Tag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Armenia
Russia’s powerful economic levers over Armenia
Armenia's relations with its strategic partner Russia are getting worse and worse and its leaders seem to desire a shift in geopolitical orientation towards the West....
Energy
UK eyes energy security, increasing supplies amid stronger ties with Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan can play a special role in energy security in the new global environment, considering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and transition to a green...
Bulgaria
Energy supply diversification out of Russia’s orbit is a top priority for Bulgaria
Bulgaria intends to diversify its energy resources, including supplying the country’s main refinery in Burgas - the largest in the Balkans - with non-Russian...
Newsletter
One rule for life & what maps mean: Keep Jordan Peterson away from Ukraine
For Peterson to refer to Russia's invasion as an ‘incursion’ is nothing more than insulting. The word does not make allowances for the wholesale destruction of cities, the occupation of territory and the murder of the inhabitants.
The Foreign Desk
The world’s poorest nations are suffering from Europe’s shortsighted sanctions regime
In the nearly three months since Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and a delegation from the UN met in Istanbul to hammer out an agreement that...
Invasion of Ukraine
Exchange rate correction: Adapting Ukraine’s economy to wartime realities
The sharp devaluation of the official exchange rate of the hryvnia by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), which occurred on July, 21, was...
Democracy & Human Rights
The genocide in Ukraine cannot become ordinary
Though Russia’s war against Ukraine is contained on Ukrainian soil, it would be naïve to interpret the framing of this war as a conflict...
Africa
Moscow is moving Wagner mercenaries from Syria and Africa to Ukraine
Media reports from around the world have indicated that more than 1,000 mercenaries from Russia's infamous private military company Wagner have been transferred from...
Invasion of Ukraine
No impunity for Putin’s flagrant aggression
It turned out worse than most Western politicians and military experts had expected. In the morning hours of February 24, the Armed Forces of...
Op-Eds & Guest Contributors
Ukrainian president fools EU with cheap stunts while killing his country’s future
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was elected in 2019 as the antithesis of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko.
73 percent of the voters were so pissed off...
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