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Russia is a part of Europe, which never became a part of Russia

12:24 22.01.2021 Armen Oganesyan

Russia is a part of Europe, which never became a part of Russia

The process of the new European integration coincided in time with the intensification of the process of globalization, which has stimulated and inspired the formation of the European Union. Presently, debates about the crisis of globalization are going almost simultaneously with discussions about the crisis of European integration. The European …

Ivan Timofeev: sanctions are imposed on the basis of a certain opinion

11:30 20.10.2020 Elizaveta Antonova

Ivan Timofeev: sanctions are imposed on the basis of a certain opinion

EU foreign ministers have reached consensus on imposing sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of Aleksey Navalny. A decision to this effect was passed by 27 foreign ministers of the EU. According to Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, the EU has got down to work to prepare a sanctions list. …

2020 US presidential election: what can the world expect?

10:29 26.08.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

2020 US presidential election: what can the world expect?

The presidential campaign in the United States is unfolding amid a weakening of America's position in the world and this is what many commentators both in and outside the US now focus on. How is this situation seen by the two main contenders for the White House? What do their …

The Crises of Europe

11:05 25.08.2020 Enes Bayraklı

The Crises of Europe

After the end of the Cold War, the US established itself as sole the global player. Together with the US, NATO also expanded its power, even though it had to set itself new goals with the fall of the Soviet Union. Over the years, the EU also expanded alongside NATO …

US vs EU: a new transatlantic trade war looming?

16:52 16.07.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

US vs EU: a new transatlantic trade war looming?

In an article, carried by the newspaper Handelsblatt, a group of German MPs from the Social Democratic party describe the possible new US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as a "threat to European sovereignty." Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the German authorities are mulling retaliatory sanctions against …

Price war on oil and gas market from geopolitical perspective

12:34 08.04.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Price war on oil and gas market from geopolitical perspective

The collapse of the OPEC+ deal, coupled with a drop in demand amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, has sent tectonic shocks across the global oil and gas markets. Simultaneously, attacks on the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project have intensified again.The global demand for oil had started to decline well before …

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 …

A new world without “old” rules? (Potential results of US exit from INF treaty)

11:41 10.06.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

A new world without “old” rules? (Potential results of US exit from INF treaty)

On May 30, President Vladimir Putin submitted to parliament a bill on suspending the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF). With Washington having failed to respond to Moscow’s proposals to resolve existing differences concerning the treaty, Russia has been forced to respond to President Donald Trump’s …

Polish and Greek claims to Berlin exceed one trillion euros

15:52 06.11.2018 Dmitry Babich

Polish and Greek claims to Berlin exceed one trillion euros

The issue of paying compensation to European countries, which fell victim to the Nazi aggression, is gradually becoming one of the gravest on the EU agenda. The compensation issue is high on the agenda of Polish and Greek politicians, including the presidents of Poland and Greece. Although these countries do …

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