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That’s according to Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev. The top Moscow think tank is closely connected with President Vladimir Putin. Timofeev, one of Russia’s leading foreign experts, is skeptical about the possibility of a conflict, but he has outlined how such an operation could be conducted. One scenario could …

With Harris’ approval rating sitting at a dismal 28%, according to one recent poll, headlines about her performance as vice president have been brutal. Now, CNN has acknowledged that some of the VP’s staff are “getting frantic.” In a revealing report on Monday, CNN said that West Wing aides are …

Grenell, who was Trump’s acting director of national intelligence and special envoy for Serbia-Kosovo talks, held a press conference on Thursday at Merdare, a “border crossing” between the Balkans state and its renegade province. Kosovo, which was occupied by NATO after the 1999 air war, declared independence in 2008 with …

The standoff entered into its second day on Tuesday, with asylum seekers camping on the Belarusian side of the border overnight. According to Polish estimates, up to 4,000 people remain at the border, with the largest group amassed near the Kuznica-Bruzhi border crossing. Some 10,000 more migrants are believed to …

Exports to the Russian Federation in 10 months increased 30.6%, to about $52.9 billion. Imports of Russian goods and services to China grew by 31.2%, to $62.76 billion. In October alone, the volume of trade between the two countries reached $13 billion. Trade between Russia and China in the reporting …

You know that Middle America has finally got its knickerbocker glories in a twist when even Good Housekeeping is telling its waxwork readership how to navigate the vexed issue of “cultural appropriation”. The bible of soccer moms and petty bourgeois socialites recently informed its devotees on how to not get …

On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US had “taken stock” of a number of outstanding issues between Russia and the US, and that there was now an understanding of the stickiest issues hindering the countries’ bilateral relations. “Of course, no one expected that some enchanting event would …

The verdict comes after US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland arrived in the country on Monday to hold three days of talks with Russian officials. On Tuesday, local media reported that negotiations between Nuland and Ryabkov were floundering as the diplomats struggled to find common ground. Earlier this week, …

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait are surging. Over the past week, in line with China’s National Day, Beijing has sent record numbers of military planes into what is known as Taiwan’s “Air Defence Identification Zone” (ADIZ). Whilst it is important to distinguish this zone from the island’s actual “airspace”, as …

Iranian war games held along its northern border with Azerbaijan, leading to Baku threatening military deployment in retaliation, has sparked fear of war between the two countries. But any such war would not end up being won by Tehran or Baku, but rather the United States and Israel, who would …