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«Ce n’est pas du bluff»

Géniale, cette phrase, non? Un étudiant de première année en psychanalyse devrait en faire sa thèse: celui qui dit que ce n’est pas du bluff, bluffe. Je ne dis pas que Vladimir Vladimirovitch ne va pas déclencher le feu nucléaire. Je suis même persuadé qu’il pourrait le faire, peut-être directement …

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O cenário nuclear!

A tentação nuclear estará nas mãos de Putin dentro de poucos dias, e não faltam chefes de Estado e de Governo europeus que já «normalizaram», nas suas cabeças, que esse confronto poderá ser inevitável A partir de agora, com os «referendos» terminados, e depois com a aprovação pela Duma, da …

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Europe’s Unsolved Energy Puzzle

How the Quest for Resources Has Shaped the Continent Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine has laid bare some uncomfortable truths about Europe’s energy future. For one thing, it has demolished the presumption in Germany that Russia would be a reliable fossil fuel partner. The war has also blown …

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What Mobilization Means for Russia

The End of Putin’s Bargain With the People Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” intended to shore up his faltering war against Ukraine. The pretense that there is anything partial about this move, however, is about as convincing as Putin’s claim that Russia is merely carrying …

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Syria still risks economic collapse, says UN envoy

Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, says that the country faces a ‘crisis of epic proportions for the Syrian people.’ “There are absolutely no guarantees if we don’t move towards a nationwide cease-fire, and get the political process back on track, that things cannot collapse again,” said Geir …

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