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View from London: Why Europe can’t defend itself?

10:37 01.04.2025

View from London: Why Europe can’t defend itself?

Imagine a world in which western Europe was actually able to stick it to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump simultaneously. As if. Back in the real world, there’s a remote possibility the Europeans might get their act together sufficiently to stand up to one, or the other. But not both. …

Iran has readied missiles for potential response amid Trump's escalating threats

10:33 01.04.2025

Iran has readied missiles for potential response amid Trump's escalating threats

The Tehran Times has learned that Iran's armed forces have readied missiles with the capability to strike US-related positions, amid ongoing threats of military action from President Donald Trump if Tehran does not agree to a new nuclear agreement on his terms. A significant number of these launch-ready missiles are …

Director of the Russian MFA Department of International Organizations: We “would not forget the flight of Europeans from the Russian market”

10:33 01.04.2025

Director of the Russian MFA Department of International Organizations: We “would not forget the flight of Europeans from the Russian market”

The European Union may continue sanctions against Russia even if the United States decides to ease them, Kirill Logvinov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organizations, told TASS in an interview. When asked whether Brussels would follow Washington's lead if sanctions were relaxed, Logvinov suggested that such …

Macron authorities got scared and sticks back

10:31 01.04.2025

Macron authorities got scared and sticks back

A French court handed right leader Marine Le Pen a five-year ban on running for office on embezzlement charges Monday, dashing her ambitions of standing in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals. She also received a four-year prison sentence. A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday …

Sergey Lavrov: “I am particularly concerned about the behaviour of the UN Secretary-General… He should understand the role of the UN Secretary-General that he take no instructions from any government, maintain neutrality, and focus solely on fulfilling the objectives of the UN Charter”

14:42 31.03.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “I am particularly concerned about the behaviour of the UN Secretary-General… He should understand the role of the UN Secretary-General that he take no instructions from any government, maintain neutrality, and focus solely on fulfilling the objectives of the UN Charter”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the No Statute of Limitations: The Front without a Frontline project. Moscow, March 30, 2025 Question: Mr Lavrov, could you please explain why there are attempts today to downplay or even completely deny the role of the Red Army and the Soviet people in …

NATO's first casualties in the Baltics

9:24 31.03.2025

NATO's first casualties in the Baltics

The search for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing Tuesday during a training session in Lithuania continued this weekend, officials said, NBC News reports. The soldiers went missing after their M88 Hercules armored vehicle became submerged in a peat bog during the training exercise with Lithuanian armed forces and …

View from India: “If the Russians are to get their way fully, it will mean a massive political and strategic defeat for the West”

9:23 31.03.2025

View from India: “If the Russians are to get their way fully, it will mean a massive political and strategic defeat for the West”

Kanwal Sibal, former Indian Foreign Secretary and distinguished diplomat, former ambassador to Russia, Türkiye, Egypt and France, gave an interview for Indian ‘First Post’. There are some interesting points: What is the reason behind West’s Russophobia? Is it cultural, civilizational, existential, or something else entirely? The fact is that Russia …

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: The targeting and guidance for these strikes against the Sudzha gas metering station were conducted via French satellite systems, while the input of coordinates and launch procedures were managed by British specialists

9:21 31.03.2025

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: The targeting and guidance for these strikes against the Sudzha gas metering station were conducted via French satellite systems, while the input of coordinates and launch procedures were managed by British specialists

Reply by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to a media question regarding another attack by the Kiev regime on Russian energy facilities. Question: According to the Russian Defence Ministry, on the morning of March 28, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched a double strike using HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems, …

Secret Pentagon memo on China

9:20 31.03.2025

Secret Pentagon memo on China

The Pentagon will “assume risk in other theaters” given personnel and resource constraints, and pressure allies in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia to spend more on defense to take on the bulk of the deterrence role against threats from Russia, North Korea and Iran, according to the guidance, …

American life-style: Cockroaches instead of workers in offices

11:29 30.03.2025

American life-style: Cockroaches instead of workers in offices

American officials are unhappy that Trump is forcing them to go to work in the office: ‘The pain of the return-to-office order is being felt among federal workers across the country,’ Reuters claims. At NASA headquarters in Washington, just a mile from the U.S. Capitol, employees returned to an infestation …

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