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European farmers show outrage at EU policies

11:29 09.02.2024

European farmers show outrage at EU policies

European farmers are taking to the streets in several countries to protest for better living and working conditions. France, Germany and the Netherlands are among the states most affected by the crisis, but there are demonstrations in many other countries. Peasants are calling for an end to the Ukrainian grain …

Zelensky removed Ukraine's Commander-in-chief

21:11 08.02.2024

Zelensky removed Ukraine's Commander-in-chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky removed Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny, replaced by Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky (photo), ‘Sputnik Globe’ informs. The general's ouster comes after months of intrigue between himself and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who slammed the commander for revealing that Kiev's summer 2023 counteroffensive had ended in failure. Ukrainian Armed …

Russian Federation Council: “Western countries that have been supplying weapons to Ukraine are directly responsible for the deaths of Russian civilians”

12:36 08.02.2024

Russian Federation Council: “Western countries that have been supplying weapons to Ukraine are directly responsible for the deaths of Russian civilians”

Russian embassies in those Western countries that supply weapons to Kyiv must inform the citizens of such donor nations how the weapons bought and supplied with their taxes are being used to target and kill innocent civilians, Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament, or "Senate") Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said, …

(Geo)political background of Il-76MD shootdown

11:57 08.02.2024

(Geo)political background of Il-76MD shootdown

When the Kyiv regime shot down a Russian Il-76MD transport aircraft packed with Ukrainian POWs (prisoners of war) on January 24, the United Nations said that they were still "waiting for evidence" who downed the plane. This was despite the fact that the Neo-Nazi junta forces immediately bragged about the …

EU cautious on idea of using Russian frozen assets as collateral

11:54 08.02.2024

EU cautious on idea of using Russian frozen assets as collateral

Belgium has proposed to Group of Seven (G7) countries to use immobilised Russian central bank assets as collateral to raise debt for the reconstruction of Ukraine, but the idea does not have much European support, European officials said, Reuters informs. According to the European Commission, there are more than 269 …

Asian regional security architecture is emerging

11:53 08.02.2024

Asian regional security architecture is emerging

Asian regional security architecture is emerging with the above three legs reinforcing, supplementing and interchanging in a creative response to the rapidly transforming international environment, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The diplomatic recognition of the Taliban (banned in Russia) government in Afghanistan on January 31, 2024 …

Trump team targets European Union for punishing trade steps

11:51 08.02.2024

Trump team targets European Union for punishing trade steps

Donald Trump is targeting the European Union for a potential slew of punitive trade measures designed to address long-standing grievances should he retake office, according to people familiar with his team’s nascent economic-platform discussions, writes Bloomberg. A likely starting point in a second Trump administration would be the EU’s inclusion …

Gordon Brown: A New Multilateralism

11:57 07.02.2024

Gordon Brown: A New Multilateralism

These are interesting assessments of the global situation, set out in an article for ‘Foreign Policy’ magazine by a former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A ship in stormy seas needs steady anchors, and today there are none. The world used to be anchored by U.S. hegemony. Those unipolar days …

German minister of finance: “Our economy is no longer competitive”

11:56 07.02.2024

German minister of finance: “Our economy is no longer competitive”

Economic Germany’s problems have become obvious even to Olaf Scholz’s local associates. Thus, the head of the German Ministry of Finance, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Christian Lindner (photo), said at a Bloomberg event in Frankfurt that the German economy is experiencing great difficulties. Germany “no …

Asia’s commercial heft helps keep Russia’s economy going and growing

11:55 07.02.2024

Asia’s commercial heft helps keep Russia’s economy going and growing

Following Vladimir Putin’s special military operation in Ukraine two years ago, more than three dozen countries, led by the West, slapped economic sanctions on Russia. They were unprecedented in their scope for a target of its size, covering energy and other commodities, finance, technology, travel, shipping and more. Their aim …

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