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Ukrainian chronicle: Moscow responded to the U.S. DU ammo deliveries

9:44 09.09.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: Moscow responded to the U.S. DU ammo deliveries

The Pentagon’s delivery of DU (depleted uranium) projectiles to Ukraine will have dire consequences for future generations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. His comments came after Washington announced the delivery of an unspecified number of 120mm DU rounds to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package. The …

Globalization destroyed: G20 meeting signals the death of Western multilateralism

9:43 09.09.2023

Globalization destroyed: G20 meeting signals the death of Western multilateralism

Globalization, anchored essentially in multilateralism, is being reversed. Already under stress as a result of the Covid pandemic, the global economy is under more pressure from the continuing conflict in Ukraine, including the unrestrained use of sanctions as a policy instrument by the West to achieve political objectives against its …

The Telegraph: Sanctions are damaging Europe

9:42 09.09.2023

The Telegraph: Sanctions are damaging Europe

Sanctions are hurting, but it is perhaps Europe rather than Russia where the disruptive economic and political effects are at their most destructive, recognizes London ‘The Telegraph’. Russia has shown a surprising degree of resilience; sanctions haven’t worked in breaking Russian resolve. Yet they have certainly done a great deal …

London’s generous gift: buses instead of missiles

9:40 09.09.2023

London’s generous gift: buses instead of missiles

Bendy buses from Luton Airport are driven to Ukraine to transport soldiers from the most dangerous war zones, ‘The Daily Mail’ informs. Ukraine has received three Luton Airport (near London) bendy buses from Britain to help support its ongoing efforts to repel the Russian invasion. The retired shuttle buses, still …

Myths and reality about the Ukraine war

12:18 08.09.2023

Myths and reality about the Ukraine war

In Ukraine successive governments have turned a once relatively prosperous region of the former Soviet Union into Europe’s poorest country. In the 30 years of independence before the present war, Ukraine’s population fell from 52 to 44 million, writes David Mandel, a former professor of political science at Université du …

View from London: Is EU ready for enlargement?

12:17 08.09.2023

View from London: Is EU ready for enlargement?

“She has extended the invitation multiple times but has yet to set a date for the welcome party. “You are part of our family, your future is in our union, and our union is not complete without you,” Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, last year told Ukraine …

US illusions in the Middle East

12:16 08.09.2023

US illusions in the Middle East

The U.S. preoccupation with the Middle East over the past six decades has been a costly endeavor with little benefit. The traditional twin pillars of U.S. policy in the region have been relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, notes Melvin A. Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International …

Ukraine and the West – war and elections

11:42 07.09.2023 Denis Baturin

Ukraine and the West – war and elections

The western version of what caused the explosions on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 is being provided with more and more details which prove that Ukrainians are behind the blasts. Why is it? At the beginning, they pointed to some obscure characters, Ukrainian business people, with no connection …

Sarkozy vilified for speaking uncomfortable truths about Ukraine

11:41 07.09.2023

Sarkozy vilified for speaking uncomfortable truths about Ukraine

In an interview with Le Figaro published on August 16 and based on his new book, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy laid out what has been missing from Western thinking on the war in Ukraine: a diplomatic Plan B in case the present Ukrainian offensive fails, notes American ‘Responsible Statecraft’. …

Is BRICS big enough for the Saudi-Iran reconciliation?

11:40 07.09.2023

Is BRICS big enough for the Saudi-Iran reconciliation?

Joining the grouping might just be the best thing to happen to the two Middle East powers as they navigate towards normalization, writes ‘Responsible Statecraft’. One of the remarkable aspects of the “big bang” expansion of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) announced at the summit in Johannesburg, …

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