Israeli citizens were in contact with an Iranian intelligence agent, known as Rambud Namdar, and were recruited to carry out missions. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has arrested five Israelis who had been recruited by an Iranian intelligence agent to whom they sent photographs and other information, the agency …

Renowned Russian academic Sergey Karaganov describes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the latest October Valdai Forum[1] as the “first major and strong call for reinventing Russian ideology for Russia and the world.”[2] Indeed, Putin’s speech can be viewed as an ideological manifesto that tries to put Russia back in …

Ελάχιστοι τρέφουν αυταπάτες για το αποτέλεσμα των διαπραγματεύσεων που ξεκίνησαν χθες στη Γενεύη μεταξύ των ΗΠΑ και της Ρωσίας. Οι δύο χώρες πραγματοποιούν συνομιλίες που αφορούν στην αρχιτεκτονική ασφάλειας της ευρωπαϊκής ηπείρου. Η Ουκρανία αποτελεί ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα αγκάθια, όχι ότι δεν υπάρχουν και άλλα σοβαρά θέματα, στα οποία …

Я полностью согласен с Дмитрием Песковым. Посудомойки – это не святое. Имею в виду посудомоечные машины. А вот люди-посудомойки – совсем другое дело. Люди – наш приоритет. Если кухарки могут управлять государством, то и посудомойки справятся не хуже. А посудомоечной машины у меня дома нет. Я по старинке считаю, что …

Russia staged live-fire exercises with troops and tanks near the Ukrainian border on Tuesday while sounding a downbeat note over the prospects for talks with the United States that Washington hopes will remove the possible threat of an invasion of Ukraine. A day after the U.S. side urged Russia at …

Ukraine and the United States remain united in seeking to defuse a standoff with Moscow through diplomacy and are working closely to deter Russian aggression, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said after speaking to his U.S. counterpart. Kuleba spoke to Secretary of State Antony Blinken a day after the United …

U.S. and Russian diplomats were meeting on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, to try to defuse a potential military showdown in Ukraine. The U.S. and its allies, including Ukraine, are worried that Russia could invade its neighbor again, as it did in 2014 when Vladimir Putin’s forces seized the Crimean Peninsula. …

10 января в Женеве начался российско-американский диалог. Обсуждаются российские предложения по обеспечению стратегической стабильности в Восточной Европе, позволяющие вернуть ситуацию к весьма безопасному (по сравнению с ситуацией на 2022 год) 1997 году. Вслед за этим те же российские предложения предполагается обсудить на Совете Россия – НАТО (СРН) в Брюсселе, а …

It was a year of transition for US trade policy in 2021. The Trump administration’s trade representative Robert Lighthizer was replaced by Katherine Tai, a senior trade lawyer with a history of taking on China. While Tai’s appointment signalled President Joe Biden’s leanings toward a multilateral approach, under her leadership, …

Crude oil prices traded above $80 per barrel for the first time since last November, largely supported by easing concerns over the negative impact of the omicron COVID-19 variant and signs of robust oil demand in major oil-consuming countries. But will this level remain throughout the year? Current temporary factors …