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Looking Back at Trump and Putin. The European Union Adopted the 17th Sanctions Package Against Russia.
The latest EU sanctions package took a long time to adopt. Firstly, due to the usual resistance from Hungary, which is always against restrictions on Russian oil and gas that it itself uses. Secondly, EU officials faced a tricky task: not to anger Donald Trump with too harsh sanctions—he could accuse the EU of sabotaging his «magnificent deal» with Russia—and to signal to Vladimir Putin that making peace would be cheaper than continuing the war.
«We are all mired here in thoughts of a better life». Report from a proletarian ghetto in the center of Moscow
In the center of Moscow, near Paveletsky Station, there is a kind of ghetto. In Soviet times, workers from other regions moved here, to Derbenevskaya Street — local factories needed them. Those factories have long since closed, but the workers still live in the local dormitory and communal apartments. Here they raised children, tried to build their lives in the capital, many began to abuse alcohol, and now they are waiting to be relocated under the renovation program.
#lifeinRussia #Moscow #inequality #aftertheUSSR #reportage #LaborandCapital
Our alliance is wonderful. What is happening inside the «Weimar Triangle»
Who today could take responsibility both for continuing support of Ukraine, for rearming Europe, and for organizing a more autonomous security system? Obviously, in the absence of competencies within the EU in defense policy, this mission should be taken on by the leading European countries — in fact, these are the countries of the Weimar Triangle. The first signs of agreement between them, shown in the May visits and negotiations, inspire cautious hope. There are no other contenders for such a role anyway.
#Analytics #security #WeimarTriangle #VladimirZelensky #war #EastEurope #Germany #DonaldTusk #EuropeanUnion #west #integration #NATO #Poland #weaponsproduction #sanctionsagainstRussia #Ukraine #France #FriedrichMerz #EmmanuelMacron
«Comrade Putin, for Gods sake, go to Istanbul for the talks.» Why Trump and other leaders failed to force Russia to peace
The behind-the-scenes diplomatic battle between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia has ended. The moral victory is once again with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but there will be no peace in the coming weeks, and possibly months.
Can the talks in Istanbul turn the tide of the Russia-Ukraine war? Interview with political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin
Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul, actively promoted by US President Donald Trump. According to political scientist and geographer Dmitry Oreshkin (the Russian Ministry of Justice considers him a foreign agent), important matters that have already changed the course of events around the war remain in the shadows of these talks.
What will happen to the Russian economy if oil prices continue to fall?
Of course, the Russian economy is much better prepared for an oil shock than the Soviet one – not only because of its market nature but also because the Russian authorities are trained by previous crises. However, the population and, most importantly, the elites are accustomed to a completely different standard of living than in the USSR. How will they react to their wealth falling by half or even two to three times?
New Pope: made in USA. Will Trump Dare to Compete with Leo XIV?
Protecting Christians in America and worldwide was one of Trump's campaign promises. Now it is important for him to demonstrate to voters his closeness to the head of the Catholic Church. However, one should not expect a successful symbiosis of secular and spiritual power in the case of the first American pope and the 47th American president.
Trump and Technofascism: The Revenge of the White-Handed Beast
Why Trump?Why did this deceitful, shameless, loudly boiling narcissist, who contradicts what he said in the morning by evening, sows chaos, despises morality and law, not only become president of the world's leading country but also eagerly set about breaking both the country and the world?
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The son of the CIA deputy director in the «meat assault» and the cult of collective identity
Let's put aside the «professionalism» of the Russian special services, who couldn't even identify a valuable asset and simply disposed of him in yet another offensive on the Ukrainian front. Nevertheless, this situation itself is quite telling. Of course, not every left-wing radical agrees to fight on Russia's side, but Michael Gloss's case as a whole illustrates rather problematic trends in Western society (and not only Western).
Frightening, frightening involuntarily. Europe is considering a rearmament program
Events of recent years have forced Europe to rethink its security concept. It is not just about the current contradictory activity of President Trump and his entourage, from which numerous claims against Europeans arise, including the most surprising ones. These disagreements did not start yesterday – not even during Trump's first term. The Obama and Biden administrations did not spare the traditional rhetoric about transatlantic solidarity, but in reality pursued the same line of distancing from old allies. The US position on supporting Ukraine from the first days of the war, when Trump was still far from the White House, left a strange and ambiguous feeling that occurs when true goals do not coincide with declared ones. In general, the revision of transatlantic relations has been going on for a long time, but today it has sharply touched on such a sensitive issue as Europe's security and NATO's prospects.
Invisible and Free
At the end of February 2025, journalist and film critic Ekaterina Barabash was detained in Moscow. For social media posts about the war in Ukraine, the Russian Investigative Committee accused her of spreading «fakes» about the Russian army out of hatred. In Russia, this charge carries a prison sentence of five to ten years. Fortunately, Ekaterina managed to escape from house arrest and reach Europe. Today, we can finally tell the story of how it happened.
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«The Americans put their own ass on the line, and we kicked them as much as we could»
The Cold War between the USSR and the USA was a unique conflict in human history. On both sides, it was waged not so much by the military as by intelligence agents, diplomats, weapons designers, and even journalists, athletes, and cultural figures. Therefore, it’s no surprise that the flight of a single aircraft could be comparable to the actions of a large military formation in a conventional war.