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‘The Economist’: Germany lies in ruins

11:19 17.02.2025

‘The Economist’: Germany lies in ruins

Germany is the hole at the heart of Europe, writes British ‘The Economist’ about Germany’s troubles with a touch of satisfaction. It accounts for a quarter of the European Union’s output but it has been in recession for the past two years — and this year risks being the third. …

Bloomberg: Why Europe’s gas storage has become more of a worry

11:17 17.02.2025

Bloomberg: Why Europe’s gas storage has become more of a worry

Whether the EU would return to importing Russian pipeline gas remains to be seen. It’s unlikely the bloc would want to relinquish control of its energy security back to Moscow, notes Bloomberg. Europe’s stockpiles of natural gas have been a closely watched metric. The network of gas storage sites across …

View from London: “A single call can change the course of history”

11:16 17.02.2025

View from London: “A single call can change the course of history”

After Donald Trump set up direct peace talks with Moscow, bypassing Kyiv and European allies, the Russian president Vladimir Putin is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted, ‘The Financial Times’ notes. Putin’s main ambition is to establish a new security architecture that gives Russia a sphere of …

POLITICO: Is this the end of NATO?

11:12 17.02.2025

POLITICO: Is this the end of NATO?

“We’ve now got an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,” one diplomat said, POLITICO quotes. As they gathered for the summit today, European officials were still reeling from the readout of Trump’s 90-minute phone call with …

WP: Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence

11:23 16.02.2025

WP: Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence

The warnings about a potential Israeli strike are included in multiple intelligence reports spanning the end of the Biden administration and the beginning of the Trump administration, none more comprehensive than an early January report produced by the intelligence directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence …

View from Türkiye: Russia returns to Africa – Lavrov opens Department for Partnership with Africa

11:22 16.02.2025

View from Türkiye: Russia returns to Africa – Lavrov opens Department for Partnership with Africa

Africa is a natural Russian ally in ensuring that the principles of justice and equality are upheld around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the official launch of the country's newly established Department for Partnership with Africa, Anadolu Agency from Türkiye reports. Russia "returns" to Africa, Lavrov …

CNN: US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin

11:20 16.02.2025

CNN: US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin

Europe’s American century is over, CNN stresses. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, meanwhile, went to Brussels and told European allies to “take ownership of conventional security on the continent.” The watershed highlights Trump’s “America First” ideology and his tendency to see every issue or alliance as a dollars and cents …

POLITICO: The Earth has irrevocably shifted under Europe’s feet

11:18 16.02.2025

POLITICO: The Earth has irrevocably shifted under Europe’s feet

JD Vance’s fiery speech at the Munich Security Conference — part of his multi-day debut on the world stage as U.S. vice president — dominated the marathon high-level gabfest among hundreds of top foreign dignitaries and national security elites, writes POLITICO. “No one is talking about anything else,” said a …

Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

0:07 16.02.2025

Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Press Release on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. On February 15, at the initiative of the American side, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Building on the February 12 telephone conversation between …

Bloomberg in panic: Trump is like Putin and Xi – an ‘Imperialist’!

10:57 15.02.2025

Bloomberg in panic: Trump is like Putin and Xi – an ‘Imperialist’!

This is a very telling comment from Bloomberg. In the Western liberal circles there is a growing panic – that they have begun to understand that the three World Powers, the USA, Russia and China, can find common interests so that the peoples of the Earth can live in peace …

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