German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of launching the attack on Ukraine for “completely irrational” reasons. “NATO has never been a threat to Russia,” he told the Chancellery Open Day, rejecting the charge that NATO states had failed to look after Russian security interests before the war. He had assured Putin in […]
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Andelsblatt: Putin harbors hopes for peace talks, but it’s a cynical trap
Wednesday marks exactly six months since Russia invaded Ukraine to deprive the neighboring state of its independence, which it traditionally celebrates on August 24, Handelsblatt reports. This year, residents can at best celebrate the fact that Ukraine still exists. Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to thwart this with the February 24 attack on Kyiv. His […]
Putin to Macron on Zaporizhia: Bombings carry the risk of massive destruction
LAST UPDATE: 17.39 French President Emmanuel Macron called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin announced today, according to Russian news agency Ria Novosti. “At the initiative of the French side, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron,” the relevant announcement states. According to the report, Putin spoke to […]
Erdogan will discuss Zaporizhia plant issue with Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today he would discuss the Zaporizhia nuclear plant issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a transcript of the interview cited by Reuters. Zelensky said Russia should remove all mines in the area, Erdogan said in an interview with reporters on […]
Russian expats should shut up about possible visa bans
By Leonid Bershidsky There is one issue on which Russians opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine have passionately sided with the Kremlin. It is about the proposal of some European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians. This unfortunate alignment represents a failure of vision and leadership for the […]
Erdogan: We discussed with Zelensky ways to end the war once and for all
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed possible ways to end Russia’s war against Ukraine during talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, while the discussion also turned to the conditions for a possible prisoner exchange. The comments came after the Turkish leader met in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv with President Volodymyr Zelensky and United […]
Putin showed that food can be the ultimate ‘weapon’ in the 21st century
By Hal Brands The administration of US President Joe Biden is reportedly reviewing the National Security Strategy, which the White House is required to send to Congress annually, to take into account the lessons of the war in Ukraine. One issue that this paper should consider is food. The war in Ukraine has brought the […]
Putin: Western countries want to expand NATO-style system in Asia
LAST UPDATE: 11.41 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Western countries are seeking to expand a “NATO-style system” in the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking at an international security conference in Moscow, Putin said the US was trying to “drag out” the conflict in Ukraine and that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan […]
Putin reiterated that the goal of the war in Ukraine is to completely occupy the Donbass
Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed on Monday that his aim is for the Russian military to fully seize Donbass — eastern Ukraine — nearly six months after ordering what Moscow calls a “special military operation” and what the West and Kyiv have called an unprovoked war. . Addressing guests at an arms exhibition near Moscow, […]
Putin brags about superiority of Russian weapons, says Moscow is ready to share them with allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Moscow values ​​its relations with countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa and is ready to provide modern weapons to its allies. Putin used a speech at an arms exhibition near Moscow to boast about Russia’s advanced weapons capabilities and signal his willingness to share technology with like-minded […]