Trump reacted positively to the proposal by Kirill Dmitriev, chief of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and envoy in ongoing negotiations with the US, to build a tunnel beneath the Bering Strait. The idea isn’t new but has recently...
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel strongly implied in an interview that Poland and the Baltic States are partially responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict. According to her, “I wanted a new format… back then (in June 2021) where we could...
Russian, Iranian, and Azerbaijani officials met in Baku last week to discuss trilateral cooperation on transportation and logistics, energy, and customs procedures. Their gathering came just days after the incipient Russian-Azeri rapprochement brought about by Putin apologizing to Ilham...
Judge Dariusz Lubowski ordered the release of the suspect whose extradition Germany had demanded due to his alleged involvement in the Nord Stream attack. According to him, “Blowing up of critical infrastructure…during a just, defensive war…is not sabotage, but...
The Guardian published a piece about the aims of the West’s incipient US-led rapprochement with Lukashenko, which amounts to an attempt to tempt him into rebalancing Belarus’ ties with Russia through closer cooperation with the West. It was assessed...
Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani” Sharaa’s comments before his talks with Putin showed that this former terrorist is becoming a statesman in no time. Acknowledging his newfound pragmatism doesn’t excuse his former terrorist crimes, but it’s nonetheless surprising that he...
The next Putin-Trump meeting will soon take place in Budapest. Prior to their last one in Anchorage, the vision that they were working towards was a resource-centric strategic partnership that could then become a steppingstone towards a more comprehensive...
Reuters reported in early October that some Russian oil traders have once again begun requesting yuan from Indian state refiners, thus resuming a practice that was briefly in effect during mid-2023 following the example set by India’s top cement...
The most intense Pakistani-Afghan clashes in years have drawn wider attention to each side’s grievances. Pakistan accuses the Taliban of hosting fundamentalist TTP terrorists, separatist BLA ones, and dislikes its refusal to recognize the Durand Line, while the Taliban...
Russian-Syrian relations are interesting for many observers due to the realpolitik that’s come to define them since Assad’s downfall last December. Ahmed “Jolani” Sharaa’s Al Qaeda-descended Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was designated as terrorists by Russia prior to their Turkish-backed...
