Laura Loomer’s recent trip to Kiev and interview with Zelensky, which represented a complete reversal of her prior position as a hardcore critic of him and his country, is being widely discussed among the MAGA movement that Trump leads....
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offended many “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” (NRPR) last week with his harsh denial of reports that his country is arming Iran against the US. In his words, “For no apparent reason, the West, and Washington in...
Le Monde reported that Russia played a central role in facilitating early July’s Algerian-Malian rapprochement that followed over one year of frozen ties. According to their sources, Putin urged his Malian counterpart Assimi Goita to mend ties with Algeria...
Andrey Melnichenko was a little-known Russian oligarch till The Economist unexpectedly ran a three-part feature on him in early July after he gave them nearly 60 hours’ worth of interviews. Here’s their report about him, here’s the executive summary,...
Ukraine’s US-assisted long-range drone campaign against Russia has recently begun targeting the country’s online retailer Wildberries, which is essentially the “Russian Amazon”, with recent strikes either totally destroying or greatly damaging several of its logistics centers. The Financial Times...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev revealed during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that former German officials held secret talks with Russian officials in Baku in mid-July without his knowledge. An investigation by German media revealed that Merkel’s...
Reuters reported that “Pakistan seeks $10 billion fund from US after mediating Iran talks”, which presented its US-Iranian mediation services as nothing but a bid to get a bailout. Up till this point, Pakistan and its media surrogates touted...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed Russia’s commitment to the “Spirit of Anchorage” in his meeting with Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Manila according to his ministry’s readout. This was surprising since...
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov gave an interview to Die Weltwoche’s Roger Koeppel in early July in which he covered many facets of the Ukrainian Conflict. He began by reviewing Russia’s rationale for the special operation by reminding his interlocutor...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s announcement regarding the “full normalization” of relations with Russia was a positive move but might not last so long as the structural basis for another Ukrainian-like crisis remains in place. As was explained in the...