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США ожидает стыд: придется просить прощения у России

На Западе спорят о том, как нужно реагировать на проведенные Россией красные линии: просто так отвергнуть переданные Москвой проекты договора с США и соглашения с НАТО не получится. Сторонники жесткой стратегии, то есть те, кто делает ставку на продолжение демонизации России и тотальную конфронтацию с нами, опасаются, что отсутствие однозначно …

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America’s Underperforming Military

Professional sports is a cutthroat business. Succeed and the people running the show reap rich rewards. Fail to meet expectations and you get handed your walking papers. American-style war in the twenty-first century is quite a different matter. Of course, war is not a game. The stakes on the battlefield …

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Nord Stream 2 is a double-edged geopolitical tool

When Pavel Zavalny, the chairman of Russian parliamentary committee on energy, made the forecast last Friday that Nord Stream 2 pipeline could start shipping natural gas to Germany as early as next month, it was received with disbelief. But Zavalny was categorical, and was quoted by Reuters as saying, “I …

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Egypt supports Cyprus against Turkey

Egypt has criticized Turkey’s plan for a two-state peace deal on ethnically divided Cyprus. Egyptian criticism of Turkey’s plan for a two-state solution peace deal on ethnically divided Cyprus has come as the latest sign of ongoing tension between Cairo and Ankara despite previous diplomatic efforts to rebuild their relations. …

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Syrian jihadi group sees wave of defections in Idlib

Schisms within Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are widening as its leader shifts to convey a moderate image and eliminate more radical rival groups. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) continues to split with rival jihadi groups, according to the classification of the segments supporting this group. Mahmoud Adnan Ajaj, a judge working in …

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Putin says Russia has ‘nowhere to retreat’ over Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its “aggressive line”. Putin addressed his remarks to military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent …

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Що не так із підозрою, висунутою Петрові Порошенку

Як сприймуть висунуту п’ятому президентові України підозру в державній зраді на Заході Можна дуже не любити Порошенка. Але в той момент, коли країна потребує міжнародної коаліції для протистояння Путіну, робити з України державу, у якій є політичні репресії, не дуже розумно. А саме так і сприймуть підозру Порошенку на Заході. …

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