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US-Ukraine aid: Cash will not change the battlefield situation

11:51 13.12.2023

US-Ukraine aid: Cash will not change the battlefield situation

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine hit a brick wall of resistance from Senate Republicans on Tuesday as he made an urgent plea for quick approval of more aid for his country’s war against Russian invaders, an inauspicious start to a day of meetings on Capitol Hill and at the White …

This is a quarrel. London-stile

11:50 13.12.2023

This is a quarrel. London-stile

UK government threatens Scottish leader after his meeting with Turkish president. 10 Downing Street, Scotland's Yousaf have been at odds over calls for cease-fire in Gaza, writes Turkish Anadolu Agency. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has threatened to withdraw Foreign Office support for Scottish Cabinet ministers after Scotland’s first minister …

Dmitry Polyanskiy: “Support for the anti-national Ukrainian government, which has thrown its people on the altar of Western geopolitical interests, is rapidly declining”

14:08 12.12.2023

Dmitry Polyanskiy: “Support for the anti-national Ukrainian government, which has thrown its people on the altar of Western geopolitical interests, is rapidly declining”

Statement by Chargé d'Affaires of the Russian Federation Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC briefing on Western arms deliveries to Ukraine. Main points: - To briefly characterize the situation in Ukraine, everything is unfolding exactly as we have been predicting for many months now. Support for the anti-national Ukrainian government, which has …

‘Advance’: The Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Middle East will have global consequences

11:45 12.12.2023

‘Advance’: The Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Middle East will have global consequences

Vladimir Putin's trip to Abu Dhabi and Riyadh aroused great interest among the world community and left a lot of questions, writes ‘Advance’ from Croatia. The most intriguing of them: what the parties actually discussed, and what consequences the West can now expect? After a gala reception in the United …

Jaishankar says on India-Russia ties: ‘This relationship has saved us at times’

11:43 12.12.2023

Jaishankar says on India-Russia ties: ‘This relationship has saved us at times’

At the Eighth Global Technology Summit in New Delhi on December 4, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (photo) hailed the robust and enduring nature of India-Russia ties, emphasizing that “this relationship has saved us at times.” This is a significant and outspoken statement by India’s very senior leader. He …

Russia readies for a New World

11:23 11.12.2023

Russia readies for a New World

The announcement on Friday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will seek reelection for a fifth term in office came as no surprise. That he chose the occasion of a Kremlin ceremony conferring the Hero of Russia medals to servicemen who had taken part in Russia’s military operation against …

POLITICO: EU in disarray over plan to fund Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

11:22 11.12.2023

POLITICO: EU in disarray over plan to fund Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

EU countries have poured cold water on a plan to use revenue generated from Russian assets frozen since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine to support the war-torn country's reconstruction. Several ambassadors from the bloc’s 27 governments argued that an idea drawn up by Spain, in its role at …

To oust Rishi Sunak: MPs and political strategists conspire to get new Prime Minister in before election

11:20 11.12.2023

To oust Rishi Sunak: MPs and political strategists conspire to get new Prime Minister in before election

Over dishes of ravioli and sliced calves liver, washed down by bottles of southern Italian red, Rishi Sunak's political enemies plotted their next moves against the Government, The Daily Mail disclosed. The venue was Giovanni's, a long-established family Italian restaurant in London's Covent Garden run by Sicilian aristocrat Count Pino …

China's investments to Vietnam boom, US spending down

11:20 11.12.2023

China's investments to Vietnam boom, US spending down

Chinese investments in Vietnam have boomed this year in contrast to a slowdown in U.S. spending and trade, official data show, as the world's two largest economies vie for influence in the strategic Southeast Asian country, notes Reuters. The manufacturing hub stretching along the South China Sea is increasingly a …

Green madness against the fairy forest of the Brothers Grimm

10:15 10.12.2023

Green madness against the fairy forest of the Brothers Grimm

German Reinhardswald is the birthplace of legends, fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and a habitat for animals. Now part of the fairytale forest must give way to wind energy development. This is the fight of environmental and climate defenders, writes German ‘Junge Freiheit’. Deforestation has begun in the Reinhard …

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