Eurasia

The Kremlin has downplayed a renewed threat by Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka to cut Russian gas supplies to the European Union in response to Poland’s possible move to shut down its border with Belarus over an ongoing migrant crisis. The EU has blamed Lukashenka’s regime for funeling thousands of migrants …

Možná to velká část z nás tak necítí, ale v posledních třiceti letech jsme se Německu dokázali přiblížit. Ne tolik, jak jsme si v roce 1989 představovali. Do německých platů, rychlovlaků, úrovně školství, dálnic a celkového fungování státu máme pořád daleko. Už to není vzdálenost několika světelných let jako v …

If insecurity in Burkina Faso keeps up, the West African nation could spiral into a humanitarian and human rights “catastrophe,” the U.N. human rights chief said Wednesday. Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, spoke to The Associated Press during her first visit to the war-weakened nation, which …

30 листопада в Ризі розпочинається зустріч міністрів закордонних справ країн-членів НАТО. Уже в неділю можновладні гості прибули в латвійську столицю й устигли провести низку зустрічей, зокрема з прем’єр-міністром Латвії. Перемовини міністрів закордонних справ НАТО відбуваються у складній безпековій ситуації через збільшення напруги в різних точках східного флангу Північноатлантичного альянсу. На …

Mit Waffen für die Ukraine kann der Westen Russlands Kosten für einen Angriff erhöhen. Schwere Zeiten für die Neulinge in der Ampel-Regierung. Wenn es teuer wird, überlegt es sich der Kunde noch einmal. In dem Punkt funktioniert die Friedenssicherung nicht viel anders als der private Konsum. Russland lässt Zehntausende Soldaten …

Face au désormais candidat, la gauche a une tâche historique devant laquelle elle ne peut se dérober. On pourrait choisir d’en rire, mais ce serait une grave erreur. Le polémiste raciste, misogyne et pétainiste Eric Zemmour a confirmé ce mardi sa candidature à la présidentielle de 2022 dans une vidéo …

Get the Marines ready. Store the supplies. Marshal the allies. The United States is getting ready for war (the preferable term in Washington is policing) in the Indo-Pacific region, and is hoping to do so with a range of expanded bases across client states, or what it prefers to call …

Turkey’s President Recep Tayip Erdogan offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine. The senior Ria Novosti commentator Petr Akopov poured water on the idea. Ukraine has become a Western puppet and since Turkey is still a NATO member, Ankara cannot be regarded as an even-handed mediator. In words ominous for …

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani is subsidizing the rapidly increasing cost of bread in Idlib in response to growing resentment against his organization. Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has pledged to provide $3 million to subsidize bread after HTS-controlled Idlib experienced a severe …

Civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul complain about the power of the militias who freed them from the clutches of the Islamic terror group IS, but turned to occupier later on. Cars form long queues in front of petrol stations in Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul — a city …