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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia may deploy medium, short-range missiles in Asia if US missiles appear there

16:43 25.11.2024

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia may deploy medium, short-range missiles in Asia if US missiles appear there

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has not ruled out the deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region as a retaliatory measure against the United States, Sputnik Globe reports. "Of course, this is one of the options that has also been repeatedly mentioned. The appearance of such …

US ‘political style’: The Escalation for De-escalation

13:29 25.11.2024

US ‘political style’: The Escalation for De-escalation

Almost the entire team of Donald Trump’s advisers, along with his son (with the exception of the newly appointed Secretary of State, Marco Rubio), condemned Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to target deep within Russian territory, writes Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, ex-advisor at the office of the Greek PM Andreas Papandreou on …

FT: EU’s top central bankers warn economy at risk from political paralysis

13:28 25.11.2024

FT: EU’s top central bankers warn economy at risk from political paralysis

The EU’s top three central bankers all sounded the alarm over economic decline, warning that political paralysis was leaving Europe even more vulnerable in a potential trade war with the US, writes ‘The Financial Times’. In a rare and strongly worded joint statement, the governors of the Bundesbank and Banque …

NYT: US and European officials discussed giving Ukraine nuclear weapons

13:26 25.11.2024

NYT: US and European officials discussed giving Ukraine nuclear weapons

Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine, reveals ‘The New York Times’. Mr. Trump has made clear his distaste for continuing to help Ukraine take back territory seized by Russia, making a negotiated settlement the only real viable option left. One of the biggest …

Somaliland: Elections are behind – big problems are ahead

13:26 25.11.2024

Somaliland: Elections are behind – big problems are ahead

The Republic of Somaliland is wedged uneasily on the Horn of Africa between Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia, the latter two of which have been locked in a diplomatic cold war over the prospect of recognising the breakaway nation. It is only recognised by Taiwan, writes Matt Kenyon, a writer and …

Sergey Lavrov: “A key focus was the imperative of countering legal aggression in its various manifestations. It is unacceptable to blatantly breach international law obligations, as the West is currently doing, violating all the tenets of the WTO, the principles of the IMF and the World Bank, and even its own concepts of globalization”

10:03 24.11.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “A key focus was the imperative of countering legal aggression in its various manifestations. It is unacceptable to blatantly breach international law obligations, as the West is currently doing, violating all the tenets of the WTO, the principles of the IMF and the World Bank, and even its own concepts of globalization”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a news conference following the joint meeting of the Collegiums of Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, Brest, November 22, 2024. Mr Ryzhenkov, Colleagues, Today, we have accomplished significant work. Commencing last night, we engaged in discussions on numerous crucial …

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s allies are inviting their own ‘Strategic defeat’

10:02 24.11.2024

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s allies are inviting their own ‘Strategic defeat’

Last year, some Western leaders started boasting of Russia’s “strategic defeat” in Ukraine. This was always a terrible idea and a line President Vladimir Putin never tires of citing as he pushes the false claim that he sent his armies across the border to defend Russia from Western aggression, rather …

London is so brave! “For the United Kingdom and other western allies of Ukraine, it is important to avoid overreacting”

10:00 24.11.2024

London is so brave! “For the United Kingdom and other western allies of Ukraine, it is important to avoid overreacting”

Kyiv now using British Storm Shadow missiles to attack Russia. This 'Trump proofing' is massively short-sighted, stresses at ‘The Responsible Statecraft’ Anatol Lieven, a Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute. The UK has apparently given the greenlight for Kyiv to use its Storm Shadow missiles for attacking …

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met President-elect Donald Trump in Florida

9:58 24.11.2024

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met President-elect Donald Trump in Florida

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met President-elect Donald Trump in Florida as Europe waits apprehensively to see how the next administration will approach the war in Ukraine. They have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday. In a brief statement, NATO said Trump and its secretary …

View from Greece: No limits to adventurism. They are gambling with the very existence of the Human Race…

9:59 23.11.2024

View from Greece: No limits to adventurism. They are gambling with the very existence of the Human Race…

It seems that President Biden, facing his biological end, thought he might as well take all of humanity with him, stresses Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, ex-advisor at the office of the Greek PM Andreas Papandreou on Arms Control and East-West relations. What can one say, and what can one write, about the …

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