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Vladimir Putin’s radical turn in the handling of the Ukraine War may improve Russia’s fortunes in the conflict that began seven months ago, but it has the power to bring it home. The mobilization of at least 300,000 reservists can, in the medium term, solve the problem of the Russian …

US President Joe Biden renewed the accusations against Russia in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (21). The American said that Moscow broke the principles of the United Nations Charter, the entity’s founding document. And, although he did not go so far as to ask for the …

Awaiting convictions in the tribune of the UN General Assembly and with reports of losses of more occupied territories in its invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s Russia decided to accelerate the process of annexing four areas of the neighboring country. It was up to the former president and now Putin’s …

The climate emergency was already dominating the last summits of the United Nations. Over the past two years, world leaders have had to address a pandemic that has killed more than 6 million people. Now, without the other two crises having gone away, there is a war in Europe that …

Oktoberfest, one of the best-known festivals in Germany and the world, kicked off this Saturday (17) after a two-year hiatus due to restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of people wearing lederhosen, leather shorts typical of the local culture, gathered for the event that usually attracts five million visitors …

The discovery of hundreds of unidentified bodies in an area near the Ukrainian-taken city of Izium has fueled Kiev’s accusations of Russian war crimes and revived the version battle between the two sides of the conflict. Kiev announced on Thursday that it had found what it estimated were 440 bodies …

As predicted, China and Russia renewed their alliance against the US-led West during the first meeting between leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin since the Russian invaded Ukraine, 20 days after the Feb. of Moscow in the Cold War 2.0 between Beijing and Washington. Significantly, it was the pressured Putin …

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his control over a large chunk of the world’s energy supply to inflict economic suffering on the West as part of his strategy in the Ukraine War. This has taken Europe, which may see oil prices rise again in the coming months, to a worrying …

When they find themselves on the sidelines of a China-backed Asian security forum in Uzbekistan, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will have plenty to talk about. Whether they will do so in the same language, metaphorically of course, is another story. The Chinese leader makes his debut on the international …

Forecasts said that Russia’s economy would collapse following the imposition of unprecedented sanctions against Moscow due to the Ukraine War. But this week, Russian statistics office Rosstat said that Russian GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the first six months of the year fell by just 0.4%. Capital investment rose, the …