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Vladimir Putin: “We are now fighting not just for Russia's freedom but for the freedom of the whole world”

11:49 29.11.2023

Vladimir Putin: “We are now fighting not just for Russia's freedom but for the freedom of the whole world”

Vladimir Putin addressed, via videoconference, the plenary session of the World Russian People’s Council. The key topic of the forum, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the organisation’s establishment, is the Present and Future of the Russian World. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, as well as representatives of …

View from Hong Kong: Why West fears Trump’s return

11:48 29.11.2023

View from Hong Kong: Why West fears Trump’s return

Western liberals are having nightmares about Donald Trump, notes ‘The South China Morning Post’. Here are some random headlines from the last few days, all from prestigious news outlets in Britain and the United States: “Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024”, “Don’t discount the chance …

Ukraine’s new ‘enemy’ – war fatigue in the West

11:46 29.11.2023

Ukraine’s new ‘enemy’ – war fatigue in the West

America has become one of Ukraine’s greatest worries. Its aid for Ukraine is fast running out, and dysfunction in Congress is blocking new assistance. Nobody is sure when — or whether — it will be restored, writes ‘The Economist’. The effect is being felt at the front as America tries …

WP: White House grapples with internal divisions on Israel-Gaza

11:45 29.11.2023

WP: White House grapples with internal divisions on Israel-Gaza

The Hamas attacks and Israeli reaction have roiled the Biden team like no other issue during his presidency. Earlier this month, a group of about 20 distressed White House staffers requested a meeting with President Biden’s top advisers, as Israel’s war in Gaza entered its sixth week, writes ‘The Washington …

Pro-Palestine protesters shut NYC's Manhattan Bridge

11:24 28.11.2023

Pro-Palestine protesters shut NYC's Manhattan Bridge

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have shut down Manhattan Bridge on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year to demand a 'permanent ceasefire' in Gaza. The New York protest was led by Jewish Voice for Peace, an activist group that describes itself as being the 'largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist …

View from Paris: ‘Tournant historique!’

11:23 28.11.2023

View from Paris: ‘Tournant historique!’

This is a ‘Historical turning point’ (Tournant historique), writes Anne-Cécile Robert in his editorial at ‘Le Monde Diplomatique’. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the world found itself united for a time around the principles and values of a liberal order characterized by American dominance, the spread …

Gas deals beyond 2050 show reality gap on Europe ‘Climate Goals’

11:22 28.11.2023

Gas deals beyond 2050 show reality gap on Europe ‘Climate Goals’

Qatari liquefied natural gas for Europe.Photo: AP Two days after the European Union declared it will push for a global phase-out of most fossil fuels well before 2050, Shell Plc signed a 27-year agreement to buy Qatari liquefied natural gas for the Netherlands, Bloomberg informs. It’s not the first multi-decade …

POLITICO: How JP Morgan and ‘friends’ got out of anti-Russian sanctions in New Jersey

11:21 28.11.2023

POLITICO: How JP Morgan and ‘friends’ got out of anti-Russian sanctions in New Jersey

“We cannot have 50 different states with 50 different foreign policies,” stresses a former state Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin. But they have… Nearly two years later, the state has halted enforcement of the Russian sanction law following a legal challenge — and after it became clear the effort could …

Ukrainian chronicle: NATO is for a wider war with Russia

10:50 27.11.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: NATO is for a wider war with Russia

An attempt of the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was successfully prevented. The number of fixed-wing drones downed on November 26 climbed to 24. Early in the morning on that day, the Russian Defense Ministry informed that all these …

Look how the British incite Germany

10:49 27.11.2023

Look how the British incite Germany

More than 50 countries are supporting Ukraine. Yet Ukraine’s existential struggle in Europe’s largest war since 1945 currently hinges mainly on two countries. US leadership, as well as financial and material support for Kyiv, have been essential to Ukraine’s survival. Germany is its second largest supplier of weapons and money, …

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