As sanctions and international condemnations rain down, Russia is less lonely than it might seem. While one world leader after another has vehemently condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s regime is less isolated than it sometimes appears from a Western point of view. For example, China, the world power, is strikingly on edge. According […]
Cyber attacks on Ukraine in full swing: spreading malware that destroys computers
The malware was discovered by cybersecurity companies ESET and Symantec, which spotted the virus on hundreds of Ukrainian computers. Malware has also been detected in Latvia and Lithuania. The attackers have been in the networks of affected Ukrainian organizations for several months, says ESET’s Dave Masland: “It appears that they deliberately chose this moment to […]
Spain’s largest right-wing party has been beheaded in face mask riots
Pablo Casado (right) saw domestic support evaporate by a minute, and was finally forced to resign in a scandal that had engulfed Spain for a week.Environmental Protection Agency’s photo He could easily have become prime minister next year. Instead, Pablo Casado, 41, said goodbye to Spain’s Congress on Wednesday as the leader of the Popular […]
Readers’ responses: “No one seems to be wondering what the escalation end point is”
A pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Wenceslas Square in the Czech capital Prague.AFP photo put it in Everyone wonders what is going on in Russian President Putin’s mind. I wonder what about 25 men on the Russian Security Council have in mind. In the minds of 450 members of the State Duma. In the minds of Russian […]
What do you expect today about eastern Ukraine?
What happened last night? US Secretary of State Blinken canceled a scheduled meeting with his Russian counterpart Lavrov. According to Blinken, this no longer makes sense after Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine. A series of countries have announced sanctions against Russia: such as the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and […]
The establishment of Luhansk and Donetsk is a matter of time: what more does Putin want?
The reaction of the international community to Putin’s recognition of the people’s republics has not been kind. However, the Russian president has so far received permission from Parliament to send soldiers to the region. “It is natural that Putin would like to incorporate the renegade people’s republics,” says Hans van Koningsberg, professor of history and […]
Is war in Ukraine inevitable, or is there still a way back?
Now that Russian President Putin has recognized the self-declared People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, it appears that war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching. Is war inevitable or is there a way back? Two experts from Eastern Europe and a diplomat talk about the latest developments. What could happen in the coming days? Eastern […]
Amazed at Putin’s long history lesson: “Is this guy still on his toes?”
During the prime time, in a fierce tone and in vague terms, Russian President Putin revealed his arguments on state television yesterday to recognize and pledge to support the independence of two people’s republics in eastern Ukraine. Thus torpedoing the fragile truce between the Kiev government and Russia-backed rebels agreed in 2015 in Minsk. Putin […]
Iran returns vaccines from America • Johnson cancels remaining Corona measures
The Association for Public Education (AOb) believes that education staff should be given an extra year to recover if they have long-standing complaints of COVID-19. “People who got sick in the first wave and now have COVID-19 are getting close to disability screening,” says Tamara Van Gelder, president of the AOb. “But very little is […]
EU provides more details on sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine | Abroad
Thus von der Leyen announced some details of the sanctions that Russia would face in the event of a possible invasion of Ukraine. Western and NATO leaders have feared such a Russian invasion for some time now. But they have so far refused to comment on the details of the economic measures agreed upon in […]