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A view from Moscow: EU proved a geopolitical dwarf. Geopolitics is the domain of US, Russia and China

9:54 31.10.2026 Konstantin Remchukov

A view from Moscow: EU proved a geopolitical dwarf. Geopolitics is the domain of US, Russia and China

In a recently published analytical article, Konstantin Remchukov, editor-in-chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper, shared his thoughts about the role and position of present-day Europe and its elites in the global transformation process that the modern world has now entered. In a sharp and pointed manner, he writes: "It must be …

A historical victory: Lula da Silva wins a fourth term as Brazilian president

10:09 28.10.2026 Lyudmila Okuneva

A historical victory: Lula da Silva wins a fourth term as Brazilian president

In the October 25 runoff in Brazil’s general election, the incumbent president, center-leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, pulled off the most stunning political fightback in the country’s modern history winning 51.79 percent of the vote, compared to 48.21 percent for his right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro. The margin was 3.58 …

Slouching toward Kaliningrad, NATO dismisses a nuclear threat

13:05 27.10.2026

Slouching toward Kaliningrad, NATO dismisses a nuclear threat

As it encroaches on the western Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea, the alliance continues to underestimate Moscow's red lines, Anatol Lieven of Responsible Statecraft writes. During the Cold War, the exclave of West Berlin, isolated in the middle of Communist East Germany, was regarded as one of the most …

EU: “All compromises put off until tomorrow”

11:07 24.10.2026 Valeriya Belyaeva

EU: “All compromises put off until tomorrow”

An overwhelming burden of problems weighing down the driver, or perhaps, just a senseless, insular squabble - this is how one might describe the main takeaway from the latest EU summit held in Brussels on October 15–16. Most international analysts share this assessment, despite the summit’s ambitious agenda featuring the …

Rosatom offers Armenia a nuclear energy pathway

10:36 20.10.2026 Alexander Ananyev

Rosatom offers Armenia a nuclear energy pathway

On September 29, Alexey Likhachev, head of the Russian state corporation Rosatom, was in Yerevan meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The meeting coincided with the 5th session of the Joint Coordinating Committee for the implementation of the program to further extend the operational lifespan of the second power …

Germany: elections in the East are over. What next?

10:40 15.10.2026 Valeriya Belyaeva

Germany: elections in the East are over. What next?

In Germany, the initial wave of emotional outbreaks is gradually making way for attempts to wrap one’s mind around the triumphant success of the right-wing populist "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) party in the parliamentary elections of three East German states, dubbed by the media as a “political earthquake.” The elections, …

Ukraine as a Battlefield – actual results, and what next?

11:16 06.10.2026 Denis Baturin

Ukraine as a Battlefield – actual results, and what next?

Ukrainian online networks are all abuzz with reports about the allegedly triumphant progress of Operation "Vivaldi" led by 3rd Army Corps commander Andriy Biletsky* and his colleague Denys Prokopenko,* who have "halted Russia advance in the Donbass." In reality, Kyiv is deploying reserves to contain the Russian offensive, as Sloviansk …

Paradoxes of Tokyo’s “sanctions diplomacy:” from Kuril impotence to toxic legacy of WW II

11:03 15.09.2026 Oleg Paramonov

Paradoxes of Tokyo’s “sanctions diplomacy:” from Kuril impotence to toxic legacy of WW II

The current crisis in Russian-Japanese relations, caused by Tokyo conservatives’ hardline anti-Russian stance is increasingly driving Sanae Takaichi’s government into a "diplomatic dead end." Attempts to exert pressure on Moscow are running up against geopolitical, military, and economic realities though. Japan’s diplomacy toward Russia is defined by a strategic paradox, …

Carthage case: a major corruption scandal looms over Kyiv talks

10:51 11.09.2026 Denis Baturin

Carthage case: a major corruption scandal looms over Kyiv talks

"Carthage" and "Forrest Gump" are no longer just Hollywood movies; they are now the names of operations conducted by Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies - operations meant to get the current head of the Kyiv regime, Zelensky, ready for negotiations with US President Donald Trump’s special envoys. This might also have been …

Making history – why is Trump so hell-bent on changing geographic names?

11:19 08.09.2026 Andrey Kadomtsev

Making history – why is Trump so hell-bent on changing geographic names?

In late August, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes straddling the border between the US and Canada. The new name has already been added to the US National Geographic Names Database (GNIS). However, …

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