Turkey has ensured a reliable supply of Russian natural gas to Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, adding that European nations should be grateful to Ankara for that. During a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Putin named the TurkStream pipeline as one of the …
Read More »Timofey Bordachev: The UN is no longer fit for purpose, but should it be abolished or reformed?
The United Nations is a product of Western intellectual common sense, which after the Second World War created relatively fair conditions in order to maintain its centrality in international politics. The fact that Western countries are now losing this position is for natural reasons. This inevitably affects their ability to …
Read More »Ukraine should ‘confiscate’ Russian gas – politician
Ukraine should “confiscate” Russian gas from transit pipelines, Dmitry Razumkov, the former speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament, has argued. Russia transports some of its gas to Western Europe using a route, created during the Soviet-era, through Ukraine. Razumkov, who was Rada speaker between 2019 and 2021, said …
Read More »Russia should demilitarize whole of Ukraine, senator says after more Crimea threats
ussia’s offensive should continue until Ukraine’s military capabilities are completely eradicated, Senator Andrey Klishas has insisted, in view of Kiev’s plan to strike Crimea. “Threats from the Ukrainian junta to attack Crimea or the Crimean bridge only confirm that ‘denazification’ and demilitarization must be carried out throughout the whole of …
Read More »Ukraine should cede territory to Russia, nearly half of Germans say in poll
Almost half of Germans believe Ukraine should cede territory in the country’s east to reach a peace deal with Russia, according to a fresh poll by broadcaster RTL. While 47% of Germans back the idea of Ukraine making territorial concessions to Russia, some 41% oppose it. The remaining 12% of …
Read More »US should pay compensation if Covid-19 claim confirmed – Russia
The US may owe the world huge compensation for the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the Russian State Duma, said on Wednesday. He cited remarks made by the chair of The Lancet commission on the disease, who suggested the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have originated …
Read More »Western elites can’t decide if they should sanction or seduce Africa in their attempts to counter Russia and China
In trying to find ways to effectively counter Russia and China’s partnerships in Africa, Washington – and its Western followers – is not content to just go for the honey or the vinegar – so officials are resorting to both at the same time. Typically, the Western modus operandi has been …
Read More »US should pull out of NATO – congresswoman
Washington should pull out of NATO instead of sending billions of taxpayer dollars to Ukraine and risking a nuclear war, according to a Republican congresswoman who has been highly critical of Washington’s response to the Ukraine crisis. Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, …
Read More »Russia should not fear ‘defensive’ NATO – US
Russia should not regard additional NATO troops in Eastern Europe as a provocation, but a legitimate response to its “aggression” in Ukraine by a purely defensive alliance, the spokesman for the US National Security Council John Kirby told reporters. Kirby was asked by Bloomberg to comment on US President Joe …
Read More »UK should be ready ‘to fight in Europe’ – army chief
British forces must prepare “to fight in Europe once again,” the new chief of the General Staff, General Patrick Sanders, said, according to a Sunday report from Sky News. In a letter to his charges, Sanders, whose first day in the new role was June 13, claimed that “Russia’s invasion …
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