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A communist, an ultranationalist and a supposed liberal are the three candidates allowed by the Kremlin to compete, with no chance of success, in this weekend’s presidential elections in Russia against the sure winner: Vladimir Putin. None of them has the slightest chance in the presidential elections on the 15th, 16th and 17th, but their […]
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Putin, a warrior tsar in search of international greatness
Vladimir Putin, in power in Russia For a quarter of a century, he has entered the presidential elections as an authoritarian leader in the midst of the invasion of Ukrainethe repression in his country and the confrontation with the West. The Russian leader, who reformed the Constitution in 2020 to allow him to remain in […]
Sweden enters NATO after two years of waiting and in the middle of the conflict in Ukraine
Sweden became the 32nd member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization this Thursday (NATO), in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine and ending two centuries of official non-alignment and two years of tortuous diplomacy. The Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristerssonvisiting Washington, delivered the ratification documents to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in […]
Russia and China will deploy a nuclear energy facility on the Moon in 2033-2035
Russia and China They are studying the possibility of placing a nuclear energy facility on the surface of the Moon between the years 2033 and 2035, Yuri Borisov, general director of the Russian space agency, Roscomos, said on Tuesday. “We are currently seriously studying together with our Chinese colleagues to bring and assemble an energy […]
EU, US and 17 other countries call for international investigation into Navalni’s death
More than forty countries, including all of the European Union, USA and the United Kingdomthey have asked before the UN Human Rights Council an independent and transparent investigation into the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni, who died on February 16 in captivity. “The unexpected and shocking death of Navalni is another symptom […]
Flour, crisis and prices: bread is added this March to the basics that are in short supply in Cuba
Five elderly people improvise a gathering while waiting in line in front of a state bakery in Havana. Everyone has been waiting for more than five hours for the product, highly valued in these days of crisis, to finally arrive. “That’s how it always is: we see each other in line every Thursday. This bakery […]
Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine could cause nuclear conflict
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putinpledged Thursday to meet Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and warned the West against further involvement in the war, saying it could spark a global nuclear conflict. The president issued the forceful warning during his speech on the state of the nation, on the eve of the presidential elections in March […]
Russians defy fear to attend Navalny’s funeral en masse
Thousands of Russians participated this Friday in the funeral of the opposition leader Alexei Navalnydespite strict police measures and warnings from authorities about the consequences of participating in unauthorized acts. ”Navalni was the conscience of the nation. And although I am afraid, I have chosen conscience over fear and that is why I am here,” […]
Putin suggests raising taxes on the rich
President Vladimir Putin suggested, last Thursday, the possibility of increasing taxes on wealthy individuals and companies, stating that a fairer distribution of the tax burden was necessary, while urging Russian businessmen to invest in Russiaaccording to Reuters. “I propose to reflect on the modernization of our Tax systemabout a fairer distribution of the tax burden […]
Yellen urges coalition to “unfreeze” Russian assets to support Ukraine
The US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellenurged his allies this Tuesday to work on legal formulas to ‘unfreeze’ the value of the Russian assets that they keep blocked, in order to help finance Ukraine. At a press conference in São Paulo, on the occasion of a ministerial meeting of the G20Yellen said that “the […]