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Europe is in a stupor: Trump’s Ukraine plans mean a $3 trillion bill for European allies

10:51 19.02.2025

Europe is in a stupor: Trump’s Ukraine plans mean a $3 trillion bill for European allies

Whatever the US president decides is his goal for Ukraine, one thing is clear: Europe isn’t ready to shoulder its huge share of the burden, Bloomberg notes. Donald Trump is starting to tell European Union leaders what they need to do if they want to secure peace in Ukraine. His …

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement following talks with US administration officials

10:49 19.02.2025

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement following talks with US administration officials

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement following talks with US administration officials, Riyadh, February 18, 2025: “We wish to extend our gratitude to the Saudi Arabian leadership for facilitating a meeting between Russian and American representatives. This appreciation was conveyed personally to the Kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an …

Russia-US talks in Riyadh

16:47 18.02.2025

Russia-US talks in Riyadh

High-level talks of the Russian and US delegations have concluded in Riyadh, the meeting lasted about 4.5 hours, a TASS correspondent reported from Riyadh. The talks started around 10:30 a.m. Moscow time (7:30 a.m. GMT). After about two hours and a half, the sides took a 15-minute break, and after …

View from London: Trump is forcing Europe to a reckoning on Ukraine

9:56 18.02.2025

View from London: Trump is forcing Europe to a reckoning on Ukraine

The worst nightmare of leaders on the continent is a deal between Putin and the US president done over their heads, writes ‘The Financial Times’. Emmanuel Macron does not need to be convinced. In Europe, the conversation on Russia’s war in Ukraine has brutally shifted. Donald Trump’s return to the …

Confession: Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

9:55 18.02.2025

Confession: Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, subject to political manipulation and has seen conduct that crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes, a former UK diplomat has claimed. Writing for ‘The Guardian’, Mark Smith, who resigned from the Foreign Office in August, said officials were instructed to …

It is more than corruption: A $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon

9:55 18.02.2025

It is more than corruption: A $1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon

President Donald Trump's team of zealous cost-cutters under Elon Musk will soon set their sights on the U.S.’s largest discretionary budget, FOX News reports. With an annual budget of $850 billion, the Pentagon has long been plagued by accusations of waste and inefficiency in its defense programs and recently failed …

View from Washington: The mad king of Kyiv – why Zelensky can’t afford to end the war

9:53 18.02.2025

View from Washington: The mad king of Kyiv – why Zelensky can’t afford to end the war

Not long ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was a comedian in Ukraine. He made his living playing a fictional president on television. Then, by a twist of fate, he became the real thing. And before he had time to adjust to the role, history threw him onto the world’s stage, catapulting him …

‘The Economist’: Germany lies in ruins

11:19 17.02.2025

‘The Economist’: Germany lies in ruins

Germany is the hole at the heart of Europe, writes British ‘The Economist’ about Germany’s troubles with a touch of satisfaction. It accounts for a quarter of the European Union’s output but it has been in recession for the past two years — and this year risks being the third. …

Bloomberg: Why Europe’s gas storage has become more of a worry

11:17 17.02.2025

Bloomberg: Why Europe’s gas storage has become more of a worry

Whether the EU would return to importing Russian pipeline gas remains to be seen. It’s unlikely the bloc would want to relinquish control of its energy security back to Moscow, notes Bloomberg. Europe’s stockpiles of natural gas have been a closely watched metric. The network of gas storage sites across …

View from London: “A single call can change the course of history”

11:16 17.02.2025

View from London: “A single call can change the course of history”

After Donald Trump set up direct peace talks with Moscow, bypassing Kyiv and European allies, the Russian president Vladimir Putin is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted, ‘The Financial Times’ notes. Putin’s main ambition is to establish a new security architecture that gives Russia a sphere of …

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