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FT: ‘Bidenomics’ is a beautiful slogan, but empty words

9:20 17.08.2024

FT: ‘Bidenomics’ is a beautiful slogan, but empty words

FT research shows that $84bn of initiatives announced in first year of the IRA and Chips Act have experienced slowdowns, notes ‘Financial Times’. Some 40 per cent of the biggest US manufacturing investments announced in the first year of Joe Biden’s flagship industrial and climate policies have been delayed or …

Alarming spike in crime on trains and stations across Europe

9:19 17.08.2024

Alarming spike in crime on trains and stations across Europe

More criminal offences are being committed on trains and at train stations in Britain and Germany, and the response from officials in these countries to their own trends are markedly different, writes ‘The European Conservative’. Figures obtained by German media organisation NiUS make specifically note that about half of the …

‘Responsible Statecraft’: What does Ukraine's incursion into Russia really mean?

9:18 17.08.2024

‘Responsible Statecraft’: What does Ukraine's incursion into Russia really mean?

‘Responsible Statecraft’, a publication of analysis, opinion, and news that seeks to promote a positive vision of U.S. foreign policy based on humility, diplomatic engagement, and military restraint, asked some experts to gauge the short and long term effects of Kyiv’s bold invasion on the war. Beginning Aug. 6, the …

Nikolay Patrushev, Kremlin aide, dismissed the US Department of State’s claims of non-involvement into the attack on Russia’s borderline Kursk region

14:11 16.08.2024

Nikolay Patrushev, Kremlin aide, dismissed the US Department of State’s claims of non-involvement into the attack on Russia’s borderline Kursk region

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s borderline region of Kursk was planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services, and was prompted by Kiev’s realization of its imminent collapse, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said, TASS informs. "It was the West who brought the criminal junta to power in Urkaine. …

View from Berlin: The rapid decline of Germany’s delusional authoritarian liberals

11:17 16.08.2024

View from Berlin: The rapid decline of Germany’s delusional authoritarian liberals

The United States and Germany are the main providers of military supplies to Israel and Ukraine, where Germany’s legacy political parties are irrevocably invested in its corrupt government, and a war that cannot be won, but could well be lost. This and its neo-liberal dogma are resulting in a rapid …

Fitch downgrades Ukraine to 'RD' – Default

11:16 16.08.2024

Fitch downgrades Ukraine to 'RD' – Default

Fitch Ratings. London. 13 Aug 2024. Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ukraine's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'RD' from 'C'. Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to sovereigns with a rating of 'CCC+' or below. Fitch has also downgraded the rating on the 2026 USD750 million Eurobond to …

Labour ‘to cut millions’ from budget for modernising Armed Forces

11:14 16.08.2024

Labour ‘to cut millions’ from budget for modernising Armed Forces

The Ministry of Defence is facing deep cuts to its budget for modernising the Armed Forces, The Telegraph reveals. Civil servants have been told that the budgets for science and technology and research and development face a cut of around 20 per cent this financial year – amounting to hundreds …

Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC: “In June, my country made a very generous negotiation proposal to Ukraine, given its desperate situation on the frontline. The Zelensky regime chose escalation and war through incursion into a peaceful Russian region. This is a fatal mistake that will be desperately regretted by Ukraine later”

12:20 15.08.2024

Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC: “In June, my country made a very generous negotiation proposal to Ukraine, given its desperate situation on the frontline. The Zelensky regime chose escalation and war through incursion into a peaceful Russian region. This is a fatal mistake that will be desperately regretted by Ukraine later”

Statement by Chargé d’Affaires Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC Arria meeting “Crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the nationalist battalions”. Main points: - As we have already repeatedly indicated, the unconstitutional coup-d’état in Ukraine of 2014 resulted in an upsurge in nationalist organizations. The new authorities openly associated themselves with …

“Foreign Affairs”: A post-American Europe

12:20 15.08.2024

“Foreign Affairs”: A post-American Europe

It’s time for Washington to ‘Europeanize’ NATO and give up responsibility for the continent’s security, writes ‘Foreign Affairs’. A debate about the U.S. role in Europe is long overdue, but both sides have wrongly defined the issues and interests at play. In fact, the United States has the same cardinal …

View from Washington: Replacing Zelensky – does it matter when security issues in Europe need to be on the table?

12:19 15.08.2024

View from Washington: Replacing Zelensky – does it matter when security issues in Europe need to be on the table?

One of the reasons the West wants to dump Zelensky is his unwillingness to negotiate with, writes Stephen Bryen, a former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) says that the West is planning to replace Zelensky and will soon embark on a campaign to discredit …

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