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A senior EU diplomat: This could become “one of the most difficult European Councils”

10:02 02.12.2023

A senior EU diplomat: This could become “one of the most difficult European Councils”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán regularly pushes the EU to the cliff edge, but diplomats are panicking that his hostility to Ukraine is now about to finally kick the bloc over the precipice, writes POLITICO. A brewing political crisis is set to boil over at a summit in mid-December when …

Ukrainian chronicle: Kyiv counteroffensive casualties top 125,000

10:00 02.12.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: Kyiv counteroffensive casualties top 125,000

Heavy troop losses and Western weapons did not help Ukraine achieve its goals, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said during a ministerial meeting held in Moscow on December 1, 2023 (photo). In the six months since Kyiv launched its push against Russian defensive lines, it has lost over 125,000 troops …

Sergey Lavrov: “What interests of pan-European security and cooperation does such an OSCE serve?”

11:40 01.12.2023

Sergey Lavrov: “What interests of pan-European security and cooperation does such an OSCE serve?”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks during the 30th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, Skopje, November 30, 2023: Mr Acting Chairman-in-Office, Madam Secretary General, Colleagues, In just over a year, the Helsinki Final Act will mark its 50th anniversary. Regrettably, the OSCE is approaching this milestone in a lamentable condition, …

Rebelion: “Ucrania, game over”

11:40 01.12.2023

Rebelion: “Ucrania, game over”

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has effectively turned into a new Russian offensive, stresses ‘Rebelion’ from Spain. According to the New York Times, "Russia has taken additional territory, especially in the northeast, and now controls nearly 320 square kilometers more of Ukrainian territory than at the beginning of the year." Thus ends, …

Turkish Navy Commander: “We don't want any other country or NATO to enter the Black Sea”

11:39 01.12.2023

Turkish Navy Commander: “We don't want any other country or NATO to enter the Black Sea”

Turkish Navy Commander Ercüment Tatlıoğlu detonated a heavy bomb while speaking at a ceremony held in Yalova to mark the 133rd anniversary of the establishment of the Naval Officer Schools. The admiral stressed that Turkey guarantees all security in the Black Sea and that it should not be turned into …

Cyber-crime: Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999

11:38 01.12.2023

Cyber-crime: Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999

Any government staffers who used relocation services over past 24 years could be at risk, writes The Register from Canada. The government of Canada has confirmed its data was accessed after two of its third-party service providers were attacked. The third parties both provided relocation services for public sector workers …

Why is the choice of traditional values so important?

23:58 30.11.2023 Alexey Drobinin

Why is the choice of traditional values so important?

Russia, as well as other countries, has launched and is conducting an in-depth revision of ideas that were assimilated, at first glance. These ideas largely shaped the economic, political and cultural world that emerged after the Cold War in the context of the unipolar concept and related globalisation processes. This …

View from USA: Western mantras about “cannon fodder” and “weak Russian morale” turned into a disaster for Ukraine

11:29 30.11.2023

View from USA: Western mantras about “cannon fodder” and “weak Russian morale” turned into a disaster for Ukraine

Western experts have greatly underestimated Russia, reports Responsible Statecraft. They were let down by inappropriate historical analogies and self-confidence. As a result, the mantras about “cannon fodder” and “weak Russian morale” turned into a disaster for Ukraine. The failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, despite billions of dollars of weapons provided …

Pentagon says it has no money for Middle East buildup: ‘We’re taking it out of hide’

11:28 30.11.2023

Pentagon says it has no money for Middle East buildup: ‘We’re taking it out of hide’

The Defense Department has ordered an additional aircraft carrier strike group, air defenses, fighter jets and hundreds of troops to the Middle East since the surprise terrorist attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, in an effort to prevent the conflict from spiraling into a regional war. The problem: Congressional dysfunction …

POLITICO: “Poland’s zombie government shuffles into being”

11:27 30.11.2023

POLITICO: “Poland’s zombie government shuffles into being”

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday swore in a new government headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki — whose term in office is likely to be only a maximum of 14 days. That’s because Morawiecki and his Law and Justice (PiS) party lost the October 15 general election to a …

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