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‘Strong suspicion’ of corrupt activities in Council of Europe: report
A new report says there is a “strong suspicion” of corruption in the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, the international human rights organization. An independent group published the findings of a 10-month-long investigation last night. In a 219-page report, the authors allege that activities “in favour of Azerbaijan were...
John Bolton and Russian ambassador meet at White House
The White House on Thursday said national security adviser John Bolton and Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov agree that both nations want to have a better relationship, but cautioned that Bolton said such an improvement will only occur if Russia address “concerns” about interference in 2016 election and it’s actions in Ukraine and Syria....
In historic shift, Berlin mulls tougher stance on Moscow
BERLIN – Germany’s Russlandversteher are back. An epithet to some, a badge of honor to others, the term literally translates as “Russia understander,” but connotes something closer to a “Russia sympathizer.” In Germany’s heated political climate, few words are as polarizing. As the West debates how far to go in confronting Russia over...
EU wants to jumpstart Syria peace talks
EU foreign ministers on Monday called on Russia and Iran to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resume political dialogue that might end his country’s long and devastating civil war — a largely vain hope that highlighted the bloc’s marginal role in the crisis. At a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, the ministers...
German foreign minister: Pressure on Russia should be increased
Political pressure on Russia over its involvement in Syria should be ratcheted up, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Friday after a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Maas was speaking a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out German participation in a potential military strike against Syria. However,...
Post-Brexit Mutual Protection Agreement
The European political landscape is undergoing a tremendous transformation as far as the defense industry is concerned, not only in the case of the UK after Brexit, but also at European level as we have seen with the recent Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). A month ago, the Council of the EU launched the European Defense Union, signed by...
Merkel says no Nord Stream 2 without clarifying Ukraine’s transit role
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline cannot go ahead if Ukraine loses its importance as a transit country for gas to Europe. “I made very clear that a Nord Stream 2 project is not possible without clarity on the future transit role of Ukraine,” she told a joint news conference in Berlin with Ukrainian...
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[Ticker] Merkel wants Ukraine role in Nord Stream 2
German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany was “not possible without clarity” about Ukraine’s role as a transit country between Russia and Europe. “We cannot allow that, with Nord Stream 2, Ukraine would have no significance at all any more with...
Trump vs Putin? Time to be ‘scared’
In an early morning tweet exactly one year and 77 days into his presidency, Donald Trump on Sunday finally criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin by name. It took a chemical weapons attack in Syria by Putin’s ally (“Animal Assad,” in Trumpian twitter-speak) and gruesome pictures of dead children to prompt the criticism. But the belated...
Russia’s anxious northern neighbors toughen up
HELSINKI — With relations between the West and Moscow at a post-Cold War low point, Russia’s closest EU neighbors are turning to tougher military and financial measures to send a message to Vladimir Putin. At a White House meeting last week, the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania asked Donald Trump to do more to deter Russia by...
