April, 2025

• 8 April

  From KGB-schink and pimp to an aristocrat from Monaco. How a family of Russian spies has become European magnates

  

  Familiar to Vladimir Putin on the Leningrad KGB Vladimir Strzhalkovsky in the 90-ies was engaged in the tourist industry and organization of prostitution. After Putin came to power, he was first in the government, and then in the chair of the general director of Norilsk Nickel. Now the KGB-schnik, together …

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• 8 April

  Serbs Under Western Pressure

  

  Bosnia and Serbia are back in the news. Bosnia’s dysfunctional political system that was forced upon it through the 1995 Dayton Accords, which bifurcated the country into Serb- and jointly Croat- & Muslim-run halves with a rotating presidency between all three under international supervision, is finally breaking down. Meanwhile in …

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• 8 April

  Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo published the full text of the Joint Defense Declaration

  The Ministries of Defense of Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo have published the full text of the Joint Defense Declaration, which they signed on March 18 in Tirana. “Due to great public interest, we are publishing the Declaration signed on March 18, 2025, in Tirana by the Ministers of Defense of …

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• 8 April

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 5, 2025

  

  European and NATO officials emphasized that a strong Ukrainian military backed by European security guarantees remains the most effective deterrent against future Russian aggression to ensure long-term peace in Ukraine and Europe. NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte gave an interview to Ukrainian outlet New Voice on April 5 and stated …

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• 8 April

  NATO’s Forgotten Promise To Gorbachev – OpEd

  

  History and events have not been kind to Russia. Napoleon’s invasion, revolution, two world wars, Hitler’s invasion, Stalin’s communism, and, most recently, the expansion of Nato, have shattered the Russian people’s equilibrium and self-regard time and time again. At the end of the Cold War and with agreement on the …

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• 8 April

  Can Europe Stop Trump And Putin? – OpEd

  

  The news of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest surprised me. It’s not that I doubted the former leader of the Philippines was guilty of the horrific crimes detailed in his International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Duterte himself boasted quite openly of the mass killings he’s been accused of. But I always …

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• 8 April

  Trump, Iran, And The Nuclear Deal: A Slow-Motion Crisis – Analysis

  

  At the beginning of last month, United States (US) President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressing his desire to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. This request followed Trump’s Executive Order in early February threatening “maximum pressure” to …

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• 8 April

  Russia Regenerates Its Forces With 160,000 New Conscripts – Analysis

  Battlefield Assessment Last week Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, in violation of the deal that Washington brokered between Moscow and Kyiv in Riyadh. The Kremlin also continued to pound Ukrainian population centers with air strikes and missile salvos. Though neither side made significant gains, tactical engagements flared along multiple critical …

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• 8 April

  Rétablir le fonctionnement de Nord Stream ? Le chef de l’énergie français avec une prévision explosive

  

  Rétablir le fonctionnement de Nord Stream ? Le chef de l’énergie français avec une prévision explosive Rétablir le fonctionnement de Nord Stream ? Le chef de l’énergie français avec une prévision explosive Berlin. Le gazoduc Nord Stream germano-russe, qui a été détruit, alimente actuellement les spéculations. Récemment, le ministre russe …

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• 8 April

  Escalade et tutelle américaine sur le Liban

  

  La tutelle américaine est flagrante sur toutes les affaires de l’État libanais et encore plus évidente depuis les élections présidentielles, la nomination du premier ministre et la formation du cabinet, ainsi qu’à travers les nominations administratives et de sécurité en cours. Profitant des répercussions de la récente agression israélienne sur …

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