Eurasia

Запад не понимает, чего хочет Владимир Путин: ни логику его действий, ни тактику. Зачем и почему именно три месяца назад президент России потребовал гарантий нерасширения НАТО на восток? Зачем поставил ребром вопрос о недопустимости атлантизации Украины? У англосаксов нет ясного ответа на этот вопрос, поэтому они допускают все что угодно …

The Islamic State is so far showing few signs of faltering, just days after U.S. special operation forces dropped into northwest Syria and surrounded the terror group’s leader, who they say then blew himself up without a fight. Intelligence agencies and independent analysts tracking IS on social media have yet …

The U.N. counterterrorism chief said Wednesday it’s crucial to build on the momentum following last week’s death of the leader of the Islamic State extremist group and address the grievances that terrorist groups exploit to attract new followers. Undersecretary-General Vladimir Voronkov told the U.N. Security Council that the death of …

The king of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, spoke by phone with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, “to discuss regional developments and issues of mutual concern, including Iranian-enabled attacks by the Houthis against civilian targets in Saudi Arabia,” according to a readout of the call by the …

The Perils of Macron’s Shuttle Diplomacy Just two months before he stands for reelection, French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a bold effort to mediate between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the West over the standoff at the border with Ukraine. After meeting with Putin for five hours on February …

Even though the “almost imminent” war with Ukraine has been dominating the media in Russia, another important issue has been debated almost constantly: the recent actions of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a person with the unique status in Russia’s political elite of not being subject to any laws existing in …

The statement comes amid a standoff between the Kremlin and the West over the list of security demands Russian authorities made last year, which Moscow says are needed to defuse the crisis in Ukraine and lower tensions in Europe. The potential delivery of US THAAD anti-ballistic missile systems to Ukraine …

French President Emmanuel Macron is pursuing a poisoned peace plan, say critics in Europe, who fear the outcome of his talks this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin could be to strengthen Moscow’s hand in the crisis over Ukraine. A backlash is building to Macron’s visits this week to Moscow …

Top Russian commanders arrived in neighboring Belarus on Wednesday, set to oversee 30,000 Russian troops as they train for 10 days with the Belarusian military in the latest show of Moscow’s force along the Ukrainian border. Russia has moved two battalions of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and numerous fighter jets …

Гигантът “Мета” е обсаден и трудно ще спечели всички битки, а технологичните компании ще трябва да започнат да плащат данъци за милиарди Компанията “Мета”, която преди се наричаше “Фейсбук”, обяви в годишния си доклад, че приложенията фейсбук и инстаграм може да спрат да функционират на територията на Европейския съюз, ако …