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Eurasian integration: from economics to creation of a center of power

10:19 09.10.2019 Andrey Isayev

Eurasian integration: from economics to creation of a center of power

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had every reason to congratulate his Armenian colleague Nikol Pashinyan with the outcome of the summit of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) leaders that was recently held in Yerevan, where many promising decisions were made, bringing Iran, Singapore and Uzbekistan closer to this international organization.Creation of various …

Sovereignty versus nature: Central and Eastern Europe not ready to fight for environment at all costs

12:30 03.10.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Sovereignty versus nature: Central and Eastern Europe not ready to fight for environment at all costs

While attending the UN Climate Summit in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron urged European environmental activists to look in the direction of some countries of Eastern Europe, in the first place, those that this summer came up against the “EU initiative to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050”.The 2050 deadline …

War in Yemen: enough is enough – what else?

12:12 30.08.2019 Dmitry Babich

War in Yemen: enough is enough – what else?

The situation in Yemen has recently taken a bad turn both for Saudi Arabia and its allies from the so-called “Arab NATO” - countries, which formally joined the Saudi invasion of Yemen in 2015. Since then, this coalition, backed by the United States, has been fighting the opposition Houthi movement, …

Battle for the Arctic: friends and foes

0:13 16.08.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Battle for the Arctic: friends and foes

According to Western media, the "struggle for the Arctic" is becoming ever more fierce. Moreover, this confrontation is unfolding much faster than expected.In its recent publication the Swedish Aftonbladet wrote that since “climate change” has made the Arctic “more accessible, countries taking advantage of it to produce more fossil fuels.” …

New "executive branch" of EU and Russia: EU hostile, but not united

10:24 08.07.2019 Dmitry Babich

New "executive branch" of EU and Russia: EU hostile, but not united

The recent decision by the European Council to nominate Ursula von der Leyen of Germany for the post of European Commission Chairperson and Christine Lagarde of France for President of the European Central Bank has caused many eyebrows to raise. Nevertheless, since this “feminist” set of candidates will surely receive …

Macedonia and Albania not allowed even in EU "waiting room"

11:23 28.06.2019 Dmitry Babich

Macedonia and Albania not allowed even in EU "waiting room"

The recent decision by an EU summit to postpone until October the solution on welcoming in Albania and Northern Macedonia as new members marks yet another setback for the European Union, which testifies to lack of unity among its members. Both Albania and Northern Macedonia have done all they could …

Shocking statistics of Yellow Vests in France

12:07 24.06.2019 Sergey Filatov

Shocking statistics of Yellow Vests in France

Protests of Yellow Vests in the center of Paris.AFP PhotoOnly the British could write about the French in such a manner. They reveal little-known details of the “Yellow Vest Movement” in a recent article “Yellow Vest: Shock stats reveal depth of Macron chaos - 50,000 on the streets and 11dead”.The …

EU - Turkey: friends at a distance

10:42 21.06.2019 Andrey Isayev

EU - Turkey: friends at a distance

The recent conflict over Turkish drilling vessels exploring for oil in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus has triggered another wave of debates between Turkey and the European Union. For Turkey, membership or non-membership in the EU has long passed the political and economic format, having developed …

Candidates for European Commission President: who is who

12:47 07.06.2019 Dmitry Babich

Candidates for European Commission President: who is who

The race for President of the European Commission has got under way. According to the rules which are questioned by many in the European Union but have so far enjoyed majority support in the European Parliament, the new head of the “executive branch” of the European Union will be elected …

Will the Schengen zone survive?

12:02 31.05.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Will the Schengen zone survive?

The problem of migration poses one of the major challenges to the future of the European Union. Residents in more than half of EU countries call for establishing a strict control of migration, in some cases, even suggesting a complete ban on migrant movements. Meanwhile, any productive solution to this …

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