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Experts said Europe is 'shooting itself in the foot' with current ‘anti-Russian sanctions strategy’

12:02 03.04.2024

Experts said Europe is 'shooting itself in the foot' with current ‘anti-Russian sanctions strategy’

Western sanctions have done nothing to deter Russia from continuing its SMO in Ukraine and may even be harming Britain and Europe more than Moscow, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. More than two years after US President Joe Biden declared 'the rouble would be turned to rubble' by sanctions, the Russian …

‘Pfizergate’: European Public Prosecutor’s Office looking into ‘texts’ between Ursula von der Leyen and boss of Pfizer

12:01 03.04.2024

‘Pfizergate’: European Public Prosecutor’s Office looking into ‘texts’ between Ursula von der Leyen and boss of Pfizer

Top European prosecutors are investigating allegations of criminal wrongdoing in connection with vaccine negotiations between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer, POLITICO informs. Surprise guests: Hungary has joined the high-profile case with a complaint in connection to the Commission president’s role in vaccine negotiations …

Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7(!) stations in two years. Where is the money?

12:00 03.04.2024

Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7(!) stations in two years. Where is the money?

President Biden has long vowed to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the United States by 2030. Those stations, the White House said, would help Americans feel confident purchasing and driving electric cars, and help the country cut carbon pollution. But now, more than two years after Congress allocated …

Pure terrorism: Ukrainian explosives sent for Russia

17:56 02.04.2024

Pure terrorism: Ukrainian explosives sent for Russia

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has apprehended, jointly with the Federal Customs Service, a group of smugglers who had been carrying explosives hidden inside Orthodox icons and liturgical utensils (photo) from Ukraine into Russia, the FSB press service told TASS. "In the process of inspecting a vehicle at the …

A headache for European liberals: ‘Hard-right’ parties are on the march to European Parliament

12:38 02.04.2024

A headache for European liberals: ‘Hard-right’ parties are on the march to European Parliament

Ukraine is facing a fresh existential threat this summer – not from Russia, but from Europe. A small but significant and highly vocal bloc of hard-Right parties are on the march across the Continent and are set to perform strongly in June’s European Parliament elections, notes ‘The Telegraph’. They have …

British life-style: Keep smiling, we are in recession

12:35 02.04.2024

British life-style: Keep smiling, we are in recession

It was extremely optimistic to think the UK could revise its way out of recession. After the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported GDP figures for Q4 last year showing a 0.3 per cent economic contraction between October and December, a recession seemed set in stone. Today the ONS reports …

Michael Brenner: “This is the way the West ends”

12:34 02.04.2024

Michael Brenner: “This is the way the West ends”

Michael Brenner, a respected luminary on transatlantic relations and international security, is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Michael Brenner is the author of numerous books …

‘Economist’: China + Russia + Iran = “The stuff of nightmares for the West”

12:33 02.04.2024

‘Economist’: China + Russia + Iran = “The stuff of nightmares for the West”

Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis, cries ‘The Economist’. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and Ebrahim Raisi, his Iranian counterpart, have several things in common. Both belong to a tiny group of leaders personally targeted by American sanctions. And both seem increasingly fond of one another. In December …

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism

20:27 01.04.2024

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism due to its attempt to exonerate the Kiev regime and continuation of aid supplies to Ukraine following the March 22 terrorist attack on a crowded concert at Crocus City Hall in suburban Moscow, according to a statement by …

Confession on CNN: “Why I’m resigning from the State Department”

11:37 01.04.2024

Confession on CNN: “Why I’m resigning from the State Department”

Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The views expressed on CNN are her own: “Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs …

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