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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 …
Read More »Russia holds tank drills near Ukraine, sounds downbeat on talks
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 …
Read More »Ukraine and U.S. remain united to deter Russian aggression, Kyiv says
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 …
Read More »As the U.S. and Russia talk, Ukrainian troops brace for war, and they’re “ready for battle”
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. …
Read More »Почему американцы и европейцы саботируют диалог с Россией
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 …
Read More »Security Not Economics Likely To Drive US Trade Engagement In Asia – Analysis
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, …
Read More »Is Oil At $80 Sustainable In 2022? – Analysis
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 …
Read More »US, Russia Express Little Optimism About Talks This Week
Top U.S. and Russian diplomats expressed little optimism Sunday that tensions between their countries would be eased at high-level discussions this week in Europe over Moscow’s massive troop buildup along its Ukraine border and Russian demands for Western security guarantees. “It’s hard to see we’re going to make any progress …
Read More »Is A Battle For Power Raging Within Kazakhstan’s Government? – Analysis
What began as peaceful protests that quickly enveloped Kazakhstan in major upheaval just after the new year seems to have spawned something quite different — a battle for control of the upper echelons of power in the country. Mass protests in recent days in dozens of cities over poor socioeconomic …
Read More »The Decoupling Of The US Dollar-Yuan Relationship? – Analysis
In the past, US dollar and Chinese yuan used to move inversely. Recently, that has not been the case. Dollar is appreciating, and so is yuan. Are the bilateral currencies decoupling? In early December, Chinese business and finance media Caixin reported that Chinese yuan has “broken its traditional relationship with …
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