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Sergey Lavrov: “The international law is abundantly clear on this point and sets forth all the provisions on who must interpret various instances and the way this must be done. But the West is not listening”

17:58 29.07.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “The international law is abundantly clear on this point and sets forth all the provisions on who must interpret various instances and the way this must be done. But the West is not listening”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the Russia-ASEAN conference and the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Vientiane, July 27, 2024: “Good afternoon. We have been working in the capital of Laos for two days now. This year, this country chairs the Association of Southeast …

‘Financial Times’ in confusion: Russia’s surprising consumer spending boom

10:05 29.07.2024

‘Financial Times’ in confusion: Russia’s surprising consumer spending boom

Immediately following Russia’s Special military operation in Ukraine in 2022, Anton, a restaurateur in St Petersburg, feared the worst for his business. But Anton need not have worried: over the past two years the situation has completely reversed. Russians are flush with extra cash — and eager to part with …

Orban: EU to be held accountable for supporting war in Ukraine

10:03 29.07.2024

Orban: EU to be held accountable for supporting war in Ukraine

If Europe does not pursue a policy of peace and Donald Trump becomes US president, then the EU will have to "admit its defeat" and bear the responsibility for supporting the war in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a speech in Romania. "The European Union will have …

View from Europe: The World is asking what Kamala Harris believes and scrambling for answers

10:02 29.07.2024

View from Europe: The World is asking what Kamala Harris believes and scrambling for answers

There is little that can be deciphered about Kamala Harris' views on foreign policy because she speaks with a carefully cultivated language of American exceptionalism and international order that obfuscates more than it illuminates, writes Angus Reilly, an assistant editor at ‘The Engelsberg Ideas’. Harris’ sudden elevation as the Democratic …

View from Berlin: German government intensifies campaign for militarism and war

10:01 29.07.2024

View from Berlin: German government intensifies campaign for militarism and war

Against the backdrop of the deep political crisis in the United States and the possibility of former president Donald Trump winning the presidential election, Germany’s ruling class is accelerating its return to militarism, writes Johannes Stern, the editor of the German-language edition of the World Socialist Web Site. In an …

Vladimir Putin on Main Naval Parade in St Petersburg: If the United States implements plans to deploy US long-range precision missile systems in Germany in 2026, “we will consider ourselves free from the previously assumed unilateral moratorium on the deployment of medium and shorter-range strike weapons”

17:49 28.07.2024

Vladimir Putin on Main Naval Parade in St Petersburg: If the United States implements plans to deploy US long-range precision missile systems in Germany in 2026, “we will consider ourselves free from the previously assumed unilateral moratorium on the deployment of medium and shorter-range strike weapons”

On Russia’s Navy Day, President of Russia, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin reviewed the Main Naval Parade held in St Petersburg. The President, accompanied by Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Alexander Moiseyev, sailed aboard the naval motorboat Raptor to review the parade line of warships …

View from USA: American politics can only get crazier

10:12 28.07.2024

View from USA: American politics can only get crazier

“Famously, ‘May you live in interesting times’ is a Chinese curse. Americans have got to know this all too well as of late. What horrors and absurdities still await us in the 2024 election?” – writes American ‘Spiked-online’. Within a month, we Yanks have seen a sitting president reveal his …

Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in rich Europe

10:09 28.07.2024

Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in rich Europe

This article presents statistical data on the situation of children (aged less than 18 years) in the European Union (EU) who were at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) in 2023. In 2023, 24.8 % of children (aged less than 18 years) in the EU were at risk of …

The European Union’s coming ideological crisis: The EU's persistent instability

10:09 28.07.2024

The European Union’s coming ideological crisis: The EU's persistent instability

The de-Christianising European continent was also a de-industrialising one. Just like clockwork, Europe got a brand old government. For all the talk of the continent’s rightward drift, the faces representing the European Union for the next five years look much as they always have: blue, red, yellow; Christian democrat, social …

View from Israel: Netanyahu didn’t go to Washington to end Gaza War

10:06 28.07.2024

View from Israel: Netanyahu didn’t go to Washington to end Gaza War

The goal of Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington, including his appearance before the U.S. Congress, is not and never was to advance a diplomatic agreement to bring home the Israeli hostages safely while they are still alive and to bring an end to the fighting and the suffering. Rather, it …

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