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View from Delhi: The India-Canada rift…

11:08 22.10.2024

View from Delhi: The India-Canada rift…

The sharp deterioration of relations in the India-Canada-USA triangle in connection with the murder of one of the leaders of Indian separatists in Canada a year ago could have very serious consequences for world politics. The situation described in his commentary by M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. …

Sergey Lavrov: “We suggest discussing the Eurasian continent-wide security architecture, emphasising the fact that its doors will be open to everyone, including countries from the west of the Eurasian continent”

11:27 21.10.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “We suggest discussing the Eurasian continent-wide security architecture, emphasising the fact that its doors will be open to everyone, including countries from the west of the Eurasian continent”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to ‘Argumenty i Fakty’ newspaper, Moscow, October 20, 2024 Question: Let me commence with BRICS. A significant number of countries, approximately 30 or perhaps more, have voiced their intention to join this group. Notably, Türkiye, a NATO member, which was rather surprising to me. Conversely, …

Russia pitches trading centers in a widening plan to move away from the US-dominated global financial order

11:26 21.10.2024

Russia pitches trading centers in a widening plan to move away from the US-dominated global financial order

Russia has released new details on how it could move away from the dollar, part of a long-running effort to buoy trade amid Western sanctions. Earlier this month, Russia's Finance Ministry, its central bank, and Moscow-based consultancy Yakov & Partners outlined the country's vision of what the country is aiming …

Bloomberg: Ukraine will soon be sold out by a divided West

11:25 21.10.2024

Bloomberg: Ukraine will soon be sold out by a divided West

A divided West is looking for a way to end its support for Kyiv, notes Max Hastings, a Bloomberg opinion columnist. Ukraine will soon be sold out. If that statement sounds too brutal and conclusive, consider the evidence: The Russians occupy one-fifth of its territory, and the Ukrainians’ best efforts …

Prabowo Subianto is the President of Indonesia

11:24 21.10.2024

Prabowo Subianto is the President of Indonesia

Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, completing his journey from an ex-general to the presidential palace, TIME informs. The former defense minister, who turned 73 on Thursday, was cheered through the streets by thousands of waving supporters after taking his …

With 78% of dissatisfied in France, Macron's popularity continues to collapse

11:22 21.10.2024

With 78% of dissatisfied in France, Macron's popularity continues to collapse

In the monthly Ifop/JDD barometer for the ‘Journal du Dimanche’, Emmanuel Macron continues to sink with a popularity rating of 22%, or 78% of dissatisfied (+ 3 points). The tenant of the Élysée is thus getting closer to the poor polls of his predecessor. In the fall of 2014, this …

NYT: U.S. wrestles with aiding allies and maintaining its own weapons supply

9:08 20.10.2024

NYT: U.S. wrestles with aiding allies and maintaining its own weapons supply

Nearly every week for months, the Biden administration has announced that it is sending another shipment of arms to Ukraine or the Middle East. And nearly every week, Pentagon officials discuss whether the flow of weapons could be hurting the U.S. military’s ability to respond to a new conflict, particularly …

Bloomberg confession: Europe is unprepared to defend itself

9:06 20.10.2024

Bloomberg confession: Europe is unprepared to defend itself

For decades, European NATO members curbed defense spending to fund other priorities. What remains, in the view of some US military experts, is a “Potemkin Army” that couldn’t stand up to an invader without American support, states Bloomberg. After decades preoccupied with counter-insurgency operations in far-flung lands, NATO’s European members …

‘The New Statesman’: Russia stares down the West – the balance of power is shifting in the Kremlin’s favour

9:04 20.10.2024

‘The New Statesman’: Russia stares down the West – the balance of power is shifting in the Kremlin’s favour

When you listen to the debate in Germany or the US about support for Ukraine, you might get the impression that it is the West that is running out of money. This is not true either. But we are running out of a willingness to spend it, ‘The New Statesman’ …

James Rickards: BRICS “will destroy the Dollar”

9:03 20.10.2024

James Rickards: BRICS “will destroy the Dollar”

The Treasury Secretary Yellen is the greatest threat to the Treasury market through her persistent and illegal efforts to steal $300 billion in U.S. Treasury securities owned by the Central Bank of Russia and held in custody in U.S. and European banks and the Euroclear clearinghouse in Brussels, writes James …

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