New legal mechanisms on both sides cement the economic barriers that, most likely, will last for years and decades
In the United States, both houses of Congress approved the
bill H.R. 8038
, titled “21
st
Century Peace through Strength Act”. In Russia, the bill received resonance in connection with the legal mechanism for the confiscation of Russia’s sovereign assets. Previously, there were no such mechanisms in the arsenal of US sanctions policy towards Russia. What will the new law look ...
... buffer in Western Ukraine should guarantee the end of the aggression. The special military operation must be continued until victory. Our enemies must know that if they do not retreat, the legendary Russian patience will run dry, and the death of each Russian soldier will be paid for with thousands of lives on the other side.
It will be impossible to prevent the world from sliding into a series of conflicts and subsequently a global thermonuclear war unless our nuclear deterrence policy is drastically energized and updated. I have covered ...
... Western Europe, or elsewhere, are fast becoming yesterday’s celebrities, as the country moves on. Those Russian journalists and activists who criticize Russia from afar are increasingly losing touch with their previous audiences, and are saddled with accusations of serving the interests of countries fighting Russia in the proxy war in Ukraine. By contrast, nearly two-thirds of young men who left Russia in 2022 for fear of being mobilized have returned, some of them quite embittered by their experience abroad.
Putin’s statement about the need for a new national ...
... experiments suggested the U.S. would win the war or achieve a most favorable settlement of the conflict in case of their refusal to destroy cities [
2
].
In the time of President Richard Nixon, the U.S. military initiated a new response strategy aimed ... ... of George W. Bush, the idea of removing obstacles to an effective global security system by the United States prevailed. As Russian researcher Alexander Sergunin pointed out, Washington decided to use the “unipolar moment” that emerged after the ...
Russian-African ties pose both opportunities and challenges for African countries, but Moscow's renewed engagement in Africa raises concerns among Western nations.
The African continent is witnessing a noticeable escalation in the competition between ...
... gives Moscow the opportunity to consider legitimate only those decisions with which it agrees or at least does not object to. And vice versa, it lets Moscow consider any actions taken in circumvention of the UN Security Council, i.e., bypassing the Russian veto, illegitimate. The refusal from such an exceptional position in the international system is madness. As for other UN agencies, for example, the UN General Assembly, the United States, and its allies have recently managed to make up an anti-Russian majority (in particular, ...
... of Russian natural gas to China by 10 billion cubic meters per year
[2]
.
The declaration and the economic deals signed during the visit thereby contributing to Russia’s reorientation of economic ties from Europe towards China later led to the accusations against China that Beijing had been informed by Russians about the coming conflict, and China supported the Special Military Operation as a result. Another argument which was used to support the charges was a growing number of contracts to procure Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) concluded before ...
Taking into account how the internal situation is developing in a number of Central Asian countries, we cannot exclude the possibility that in the future, these “allies” of Russia will follow in Armenia’s footsteps
Taking into account how the internal situation is developing in a number of Central Asian countries, we cannot exclude the possibility that in the future, these “allies” of Russia will follow in Armenia’s ...
Talk about victory for Kiev has disappeared as Washington becomes a ‘back seat driver
The Istanbul agreements – a tentative peace plan agreed between Russia and Ukraine in the spring of 2022 – are being discussed again. However, as they were written at the time they are no longer relevant and are unlikely to be of any use in the future. The realities on the ground and in the hearts and minds of many ...
Interview for Iran Student Correspondents Association
Interview for Iran Student Correspondents Association
In recent weeks, Russia provided full political support to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the UN Security Council, which will definitely bring the two countries closer together. What do you think about it?
Russia and Iran are indeed moving closer to each other, and Moscow ...
