Eastern Europe
War in Ukraine
On Nov. 15, Ukrainian military intelligence representative Andriy Chernyak told news agency RBC Ukraine that armies led by close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin have been created to sup
Nov. 16, 2022
Russia
Russia said on Wednesday, Nov. 16 it had banned entry to more than 50 top Irish officials including Prime Minister Micheal Martin over Western sanctions over Ukraine. Among those listed are also Irish
Nov. 16, 2022
Belarus
The Belarusian military could directly participate in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Vitali Shkliarov, the Belarusian and American political strategist, claims that Belarusians simply have no choice. H
Nov. 16, 2022
Russia
Moscow has sought to prevent diplomatic isolation as its long-time partners, China and India, disassociate themselves from the conflict in Ukraine. At the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, a review joint
Nov. 16, 2022
November 14, 2022 Ukrainians just recaptured Russia’s biggest war prize, the City of Kherson, and by so doing took a major step toward driving Putin out of their nation-state. Now the West must escala
Nov. 15, 2022
War in Ukraine
France’s President Emmanuel Macron will urge his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to “pressure” Russia to return to the negotiating table over the war in Ukraine, a French official said Monday, Nov. 14.
Nov. 14, 2022
Russia
A senior U.S. official said on Monday, Nov. 14, that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the “irresponsibility” of nuclear threats throughout a summit in Cambodia, suggesting Beijing is feeling nervou
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Moldova’s government is likely to change shortly. The reset might occur as early as this week. Dorin Recean, a representative of the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), is the main cand
Nov. 14, 2022
Russia
The last time Russian President Vladimir Putin found himself isolated at a G20 summit was in 2014, soon after he seized Crimea — and he was so shunned that he left early. Eight years later, after laun
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s most recent “strategies” – attempts at bombing civilian populations into submission via rush-hour drone attacks and targeting the power grid to freeze the Ukrainian population as winter appro
Nov. 13, 2022
Russia
In order to get around the Russian government’s blocking, five investigative media organizations—including Proekt (Project), Vazhnye istorii (Important Stories), The Insider, Bellingcat, and the Alexe
Nov. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Friday, Nov. 11, that his organisation had started training civilians in Russian regions bordering Ukraine to form a militia and bu
Nov. 11, 2022
War in Ukraine
The situation on the ground in the Kherson region is developing rapidly. Russia’s defense ministry has said the retreat was successfully completed early on Friday morning, Nov. 11, and that not a sing
Nov. 11, 2022
Russia
According to official Russian reports, imprisoned American basketball player Brittney Griner has been transferred from a Russian prison to a penal colony. Speaking on Wednesday, Nov. 9, her attorneys,
Nov. 10, 2022
Russia
A report by Bloomberg news on Nov. 9 examines how insiders are frightened by the emergence of vocal hardliners in the Russian administration. The elites are worried that President Vladimir Putin will
Nov. 10, 2022
War in Ukraine
Voices in the Russian government are raising the level of tension and calling on Russian citizens to fight a holy war against the devil. According to their own terminology, they describe the ongoing “
Nov. 10, 2022