Russia is almost required, if nothing else for domestic political reasons, to Do Something about the Nord Stream attacks. But what exactly?
Read more...The military operation on Monday night which fired munitions to blow holes in the Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II pipelines on the Baltic Sea floor, near Bornholm Island, was executed by….
Read more...Turkey is trying to boost its economy by allowing Russian tourists to use the Mir payment system, but the US is applying pressure to cut the service.
Read more...Two Russian militarty experts comment on the partial mobilization and what might come next.
Read more...Additonal speculation about the Putin speech, the Russian partial moblization, and what might happen next.
Read more...Some US senators are pushing what looks like another sanctions own goal…..assuming it gets done.
Read more...By Conor Gallagher Ever since the breakup of the USSR, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave recognized as Azerbaijani territory by the international community but mostly populated by ethnic Armenians. They fought a war there two years ago when Azerbaijan grabbed land in a six-week conflict that led […]
Read more...Putin announced that Russia is escalating its commitment to the conflict in Ukraine.
Read more...Finally some in America are willing to speak out against the financial and human costs of the Ukraine conflict and urge neogitations.
Read more...Pope Francis’ recent statement that providing weapons to Ukraine can be a moral decision puts him at odds with his own pronouncements on war over the years and with a large chunk of the population of the Global South, now the population center for the Catholic Church.
Read more...The G7 plans to use its payments system to enforce a Russian oil price cap, because that worked so well in the shock and awe sanctions.
Read more...How Russian comedy producers and broadcasters are laughing their way to the bank thanks to Western sanctions.
Read more...Russia, as in Putin, is under pressure to amp up the Ukraine war. Will he be able to hold out?
Read more...NATO is saber-rattling at Putin and the Russian leadership. Will Russia escalate or wait to see NATO’s cards?
Read more...Russia is moving ahead with aviation import substituion. In theory, this should be within Russis’s grasp. But what about timelines and costs?
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