The Central Asian Republics (CARs) fall within Russia’s “sphere of influence” for historical, economic, and security reasons. The first stems from their shared history under the Russian Empire and USSR, the second from the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)...
It was assessed in October that “NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War”. The bloc was by that point considering arming surveillance drones, streamlining the rules of engagement for fighter pilots,...
New Polish President Karol Nawrocki was poised to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary a day after this week’s next Visegrad Group meeting there but canceled on the pretext that Orban just returned from a meeting...
The New York Times published a piece in late November warning that “Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture U.S. Ties”. RT is predictably portrayed as the tip of the Kremlin’s propaganda spear in Russia’s infowar against the...
Putin will visit India late next week to meet with Modi for their annual summit, the first time that the Russian leader will travel to India since the special operation began, his last one being in December 2021. Aleksei...
Leader of the populist-nationalist Confederation of the Polish Crown party and MEP Grzegorz Braun, who scored fourth-place in the first round of the presidential elections in May with 6.34% of the vote, shared his proposal for mutual Polish-Russian de-escalation...
Zelensky’s warmongering grey cardinal Andrey Yermak, who formally serves as his Chief of Staff, submitted his resignation after his apartment was raided as part of the investigation into Ukraine’s $100 million energy graft scandal. Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik believes...
Foreign Affairs, the influential Council on Foreign Relations’ bi-monthly magazine, published an intriguing article in late October titled “Losing the Swing States: Washington Is Driving the BRICS to Become an Anti-American Bloc”. It was co-authored by the CEO of...
Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a piece at RT in late August about “NATO’s Anschluss” in which he warned about the consequences of Austria joining the bloc like some there...
“The AfD’s Co-Leader Declared That Poland Could Become A Threat To Germany”, but also, “Germany Poses A Significant Non-Military Threat To Polish Sovereignty”. The crux of the matter is that Poland and Germany have zero-sum visions of the EU’s...