The Latvian authorities are keen on using every chance they get to display their opposition to Russia. Recently, the country’s parliament banned the Russian language in all ATMs nationwide, while the Foreign Ministry labeled Russian standup comedian Maria Markova an “undesirable person.” However, none of these measures have affected multiple …

[O]ne thing is certain: his [Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s] 30-year-long policy of using costly proxies to keep war away from Iran has failed. Now he may be forced into doing his own fighting. Depending on how far this goes, Khamenei’s latest move could put the very fate of his …

Russia’s support of multipolar processes in West Africa has dealt a heavy blow to French hegemony there, which France has responded to by waging a proxy war on Russia in Mali while going on the strategic offensive in the South Caucasus and Eastern Europe. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu claimed …