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Emmanuel Todd: “I clearly document the dynamics of the decline of Protestant passionarity in the West”

11:24 18.01.2024

Emmanuel Todd: “I clearly document the dynamics of the decline of Protestant passionarity in the West”

French sociologist Emmanuel Todd (photo), in an interview with the newspaper ‘Le Point’, talks about the decline of the West, about “the defeat it inflicts on itself.” There are many reasons for this decline: the disappearance of the nation-state in the West, increasingly replaced by transnational structures; deindustrialization, which was …

German Propaganda against Russia: Ridiculous still dangerous

11:24 18.01.2024

German Propaganda against Russia: Ridiculous still dangerous

As the West continues to wage a hybrid proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, supplying the Kyiv regime with modern weapons systems, it has been hyping up allegations of a broader “Russian threat” for all of Western Europe and NATO – claims that have been dismissed as false and ridiculed …

The Siege of Leningrad: An anniversary West would rather forget

11:23 18.01.2024

The Siege of Leningrad: An anniversary West would rather forget

An epochal anniversary from the annals of modern history is coming up in another ten days that remains a living memory for the Russian people. The Siege of Leningrad, arguably the most gruesome episode of the Second World War, which lasted for 900 days, was finally broken by the ...

FP: U.S. Middle East policy has failed

11:22 18.01.2024

FP: U.S. Middle East policy has failed

Following Hamas’s brutal massacre of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, Israel’s massive military campaign against the group has brought the Gaza Strip to the brink of annihilation and the Middle East to the edge of a broader war. A slew of incidents since then suggests that the conflict could escalate …

Bloodied and exhausted: Ukraine’s effort to mobilize more troops hits trouble

12:11 17.01.2024

Bloodied and exhausted: Ukraine’s effort to mobilize more troops hits trouble

Kyiv needs more men for the battlefield, but must also balance concerns about the economy, taxes and fairness, writes POLITICO. Ukraine's parliament withdrew a mobilization bill that would supply more troops to the front, but which has come under ferocious attack for flaws in how it was drafted. "Nothing wil...

Europe’s brinkmanship

12:08 17.01.2024

Europe’s brinkmanship

Russia’s economy is nearly 14 times the size of Ukraine’s, but the combined resources of Ukraine’s allies are so much greater that it should be able to win. Yet as the conflict enters its third year, it is Russia’s defence industry that is slowly turning the war in its favour, …

Taiwan: cross-strait brinkmanship to continue

12:05 17.01.2024

Taiwan: cross-strait brinkmanship to continue

Chinease Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s remarks on the election in Taiwan Q: What’s your comment on the result of the election in the Taiwan region? A: The spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has commented on the result of the election in China’s Taiwan region. The Taiwan …

General Igor Kirillov: “The structure of the system set up by the U.S. administration for global biological risk management became clear”

12:12 16.01.2024

General Igor Kirillov: “The structure of the system set up by the U.S. administration for global biological risk management became clear”

Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov on U.S. military-biological activity. Key points: During 2023, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation carried out a detailed analysis of U.S. military biological activities in Ukraine …

Some reasonable voices from the Eastern Europe on Ukrainian crises

12:11 16.01.2024

Some reasonable voices from the Eastern Europe on Ukrainian crises

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico (photo) has slammed “stupid liberal demagogues” who still support military aid to Kyiv. Funding and arming Ukraine is a “futile waste of human resources and money” that will serve only to fill Ukrainian cemeteries with “thousands of dead soldiers,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wrote …

View from China: Because of the US, the World is entering ‘the Voldemort of years’

12:10 16.01.2024

View from China: Because of the US, the World is entering ‘the Voldemort of years’

"Politically, 2024 is the Voldemort of years," reads the latest report issued by Eurasia Group, a US-based global political risk research and consulting firm, cites ‘The Global Times’ from China. (Lord Voldemort is the primary antagonist in the ‘Harry Potter’ series). In its annual report "Top Risks for 2024" Eurasia …

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