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Might Versus Right: Putin’s Bunker and the Protests Outside
Feb01

Might Versus Right: Putin’s Bunker and the Protests Outside

Andrei Kolesnikov “How many divisions does the pope have?” Josef Stalin is said to have once asked Winston Churchill, in a mocking reference to the Vatican’s lack of military strength. And so Vladimir Putin, in possession of a vast army of riot police, might ask of Russia’s opposition leader: “How many divisions does Alexei Navalny...

Is Nord Stream 2 dead in the water despite construction reboot?
Jan31

Is Nord Stream 2 dead in the water despite construction reboot?

Monitoring Desk The Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline has become a political wrestling match, with the United States on one side and Russia on the other. Germany and the EU are stuck in the middle. The endgame for a project worth billions is underway in the Baltic Sea. But the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has long since become a political hot potato....

Will This Contender for German Chancellor Be a Friend to Russia?
Jan28

Will This Contender for German Chancellor Be a Friend to Russia?

Dmitri Kartsev Germany’s ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has chosen a new leader: Armin Laschet, the prime minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This fall, he will most probably head the joint CDU/Christian Social Union list in Germany’s parliamentary election. With the Christian Democrats’...

Joe Biden reaffirms US support for Ukraine’s sovereignty in first phone call with Russia’s Putin
Jan27

Joe Biden reaffirms US support for Ukraine’s sovereignty in first phone call with Russia’s Putin

Biden and Putin agree to maintain transparent and consistent communication, White House says …read more Source:: The News...

First Biden-Putin call shows both cautious on big concerns
Jan27

First Biden-Putin call shows both cautious on big concerns

Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first conversation as counterparts Tuesday in a phone call that underscored troubled relations and the delicate balance between the former Cold War foes. According to the White House, Biden raised concerns about the arrest of opposition figure...

Article of impeachment against Trump formally delivered to US Senate
Jan26

Article of impeachment against Trump formally delivered to US Senate

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Monday delivered to the Senate a charge accusing former President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a speech to his supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol, setting in motion his second impeachment trial. Nine House Democrats who will serve as prosecutors in the trial, following...

US House to bring Trump incitement charge to Senate, launching second impeachment trial
Jan25

US House to bring Trump incitement charge to Senate, launching second impeachment trial

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Monday will formally charge ex-President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his followers before this month’s deadly attack on the Capitol, signaling the start of his second impeachment trial. Nine House Democrats who will serve as prosecutors will proceed through the...

Trial ahead, Trump turns to ethics lawyer for his defense
Jan23

Trial ahead, Trump turns to ethics lawyer for his defense

Monitoring Desk COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Butch Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases. But he’s never faced anything quite like this. It’s up to Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, to rise and defend Donald Trump as the Senate soon plunges into an impeachment trial unlike any other, centered on...

The Sorry State of Baltic-Russian Relations
Jan22

The Sorry State of Baltic-Russian Relations

Sergei Utkin Mutual grievances between neighboring states can easily be passed on from generation to generation and become central to a nation’s self-perception, guaranteeing that efforts to resolve the issue in question are viewed as attacks on that country’s identity and foreign policy traditions. Such is the sad present and likely...

What has and hasn’t changed as President Biden takes over U.S. foreign policy
Jan22

What has and hasn’t changed as President Biden takes over U.S. foreign policy

WASHINGTON (Axios): President Biden swiftly recommitted the U.S. to the Paris climate pact and the World Health Organization, but America’s broader foreign policy is in a state of flux between the Trump and Biden eras. Driving the news: One of the most striking moves from the Biden administration thus far was a show of continuity —...