One of the reasons given by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, for invading Ukraine was the need to liberate the country from the yoke of a supposedly ultra-nationalist and fascist government. But the Russian military offensive against Ukraine is truncating millions of lives also among ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities who in theory should benefit […]
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The US tries to calm the fear of the Baltic countries that Putin “does not stop” in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried Monday to reassure Washington’s Baltic allies on a visit to the region, in which he heard concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin could go beyond his invasion of Ukraine to redraw the borders of Europe. Blinken spent the weekend in neighboring Ukraine, Poland and Moldova, before visiting Lithuania, […]
Macron denounces Putin’s “moral and political cynicism” on humanitarian corridors in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the “moral and political cynicism” of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for proposing humanitarian corridors to the inhabitants of various cities in Ukraine to “take them to Russia.” “I don’t know many Ukrainians who feel like going to take refuge in Russia. All this is not serious. It is of […]
Admiration of Gianni Infantino for Putin, risk for FIFA
By Rob Harris The president of the FIFA, Giani Infantinoremains the proud recipient of the medal of the Russian Order of Friendship, awarded by Vladimir Putin. Not even Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was enough for the world soccer leader to publicly distance himself from the autocratic leader. The 2019 ceremony in the Kremlin, where Infantino […]
Putin tells Macron that he will achieve his goals “by negotiation or by war”
Vladimir Putin said he’ll get “his goals” in Ukraine “for negotiation or for war”, in a telephone conversation on Sunday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macronaffirmed the French presidency. The Russian leader also stressed that “it was not his intention” to attack Ukrainian nuclear power plants, according to a source in the French presidency. During […]
Vargas Llosa and Alexievich warn from Berlin against Russian “new fascism”
Updated on 03/06/2022 12:09 pm The Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich and the Peruvian Mario Vargas LlosaNobel Prize for Literature 2015 and 2010, respectively, warned against the “new Russian fascism” and the “intolerable authoritarianism” represented by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “We are witnessing the birth of a new fascism,” Alexievich assured, in a virtual intervention […]
Macron asks Putin to protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants
Updated on 03/06/2022 11:55 am The French presidency reported that the telephone call between the Russian president Vladimir Putin and the French president Emmanuel Macron focused on the safety of nuclear plants in Ukraine. The call was at Macron’s request and lasted nearly two hours, the Elysee Palace reported. A French official said Macron insisted […]
War in Ukraine could last for years, UK anticipates
Updated on 03/06/2022 07:14 am The deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, Dominic Raab, warned this Sunday that the war in Ukraine could drag on for years, and considered that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, underestimated the difficulties of an invasion. ”We must be clear that our mission, together with our allies, is to […]
War in Ukraine: who are Russia’s oligarchs facing global sanctions?
The United States and the European Union opted for the economic alternative rather than the military one to punish Russia for the war in Ukraine. Thus, those who were targeted by the sanctions have been the oligarchs who make up the inner circle of the president Vladimir Putin. According to international reports, some of these […]
Vladimir Putin threatened Western countries if they impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine
Updated on 03/05/2022 10:34 am Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the decision to intervene militarily in Ukraine was “difficult”, and again said that decreeing a no-fly over Ukraine would be equivalent to a declaration of war. “I said this at the beginning of the operation and I said it before this decision was […]