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No smoke without fire. Why did Russia bring up the issue of bioweapons?

15:18 13.03.2022 Alexander Sheffner

No smoke without fire. Why did Russia bring up the issue of bioweapons?

On March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that 30 US biological laboratories operating in Ukraine had been developing biological weapons, aimed primarily against Russia and China. Tellingly, this statement came not from the ministry’s official spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, but from his colleague, the chief of Russia’s radiation, chemical …

Does Ukraine want a new “Moscow peace accord”?

15:15 13.03.2022 T. Zima

Does Ukraine want a new “Moscow peace accord”?

Ukrainian media has recently been rife with publications comparing the current Russian invasion with the long-forgotten Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-40. Back then, Stalin wanted to move the border away from Leningrad, to secure sea approaches to the city and, ideally, to create a Soviet republic in Finland. Amid a harsh …

A chance for Poland to regain its long lost territories?

12:27 11.03.2022 T. Zima

A chance for Poland to regain its long lost territories?

Just as Russia continues its offensive in Ukraine, Warsaw is consulting with London. The EU is confident that the Russian blitzkrieg has fallen through and that Ukrainian troops will hold out in Kyiv and left-bank Ukraine for another week. Still, Russia’s military potential, not yet fully activated, will eventually allow …

A preemptive invasion? This is why new statements by Russian military officials look real

10:29 10.03.2022 Alexander Sheffner

A preemptive invasion? This is why new statements by Russian military officials look real

During his daily briefing early on March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had seized documents confirming Kiev’s plans to attack the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in Donbass. This means that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is actually a preemptive strike …

Todays situation: view from Italy

0:07 10.03.2022 Interview with Tiberio Graziani, Chairman of Vision & Global Trends think tank

Todays situation: view from Italy

I - Why do European leaders not promote negotiations, but only impose sanctions?In my opinion, European leaders are carrying out an agenda dictated not by the interests of the citizens of the member countries of the European Union, but that one linked to transatlantic interests. This agenda provides for the …

A war of fakes. How Moscow lost the war on the Internet!

16:57 27.02.2022

A war of fakes. How Moscow lost the war on the Internet!

“The same pilot who shot down six Russian warplanes, he was nicknamed the ‘Ghost of Kiev.’” “A column of scorched Russian equipment near Konotop.” “Snake Island recaptured.” Such messages have quickly gone viral on Russian-language telegram channels, which are a major source of information for the world media. The impression …

Russia – a protector or an aggressor?

23:51 24.02.2022 T. Zima

Russia – a protector or an aggressor?

Russia’s military operation against Ukraine, which was launched in the early hours of February 24, was predicted back in the fall. However, the exact date of the invasion was postponed several times, as the Kremlin clearly did not want a war, let alone a fratricidal one. Moscow asked NATO for …

Enough is enough! The Russian bear is out of its den

17:30 24.02.2022 Alexander Sheffner

Enough is enough! The Russian bear is out of its den

Despite possible sanctions and their hard-hitting economic consequences, the hunted Russian bear has got out of the den and is going after the hunters. Until recently, Russians, Ukrainians, and Europeans believed that there would be no war. What we see now, however, is a full-scale Russian invasion and quite a …

In Italy, Putin's actions in Donbass were called clear and decisive

14:18 24.02.2022

In Italy, Putin's actions in Donbass were called clear and decisive

Russian President Vladimir Putin's televised address announcing the start of a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine was clear and decisive. Tiberio Graziani, a political scientist and chairman of the analytical center Vision & Global Trends (Italy), shared this opinion in a commentary to Lente.ru.The specialist emphasized that the rationale for …

War chemicals as a propaganda weapon

15:21 21.02.2022

War chemicals as a propaganda weapon

Chemical weapons were first used on the battlefield in 1915, but were banned after the First World War. There were many reasons for this. First, the armies had learned to defend against war chemicals. Secondly, the warring side that used them also suffered from their effect. Thirdly, new types of …

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