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Tall stories about the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and “information slop” from Brussels

11:35 22.03.2024 Alexander Ananyev

Tall stories about the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and “information slop” from Brussels

When meeting with residents of a village on the border with neighboring Azerbaijan on March 18, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that a war was imminent “by the end of the week” if Armenia did not “adjust the border.” [1] He also warned the villagers that Yerevan would not …

Poland – a long way to see the obvious

11:53 14.03.2024 Andrey Kadomtsev

Poland – a long way to see the obvious

As Polish media reports, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has acknowledged that the 2010 air crash near Smolensk which claimed the lives of the then President Lech Kaczynski and a number of high-ranking government officials was an “accident”, not an “assassination”. Only 14 years after did Warsaw come to such a …

Chronic illegitimacy of Ukraine’s powers-that-be, or will they hold elections?

12:07 13.03.2024 Denis Baturin

Chronic illegitimacy of Ukraine’s powers-that-be, or will they hold elections?

Vladimir Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20. Past that date, his legitimacy will be called into question, leading up to a constitutional and legal conflict. Moreover, the legitimacy of the entire Ukrainian government will become questionable too, since the Ukrainian presidency, as an institution, is an integral part of …

The roots of Russophobia

12:07 15.02.2024 Sergey Filatov

The roots of Russophobia

Why is there still ill-feeling and even hatred towards Russia in Europe? Why hasn’t it disappeared? Why is it that for years, decades, centuries after, the European phenomenon known as “Russophobia”, or enmity towards Russians, has been here to stay and is as felt as ever? The impression is that …

Zaluzhny: What lies ahead for Ukraine’s ex-top General?

11:49 13.02.2024 Denis Baturin

Zaluzhny: What lies ahead for Ukraine’s ex-top General?

The dismissal of Ukraine’s top military commander, General Valery Zaluzhny, ended weeks of tension and speculation about his fate. However, the ex-commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and his supporters failed to convert this tension into a political or social resource simply because support posts on social networks can …

USA ‘passes’ Ukraine crisis over to Europe: problems and strategies

11:52 24.01.2024 Denis Baturin

USA ‘passes’ Ukraine crisis over to Europe: problems and strategies

The «trench reality» of Ukraine is becoming fraught with powerful political and economic consequences for Europe and the USA. The main point is that Ukrainian political leaders intend to continue the war in order to stay in power. Despite the forced mobilization, the flight of draftees from the country and …

European Parliament-24: will Europe turn right?

12:00 23.01.2024 Valeriya Belyaeva

European Parliament-24: will Europe turn right?

The question of who will take up seats in the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg this year is increasingly being discussed by Western media and politicians. This time round, the upcoming June 6-9 elections to the EU’s influential political institution are often dubbed as “fateful” and all but sealing the …

Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge Against It

12:03 17.01.2024 Vijay Prashad

Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge Against It

Hundreds of millions of people across the world have been deeply moved by the atrocity of the Israeli war on Palestine. Millions have attended marches and protests, many of them participating in such demonstrations for the first time in their lives. Social media, in almost all the world’s languages, is …

Russophobia: The Roots and the Crown

11:32 15.01.2024 Sergey Filatov , Andrei Volodin

Russophobia: The Roots and the Crown

From an analytical perspective, Russophobia is not all that different from other social phenomena. Like other forms of xenophobia, Russophobia operates on two levels: public fears and state policies. The boundaries between these two levels are often relative, fluid, and subject to change. The authors suggest that Russophobia is a …

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

11:53 12.01.2024 Maria Kolesnikova

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

On January 5-6, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Turkey. The results of the two-day visit did not receive much media coverage though. The topics discussed included the situation in Gaza, the Ukrainian conflict, trade, investments and security relations between the two countries and, of course, Ankara's support for …

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