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Turkey can no longer count on NATO alone

13:32 10.04.2019 Yevgeny Pedanov

Turkey can no longer count on NATO alone

Turkey’s planned purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia threatens NATO security and is putting Ankara at risk of losing its status of “a critical partner in the most successful military alliance in history,” US Vice President Mike Pence has warned. Experts from the Turkish Foundation for Political, …

140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

12:18 09.04.2019

140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

173 countries April 6-1011 associations Qatar, Doha The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – the oldest (est. 1889) and one of the most authoritative and influential global parliamentary organizations. The IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations Organization.The Assembly is the supreme body of the IPU and is convened twice …

China-Europe: “balanced partnership” or “systemic rival”?

12:44 04.04.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

China-Europe: “balanced partnership” or “systemic rival”?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent state visits to Italy, Monaco and France set off a flurry of comments by European media, which even called Mr. Xi “Marko Polo in reverse,” who arrived in Europe to open the world to China and Chinese goods. [1]The outcome of the Chinese leader’s visit …

Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated

10:21 03.04.2019 Andrey Isayev

Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated

The breakthrough in trade and other economic relations between Russia and Turkey has quite naturally spread to the realm of politics, best reflected in the two countries’ coordinated actions in Syria. This is all the more surprising, since only recently military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Ankara was absolutely unthinkable. Wary …

NATO at 70: Anniversary Amid a Crisis

11:00 02.04.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

NATO at 70: Anniversary Amid a Crisis

The NATO countries’ shared decision to extend the current mandate of the organization’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg until September 2022 demonstrates the desire of the North Atlantic Alliance to ensure the continuity of its activities and priorities. The NATO member states expressed their support for Mr. Stoltenberg’s effort aimed at …

Ex-officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Prozorov: War crimes in Ukraine are planned operations of Kiev

10:54 29.03.2019 Yury Sumaneev

Ex-officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Prozorov: War crimes in Ukraine are planned operations of Kiev

Photo: Sumaneev YuriyBefore the presidential election in Ukraine, a special press conference was held in Moscow with the participation of the ex-officer of the Main Directorate of the SSU, a direct participant in the so-called ATO (anti-terrorist operation) in the South-East of the country, Lieutenant Colonel Prozorov Vasily Nikolayevich. He …

Radovan Karadzic sentenced to life in imprisonment

12:59 22.03.2019 Slavisha Batko Milacic

Radovan Karadzic sentenced to life in imprisonment

A UN Tribunal sentenced Radovan Karadzic to life in prison. Judge Vagn Joensen confirmed on Wednesday, increasing the 40-year first-instance verdict for genocide and other crimes committed during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Judge Joensen of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said Karadzic was found guilty …

Turkey and Trump's sanctions-based "political economy"

13:52 21.03.2019 Andrey Isayev

Turkey and Trump's sanctions-based "political economy"

By the end of last year, the Turkish economy had slipped into a technical recession, boosting in 12 months by only 2.6%, despite the fact that a year ago the government expected GDP to grow by 3.8%. The slowdown is particularly striking against the background of sustainable development over the …

The Sino-US Trade War – Why China can’t win it

12:16 19.03.2019 Anis Bajrektarević

The Sino-US Trade War – Why China can’t win it

Does our history only appear overheated, but is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore cynical? Surely, our history warns. Does it also provide for a hope? Hence, what is in front of us: destiny or future?One of the biggest (nearly schizophrenic) …

Muradov: Crimea is the foundation of Russian statehood, civilization and identity

11:38 18.03.2019 Yury Sumaneev

Muradov: Crimea is the foundation of Russian statehood, civilization and identity

Photo Suaneev YuryOn March 12, 2019 representatives of the Historical Perspective Foundation and the Russian Historical Society, gathered for a joint conference in Moscow which was titled "The Crimean Triangle: Crimea - Russia - Ukraine 1954 - 2014".The issue of Crimea, its return to be part of Russia and disputes …

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