March, 2022

• 1 March

  Russian forces shell Ukraine’s No. 2 city and menace Kyiv

  

  Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighborhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 17-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking. The country’s embattled president said the …

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• 1 March

  Turkey to implement pact limiting Russian warships to Black Sea

  

  NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Reuters reported. Kyiv had appealed to Ankara to block …

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• 1 March

  Pflicht und Chance

  Den Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine gemeinsam zu helfen, ist ein Gebot der Mitmenschlichkeit. Und auch im Sinne der EU. Es ist eine tragische, aber auch kuriose Wendung der Geschichte, dass nun ausgerechnet Polen die Hauptlast der europäischen Flüchtlingspolitik schultert. Seit Jahren weigert sich Warschau, Flüchtlinge aufzunehmen, und blockiert so gemeinsam …

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• 1 March

  Batı ittifakı üyelerini konsolide etti

  Putin, Donbas bölgesiyle sınırlı bir müdahale ile yetinmedi. Putin’in tarihi konuşması Ukrayna’yı yok sayan ifadeler içeriyordu. Ertesi gün ise beklentinin ötesinde bir saldırı başlattı. Ukrayna’nın birçok şehrinde stratejik noktaları bombalamaya başladı. Kiev’e yönelerek seçilmiş iktidarı devirme arzusu ise dünyanın meseleye bakışını değiştirdi. Putin’in ön görülemeyen bu tutumu Batı İttifakındaki dağınık …

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• 1 March

  Un nouveau tournant pour l’Europe aussi

  « Si le monde a changé, notre politique doit, elle aussi, changer. » C’est en ces termes que la ministre allemande des Affaires étrangères a justifié, dimanche, devant les députés réunis en session extraordinaire, la révolution copernicienne entamée par la République fédérale en révisant ses positions sur les sanctions contre …

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• 1 March

  Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність за катастрофу

  Дорогі російські читачі, які не цікавляться політикою (я знаю, вас тут багато). Ви розумієте, що сьогоднішнім наказом про приведення російського ядерного арсеналу в режим бойового чергування Путін поставив планету на межу світової війни? Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність …

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• 1 March

  Chinese FM Spokesperson Hua Chunying On Ukraine, U.S., And Taiwan: U.S. Is The Culprit Behind Ukraine Conflict, Must Not Harm Chinese Interests In Handling The Issue; Taiwan Cannot Be Compared To Ukraine

  On February 25, 2022, the Chinese outlet The Global Times uploaded to its YouTube channel a video of statements made by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying regarding the Ukraine conflict, America’s culpability in it, and the issue of Taiwan. In the statements, Hua said that the U.S. is the …

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• 1 March

  Opinion: Putin’s invasion has opened Germany’s eyes. Let’s hope Biden sees the need for big changes, too.

  Germany shocked the world this weekend with its rapid repudiation of its core post-Cold War foreign policy principles. President Biden should take note. One can hardly overstate the significance of the developments in Berlin. The German government’s sudden decision to help to rapidly rearm and supply Ukraine with lethal military …

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February, 2022

• 28 February

  Iran’s President Aligns With Russia In Warning Against Expansion Of NATO

  

  In a phone call with his Russian counterpart after the escalation of the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned that NATO’s expansion poses a serious threat to the stability and security of the independent states in different regions. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Iranian President Raisi and his …

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• 28 February

  Tokayev Wins The Battle But The War Is Not Over In Kazakhstan

  

  The main result of the January 2022 Kazakhstan protests was to solidify the transfer of power from Nursultan Nazarbayev to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev that began with the latter’s assumption of the Kazakh presidency in 2019. While there are still many unknowns relating to the protests, which led to at least 225 …

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