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FT: Tens of billions are the losses of Western business in Russia

9:31 10.08.2023

FT: Tens of billions are the losses of Western business in Russia

European companies have suffered at least €100bn in direct losses from their operations in Russia since last year, according to analysis by the Financial Times. A survey of 600 European groups’ annual reports and 2023 financial statements shows that 176 companies have recorded asset impairments, foreign exchange-related charges and other …

Newsweek: Why U.S. war tactics are failing in Ukraine?

9:29 10.08.2023

Newsweek: Why U.S. war tactics are failing in Ukraine?

New NATO tactics quickly drilled into Ukrainian troops are failing because Ukraine doesn't dominate the skies, analysts have said, as Kyiv's troops appear to be revisiting familiar doctrine to press through dug-in Russian defenses. Ukrainian troops, now more than two months into their summer counteroffensive, have incorporated NATO fighting style …

View from India: West is paranoid about BRICS Summit

9:25 10.08.2023

View from India: West is paranoid about BRICS Summit

Reuters carried a speculative report last week that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might not attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in person and, furthermore, that India disfavoured an expansion of the grouping. Reuters’ long history of cold war skulduggery notwithstanding, the gullible Indian media fell for the rumour mongering. …

View from USA: “American interests are inseparable from the welfare of an ethno-nationalist Ukrainian kleptocracy 4,000 miles from our shores”

9:24 10.08.2023

View from USA: “American interests are inseparable from the welfare of an ethno-nationalist Ukrainian kleptocracy 4,000 miles from our shores”

As it becomes more and more difficult to deny what is happening on the battlefield in Ukraine, a grinding war with hundreds of thousands of casualties, establishment media continue to present a picture of the war designed to rally the public, should its enthusiasm for this latest American overseas adventure …

For African nations – to shake off neo-colonialism. For the big powers – to negotiate rather than dictate

10:17 09.08.2023

For African nations – to shake off neo-colonialism. For the big powers – to negotiate rather than dictate

The coup in the West African state of Niger on July 26 and the Russia-Africa Summit the next day in St. Petersburg are playing out in the backdrop of multipolarity in the world order. Seemingly independent events, they capture nonetheless the zeitgeist of our transformative era, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian …

‘Asia Times’: The difficult reality for the US is economic dependence on China

10:16 09.08.2023

‘Asia Times’: The difficult reality for the US is economic dependence on China

On the one hand, U.S. policy aims to constrain China’s economic, political, and military development because it has now become the United States’ chief economic competitor and thus enemy. On the other hand, U.S. policy seeks to secure the many benefits to the United States of its companies’ trade with …

A pathological hate and fear of Trump in Washington

10:15 09.08.2023

A pathological hate and fear of Trump in Washington

The 'American Greatness’ magazine draws attention to double standards in the political life of the United States. Inside America there are now "two laws" – for ‘dems’ and for ‘resps’. This system is used by the Democrats, who are terribly afraid of Trump's return to the presidency. Leftwing Democrats are …

‘UnHerd’: Ukrainian accession to EU threatened European civilization

10:12 09.08.2023

‘UnHerd’: Ukrainian accession to EU threatened European civilization

Over the past decade, and especially since the political shocks of 2016, there has been an increasing tendency to see both domestic and international politics in terms of a set of binary opposites: democracy and authoritarianism, liberalism and illiberalism, internationalism and nationalism, and so on. Since the Russian special military …

‘Global Times’ on Jeddah meeting: Many disagreements and different positions

9:47 08.08.2023

‘Global Times’ on Jeddah meeting: Many disagreements and different positions

The war in Ukraine, which has been prolonged for more than a year, has triggered an accelerated transformation of the international landscape. One of the prominent changes is the rise of the Global South and its increasingly important role in the international system, Chinese ‘Global Times’ stresses. As the talks …

Collapsed ‘grain’ and ‘gas deals’ spell disaster for Europe

9:46 08.08.2023

Collapsed ‘grain’ and ‘gas deals’ spell disaster for Europe

Amid the never-ending coverage of the latest offensive or counteroffensive in Ukraine, it is often unappreciated just how much worse the global economic repercussions from the conflict could have been. Russia is the world’s leading exporter of gas and provided around 50% of the EU’s demand before the war; Ukraine, …

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