Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk predictably opined on his country’s contemporary military-security policy during Armed Forces Day on 15 August. Perhaps the most interesting statement that he made concerns his proposal for the creation of a Baltic sub-bloc within...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb bucked the trend of fearmongering about Russia in his interview with Bild. Instead of claiming that it’s plotting to test NATO’s resolve like American media reported was the reason why the CIA chief recently paid...
The Financial Times (FT) reported that Russia has been secretly helping Iran develop its own ramjet propulsion system since 2023, which is required for cruise missiles that the FT’s contributors claimed would primarily be used to hit regional US...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was surprisingly critical in the remarks that he made during his participation in the SCO+ meeting that took place after the SCO leaders’ summit in Bishkek in early September. He declared that “People expect concrete...
Zelensky said that “we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, and everyone who still uses Russia’s key airports: Russian airspace is becoming completely unsafe. Ukraine does not threaten civilian aviation as such – not...
Germany blamed Russia for last month’s incident in Leipzig when one explosives-laden drone was found on the tarmac in proximity to Ukrainian cargo planes, another reportedly collided with a separate cargo plane as it tried to land but failed...
Algeria dispatched four Su-30 warplanes to the Nigerien capital of Niamey shortly after the failed mutiny there amidst the rapid intensification of their ties over the past year that saw Algiers donate four helicopters, two Mi-24V attack ones and...
Russian expert Farhad Ibragimov published a follow-up piece at RT about Russian-Turkish relations, the penultimate of which was responded to here at the time, in response to reports that it’s planning to export a large amount of US-produced cluster...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told local media that his country requested clarification from CIA chief John Ratcliffe during his trip to Moscow about whether the US is really still aiding Ukraine. In his words, “There was a question...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov published a piece about “International Cooperation in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities” ahead of the annual Eastern Economic Forum that’ll be held in Vladivostok this week. The timing suggests that he expects associated deals...
