Over the past 24 hours, from March 31 to April 1, Russia officially reported 440 new coronavirus cases (although few still believe the official data released there), which brings the total count to 2,777 with 24 deaths. Meanwhil, preparations are ongoing for the May 9 Victory Parade on Red Square, with a large-scale rehearsal being […]
The Russian military team deployed in Italy, whose goal is far from rescuing the Italians, is already starting to bring its first malignant fruit. That’s the fruit that brings the same kind of threat to Italy as any Russian presence in the EU does to the European community in general. A few days ago, in […]
As the first Il-76 military cargo plane took off to Italy carrying the “from Russia with love” humanitarian aid, concerns were raised that it wasn’t love that these Russian military planes were bringing to a NATO Ally. In fact, instead of health ministry experts, the deployed group consists of high-ranking officers of Russia’s defense ministry […]
The Italian newspaper La Stampa, citing its own sources among high-ranking officials and the General Staff of the county’s Armed Forces, reports that most part of Russia’s “assistance” brought in the territory of a NATO Ally on 14 planes in fact isn’t helping at all. “80% of what was brought in by Russia is absolutely […]
In light of the three Baltic States’ and other Central and Eastern European countries’ continued struggle against Russian disinformation, Latvian President Egils Levits emphasized that international law needs to be improved to promote cyber security and limit sovereign countries’ vulnerabilities to information warfare (President.lv, February 14). Speaking at this year’s Munich Security Conference (February 13–16), […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is leading the charge in Europe to set out a new strategy with Russia. His goal is to end Russia’s sense of isolation and alienation, as he explained during the 2020 Munich Security Conference, which took place on February 14–16. Macron believes Russia is essential for Europe’s security. Without engaging its […]
The Russian delegation has returned to the PACE, riding a triumphant propaganda tide, as if they’re winners on a white horse, and to some extent it really was the case. After all, the very heart of Europe, the PACE session hall, was penetrated by representatives of the aggressor state, shedding blood from Ukraine to Libya, […]
Executive Summary The role Belarus plays in energy geopolitics is one of the most unusual in the world. While not a petroleum supplier, it sells refined oil products to many countries. And while not a natural gas producer, it delivers the fuel to numerous countries via pipelines built during Soviet times. Its unique situation stems […]
A member of the Russian State Duma has called the European Union “Hitler’s coalition”, where all member states had once worked for Nazi Germany. Such a statement was voiced by head of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science, chairman of the board of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, MP Vyacheslav Nikonov (United Russia), who […]
The restrained criticism by President Ilham Aliyev of the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) project, voiced by him in an interview at the end of 2019, had its impact on decisions of European institutions. We should recall that speaking about the future of the EaP, the president raised serious questions regarding the non-obviousness of the prospects […]