‘Don’t trust the enemy’: Iran’s Khamenei warns against expecting any lifting of US ‘hostility’ under Biden Iran’s Supreme Leader has hit out at the US on his return to the public stage, claiming that Joe Biden’s accession to the American presidency is unlikely to see any change in Washington’s “hostility” towards Iran. 16.12.2020 19:56:58
Swedish parliament takes a ‘decisive step’ toward defense alliance with Finland and NATO membership A majority of the Swedish parliament favors having the option to join NATO at some point in the future, after the populist Sweden Democrats reversed their earlier opposition to joining the alliance. 10.12.2020 08:58:04
Ukraine is unlucky with presidents, presidents with the country ... Who is more unlucky - Ukraine with presidents or presidents with a country . 07.12.2020 17:59:28
Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese Russian citizens of the disputed Kuril Islands are, according to US officials, actually Japanese – a result of the US’ policy of insisting much of the archipelago, governed by Moscow since World War II, rightly belongs to Tokyo. 06.12.2020 15:07:21
How ingenious impromptu actions are born in the military sphere Very often we find ourselves in a situation where the foreign policy situation suddenly changes. 04.12.2020 09:21:58
Israel prepares for war with Iran, which does not want to fight We live in interesting times. 01.12.2020 07:28:39
European Parliament approves sanctions on Turkey over reopening of Cyprus town MEPs have adopted an amendment calling on the European Council to impose sanctions on Turkey, after they unanimously voted to condemn its recent "unilateral and illegal" behavior in Cyprus and the surrounding territorial waters. 26.11.2020 12:46:19
Russia Seeks to Preserve Open Skies Treaty Following 'Hypocritical' US Withdrawal Moscow will seek firm guarantees that the states remaining in the Open Skies Treaty will comply with their commitments, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on 22 November, the date when the US participation in the agreement officially ends. 22.11.2020 15:52:36
What is Trump's or Biden's victory fraught with for Russia? The struggle unfolding in the United States between Trump and Biden for the presidency is of interest to many, from the point of view of the consequences for Russia if one or another candidate wins. 18.11.2020 10:10:29
Poland blames RUSSIA for damaging its image in Western countries as Warsaw’s rows with Brussels deepen A top Polish intelligence official’s spokesman has accused Moscow of seeking to tarnish the country’s reputation abroad. 16.11.2020 05:54:50
Now - the blockade of Karabakh? To win back, but not to recognize Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was clearly belated with the statement that the world (which can be called “obscene”, like Brest,) allowed the Armenians to keep Stepanakert. 12.11.2020 20:20:50
European leaders congratulate Joe Biden, after media count declares him victorious in US presidential election Shortly after the Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner in the US election, messages of congratulations flowed in from European leaders, some of whom had testy relationships with Donald Trump. 07.11.2020 18:03:30
Every Legally Cast Vote Should be Counted, Every Illegally Cast Vote Should Not, Ivanka Trump Says US election results are still being counted in several key battleground states, meaning the country’s vote for the next president still hangs in the balance. 06.11.2020 18:32:41
Trump says states where Biden recently declared victory to be legally challenged for ‘voter fraud’, adds there’s ‘plenty of proof’ President Donald Trump vowed to make legal challenges over allegations of voter fraud in all states that were recently put in the win column for Democrat rival Joe Biden, saying there’s “plenty of proof” of wrongdoing. 05.11.2020 17:40:57
The end of American power: Don’t blame Trump, and don’t expect Biden to save it either Fretting about the US' declining global power has long been a parlor game among its establishment thinkers. 30.10.2020 10:02:48
Putin’s long game strategy on nuclear missiles in Europe may well pay off because Cold War treaties completely ignored China In announcing a new variation of his long-held proposal for a moratorium on intermediate-range nuclear forces in Europe, Russia’s president seeks to repeat history, turning an anticipated US/NATO “no” into an eventual “yes. 27.10.2020 07:27:48
Ukraine will build a new Sevastopol A significant event for Ukraine, the report of President Zelensky on the work done before the Rada deputies, made a depressing impression on many. 25.10.2020 08:31:21
Trump touts ‘really good progress’ at Armenia-Azerbaijan talks in Washington as shelling in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh intensifies Even as US President Donald Trump praised the “progress” made in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, air raid sirens sounded over Stepanakert in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, heralding another round of artillery bombardment. 23.10.2020 20:57:48
Pashinyan urged the Armenian people to take up arms and defend Karabakh Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the country's residents to pick up weapon [ https://en. 21.10.2020 19:50:15
US threatens ‘serious consequences’ if Turkey puts into operation its Russian S-400 missile systems The US State Department has warned the Turkish government of “potential serious consequences” to the two nations’ security relationship should reports of Ankara testing the Russian S-400 air defense systems prove true. 16.10.2020 16:45:47
‘I am not holding on to power’: Kyrgyz President Jeenbekov resigns after a chaotic October of post-election turmoil & protests Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov announced on Thursday that he will resign, after ten days of civil unrest, explaining that he wishes to see the end of violence on the streets of the country’s capital, Bishkek. 15.10.2020 19:18:06
Lavrov Calls for Deployment of Russian Peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh as Tensions Escalate Earlier in the day, the Armenian Defence Ministry said that it "reserves the right" to attack any military facility in Azerbaijan after saying that Baku had hit military equipment on Armenian territory. 14.10.2020 10:38:25
‘Time to stop the war’: Talks are ultimately only way to resolve bitter Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian president tells RT The war over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, which “never stopped” after a six-year conflict paused in the 1990s, must end and measures to ensure peace between Yerevan and Baku need to be put in place, Armenia’s president has told RT. 13.10.2020 20:29:37
‘Russia came to save Armenia’: Azeri President Aliyev tells Yerevan it should thank Putin for ‘once again’ coming to its rescue Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for saving his country. 12.10.2020 13:23:36
Kyrgyzstan. What was prepared for Belarus Several readers wrote me angry letters about the fact that I did not warn the public about the unrest in Kyrgyzstan. 07.10.2020 07:04:32