Eurasia Press & News

A Georgian company in cooperation with Ukraine’s Digital Information Ministry is selling off all Russian territory virtually via the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a digital collectible based on blockchain technology, to troll Putin and provide funds for Ukraine. To start, the firm is auctioning off 2,443 regions and cities …

Unlike European Union directives, which must be published in the languages of all the bloc’s member states, the sighs of relief heard across much of Europe at the outcome of yesterday’s French presidential election needed no translation. The suspense had already receded in the two weeks since the first-round ballot, …

Germany’s warm welcome for Ukrainian refugees has accompanied a wider societal and political about-face – the shedding of a decadeslong pacifist nature in the face of the war in Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz overturned long-held policies by promising to send weapons to Ukraine, bolster an under-equipped German military, and shift …

Western countries are now taking a more aggressive stance toward Russia in Ukraine, sending massive amounts of weaponry and openly calling for Russia’s military to be permanently weakened. In many ways, the last week feels like a major sea change in Western capitals, which are perhaps increasingly cognizant of the …

Russia continues to wage a disinformation campaign about its actions in Ukraine, working to sow false narratives about the conflict in general, but also about atrocities committed by Russian forces against civilians. From April 8 to 14, online chatter about foreigners fighting for Ukraine rose in prevalence among key themes …

France’s economy, the euro zone’s second-biggest economy, growth unexpectedly ground to a halt in the first quarter while Germany, Europe’s largest economy, faces possibility of tipping into recession. The war in Ukraine is the major cause of this situation. A Reuters report said: France’s economy growth unexpectedly ground to a …

Russia’s war on Ukraine both reflects and deepens a global split that should remind us of Karl Marx’s famous remark: “No social order ever disappears before all the productive forces, for which there is room in it, have been developed; and new higher relations of production never appear before the …

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, it was fair to call the ensuing conflict “Putin’s war.” True, the U.S. and Europe could probably have avoided the invasion by calling a halt to NATO expansion and negotiating seriously with the Russians about key security issues. True, U.S. arms …

It has become increasingly clear to the world that there is not one, but two, actually three, distinct levels of conflict embedded in what the world’s media and political leadership deceptively insist of calling the ‘Ukraine War.’ The first level was clearly initiated on February 24, 2022 when Russia launched …

Following continued Russian attacks in the Donbas region, the Ukrainians have successfully defended their territory, with minimal areas under Russian control. The Ukrainian city of Kreminna has reportedly fallen into Russian hands, and fighting is underway in Izyum. Russian advances are also underway to capture Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. In light …