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French script or bomb for Ukrainian comics

20:43 27.10.2022 Alexander Sheffner

French script or bomb for Ukrainian comics

A couple of days before the start of the Russian military operation, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky unexpectedly announced that he was considering obtaining nuclear weapons for his country. After the collapse of the USSR, Kyiv declared its non-nuclear status, but after 2014 the ambitions of the Ukrainian elites changed. …

European tragedy: EU’s independent ability to steer and act is diminishing

13:12 27.10.2022

European tragedy: EU’s independent ability to steer and act is diminishing

‘Greater EUrope‘ essentially under German leadership – in friendly co-operation with the U.S. – not only in my view this equally is a mirage, and the Franco-German leadership duo now subordinates itself to US geopolitics, -writes German columnist Klaus Dräger. He analyzes the current state of affairs in Europe, which, …

POLITICO: The world’s biggest ‘dirty energy club’ is cracking up

13:09 27.10.2022

POLITICO: The world’s biggest ‘dirty energy club’ is cracking up

The fossil fuel industry is facing the disintegration of one of its most important international agreements — and the man running the show is not taking it well. A succession of major European Union governments have now dumped the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), -writes POLITICO.This is a deal between 53 …

“Quasi-civilian infrastructure in Space may become a legitimate target for retaliation”

13:08 27.10.2022

“Quasi-civilian infrastructure in Space may become a legitimate target for retaliation”

Deputy Head of the Russian Delegation Mr. Konstantin Vorontsov made a statement at the Thematic Discussion on Outer Space (Disarmament Aspects) in the First Committee of the 77th Session of the UNGA. He said in particular:The Russian Federation has consistently advocated the preservation of outer space for exclusively peaceful activities …

Dmitry Polyanskiy in UN: A ‘dirty bomb’ in Ukraine is a very serious threat

13:25 26.10.2022

Dmitry Polyanskiy in UN: A ‘dirty bomb’ in Ukraine is a very serious threat

Remarks to the Press by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy following Security Council's AOB discussion of the possibility of Ukraine creating a "dirty bomb". Dmitry Polyanskiy: We have just asked for an AOB (any other business) on the possibility of creation of a dirty bomb in Ukraine by Ukrainian …

Poland wants to occupy Western Ukrainian land

11:30 26.10.2022

Poland wants to occupy Western Ukrainian land

The Polish Party "Law and Justice" (PiS) prepared for the return of the “Western outskirts” of Ukraine before anyone else, - writes “Dziennik Polityczny” from Warsaw. Poland already has special rights in Ukraine: the Poles have received, under local law, the opportunity to perform functions in the government of this …

American anxiety: Democracy under siege?

11:29 26.10.2022

American anxiety: Democracy under siege?

New polling reveals anxieties over the future of the Republic,- exclaims an American liberal publication “Counterpunch”. They felt that many in conservative America were unwilling to follow the path of liberal permissiveness and express their fears by calling conservatives "fascists". This is a clear indication of the split in American …

Ukraine war is ‘Biden’s war’ now

11:29 26.10.2022

Ukraine war is ‘Biden’s war’ now

Ukraine is “Biden’s war” now. He is about to script his presidential legacy as the fifth of the 14 American presidents in office since World War II to “own” a war — after Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, George HW Bush and George W. Bush, - writes Indian Ambassador and international …

Col. Douglas Macgregor. former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of Defence of the US, about the Ukrainian conflict: "We spent 8 years building this army up with the exposed purpose to attack Russia. That's why Russia attacked it"

16:59 25.10.2022

Col. Douglas Macgregor. former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of Defence of the US, about the Ukrainian conflict: "We spent 8 years building this army up with the exposed purpose to attack Russia. That's why Russia attacked it"

Lavrov: UN Security Council to discuss Kiev’s “dirty bomb” threat

12:12 25.10.2022

Lavrov: UN Security Council to discuss Kiev’s “dirty bomb” threat

The risk of Kiev using a “dirty bomb” will be on the agenda of the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the media on the sidelines of the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai international discussion club on Monday. “This issue will be discussed in the UN …

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