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View from London: Europe’s kind words and bear hugs can't save Zelensky 11:48 21.12.2025

View from London: Europe’s kind words and bear hugs can't save Zelensky

If bear hugs were army divisions and brave words cash euros, Volodymyr Zelensky would have ended his tour of European capitals this week the best-armed and best-funded leader in the world, writes ‘The Spectator’. ‘We stand with Ukraine,’ vowed Sir Keir Starmer after hosting a summit for President Zelensky and …
NYT: “Europe Is in Decline. Good” 11:46 21.12.2025

NYT: “Europe Is in Decline. Good”

Economic growth across the continent, long anemic, has dwindled toward nought, with even Germany’s industrial behemoth slumping. Dynamism has disappeared, replaced by painful dependencies: Europe’s technology comes from America, its critical minerals from China. The continent’s transformation into an arid playpen for tourists, with its economies geared to serve the …
‘The Telegraph’: Is British civilisation really being erased? 10:10 20.12.2025

‘The Telegraph’: Is British civilisation really being erased?

Mass migration risks making the UK and its neighbours ‘unrecognisable’. America could one day cut them loose, ‘The Telegraph’ notes. Donald Trump’s description of Europe, offered in an interview with Politico last week, was characteristically blunt: “What they’re doing with immigration is a disaster.” Unless this changes, some nations “will …
‘Al Jazeera’: A world rife with crises from East to West 10:10 20.12.2025

‘Al Jazeera’: A world rife with crises from East to West

We are going through difficult times, and we are preparing to enter a year that will not be easy, ‘Al Jazeera’ writes. Syria, which emerged from a 61-year Baath Party dictatorship and a 14-year civil war, is trying to catch its breath, but they are not leaving it in peace. …
TASS: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin confirmed that he recently talked at length with the newly appointed head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Blaise Metreweli 10:09 20.12.2025

TASS: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin confirmed that he recently talked at length with the newly appointed head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Blaise Metreweli

These days, nearly the only communication Russia and Europe have is between intelligence services, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said in an interview with TASS. Responding to a question about whether the Russian side observes more common sense in the approaches of European countries’ intelligence …
Ursula and Merz lost the financial “drach nach Osten” 10:08 20.12.2025

Ursula and Merz lost the financial “drach nach Osten”

France sided with Belgium, Italy and smaller states in backing Ukraine funding raised against EU budget. There was no plan B, they said. Until there had to be one, writes ‘Financial Times’. At a little after 9pm on Thursday, the EU’s 27 leaders were presented with an updated version of …
Vladimir Putin: Russia not at war with West, West fights Russia with Ukrainian nationalists’ hands 23:59 19.12.2025

Vladimir Putin: Russia not at war with West, West fights Russia with Ukrainian nationalists’ hands

Russia is not fighting the West, but Western countries are fighting Russia with Ukrainian nationalists’ hands, President Vladimir Putin said at the year-end news conference and call-in. "It's not us who are fighting you. You are fighting us with Ukrainian nationalists’ hands," he said. "It's absolutely clear that by combining …
TASS: President Putin's statements on Ukraine at 'Results of the Year' conference 23:57 19.12.2025

TASS: President Putin's statements on Ukraine at 'Results of the Year' conference

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the combined Direct Line Q&A session and year-end press conference headlined "Results of the Year," confirmed Moscow's readiness to put an end to the Ukrainian conflict by peaceful means based on the principles announced by the head of state at the Russian Foreign Ministry in …
NYT: Europe to lend 90 billion euros ($105 billion) to Ukraine without touching Russian funds 12:58 19.12.2025

NYT: Europe to lend 90 billion euros ($105 billion) to Ukraine without touching Russian funds

European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Facing opposition in their own camp, they settled on another way, ‘The New York Times’ reports. European leaders agreed early on Friday morning to keep Ukraine funded for two years with a loan of …
Jeffrey Sachs: Why enmity with Russia has always plunged Europe into misfortune 11:58 19.12.2025

Jeffrey Sachs: Why enmity with Russia has always plunged Europe into misfortune

The message is that Russia and its security interests must be taken seriously. Europe has repeatedly rejected peace with Russia, not because it was impossible, but because recognizing Russia's security interests was wrongly considered illegitimate. As long as Europe persists in this reflex, it will remain trapped in a cycle …
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