Unfazed by halfhearted European protests, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan goes ahead with his military operation in Syria, designed to set up a buffer zone in the north of the country, pushing back or destroying the Kurdish units, de facto recognized by Damascus. Renunciation of Western support for the Kurds …

A fake massacre for the sake of real sanctions

13:38 09.04.2022

A fake massacre for the sake of real sanctions

Shortly after the Russian troops left the outskirts of Kiev, the pro-Ukrainian media fired a broadside of stories about alleged Russian war crimes against peaceful civilians, traces of which were found in the abandoned towns. Before very long the first video appeared, with corpses scattered along the street, some of …

No smoke without fire. Why did Russia bring up the issue of bioweapons?

15:18 13.03.2022

No smoke without fire. Why did Russia bring up the issue of bioweapons?

On March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that 30 US biological laboratories operating in Ukraine had been developing biological weapons, aimed primarily against Russia and China. Tellingly, this statement came not from the ministry’s official spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, but from his colleague, the chief of Russia’s radiation, chemical …

A preemptive invasion? This is why new statements by Russian military officials look real

10:29 10.03.2022

A preemptive invasion? This is why new statements by Russian military officials look real

During his daily briefing early on March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had seized documents confirming Kiev’s plans to attack the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in Donbass. This means that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is actually a preemptive strike …

Enough is enough! The Russian bear is out of its den

17:30 24.02.2022

Enough is enough! The Russian bear is out of its den

Despite possible sanctions and their hard-hitting economic consequences, the hunted Russian bear has got out of the den and is going after the hunters. Until recently, Russians, Ukrainians, and Europeans believed that there would be no war. What we see now, however, is a full-scale Russian invasion and quite a …

Invisible war

12:05 21.02.2022

Invisible war

Almost fifty countries have decided to evacuate their citizens and diplomatic missions from Ukraine. Some governments did not take such drastic steps, but they still moved their diplomatic staff from Kiev to Lvov in western Ukraine. British and American military specialists have also packed up and left. Not to be …

How is Ukrainian Health Ministry working for US pharmaceutical companies?

10:46 06.12.2021

How is Ukrainian Health Ministry working for US pharmaceutical companies?

America’s Big Pharma is using Ukrainians as guinea pigs for its very money-making business. And here it has long been assisted by Ukrainian politicians and officials, either directly or by turning a blind eye to all this.This story began several years ago, when Petro Poroshenko was still President. It was …

A proud “Shield of Europe” or just a buffer zone for NATO

17:56 28.10.2021

A proud “Shield of Europe” or just a buffer zone for NATO

Amid numerous discussions about the future of Ukraine - a country that has been unable to form a single nation in 30 years of independence, and is torn apart by interethnic, linguistic and economic contradictions, Europe should ask itself just what Ukraine really means to it. And the answer will …

The Taliban are bending over backwards trying to demonstrate to the world their legitimacy and readiness for dialogue

20:16 30.09.2021

The Taliban are bending over backwards trying to demonstrate to the world their legitimacy and readiness for dialogue

The Taliban are bending over backwards trying to demonstrate to the world their legitimacy and readiness for dialogue. They are also working hard to hide the fact that they do not control the whole of Afghanistan, and even some of their very own field commanders. However, no matter how hell-bent …

Page 1 of 2. next last »