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Two threats – for the world of people and for the world of finance

11:51 12.01.2023

Two threats – for the world of people and for the world of finance

The world is today confronted with two nuclear threats of a proportion never previously seen in history. These threats are facing us at a time when the world economy is about to turn and decline precipitously not just for years but probably decades, writes in his in a detailed commentary …

False Ukranian ‘democracy’

11:16 12.01.2023

False Ukranian ‘democracy’

Ukraine is not the bastion of freedom described by most Western media. Ukraine’s Western cheerleaders seem to have no shame. They continue to portray the country as a freedom-loving democracy, even though evidence continues to mount that it is nothing of the sort, writes Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow …

Japan: the end of the era of «winning pacifism»?

10:31 12.01.2023 Oleg Paramonov

Japan: the end of the era of «winning pacifism»?

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has said that Japan, a country presiding in G7 in 2023, will continue to push for sanctions against Russia and for military and other assistance to Ukraine. The announcement came in wake of the Japanese government’s approval of the new National Security Strategy on …

American business began to count their losses in Ukraine

11:36 11.01.2023

American business began to count their losses in Ukraine

In the United States, they were concerned that a large share of the Ukrainian industrial potential had already passed under the control of Russia. Such a high concern, shown, in particular, in this“The Washington Post” article, suggests that by 2022 the American companies have bought up a fairly large share …

War games around Taiwan: U.S. Navy cuts transits. China steps up military pressure

11:35 11.01.2023

War games around Taiwan: U.S. Navy cuts transits. China steps up military pressure

The U.S. reduced its number of naval transits through the Taiwan Strait in 2022 to the lowest level in four years even as China stepped up military pressure on the island it vows to one day control, -informs Bloomberg.The U.S. 7th Fleet sent nine warships through the body of water …

Israeli weapons and mediation in Ukrainian crisis – a new trap set by Washington

11:32 11.01.2023 Denis Baturin

Israeli weapons and mediation in Ukrainian crisis – a new trap set by Washington

Israel has turned down Kyiv’s request for arms supplies to its armed forces. During a December 30, 2022 telephone linkup with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of a vote by the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Zelensky to vote against a draft resolution tabled by Palestine. …

World Bank to warn of Global Recession risk

11:51 10.01.2023

World Bank to warn of Global Recession risk

The World Bank is concerned that “further adverse shocks” could push the global economy into recession in 2023, with small states especially vulnerable,informs Bloomberg.The warning is contained in an abstract for the bi-annual “Global Economic Prospects” report due for release andvisibleon the group’s Open Knowledge Repository website.Even without another crisis, …

Ukrainian chronicle: Armed Forces of Ukraine has violated the proposed unilateral Russian truce 557 times

11:49 10.01.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: Armed Forces of Ukraine has violated the proposed unilateral Russian truce 557 times

- Violation of a proposed Russian ceasefire by Ukraine. The combined grouping of Russian troops observed the ceasefire along the entire line of contact from 12:00 AM on January, 6 until 24:00 PM. on January 7, 2023 in the areas of the Special Military Operation.In Kupyansk and Krasniy Liman directions, …

US think-tank: Ukraine and the prospects for negotiations

11:48 10.01.2023

US think-tank: Ukraine and the prospects for negotiations

There are more and more articles in the American press questioning ‘how to end the conflict in Ukraine through negotiations’. They are concerned about consequences, although they cheer themselves up with the fact that ‘Russia will soon lose’, and the ‘West is strong and united’. So they lull themselves. Nevertheless, …

Geopolitics explain: “Why things won’t change”

11:41 09.01.2023

Geopolitics explain: “Why things won’t change”

Russia’s war in Ukraine has involved many surprises. The largest, however, is that it happened at all. Last year, Russia was at peace and enmeshed in a complex global economy. Would it really sever trade ties – and threaten nuclear war – just to expand its already vast territory? Such …

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