Author: disinfo1
The spectacular diplomatic successes of the twentieth century have fueled the idea that strong leaders can resolve, through direct negotiations, even the most complex geopolitical rivalities. However, the relationship between the United States and China seems to demonstrate the limits of this theory. Despite high-level meetings and hopes for a possible “grand bargain”, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have failed to change the deeply conflictual nature of the competition between the two superpowers. A new summit is scheduled for September 23 in Washington, but the structural differences between Washington and Beijing, as well as the radically different styles of the…
The Pristina headquarters of the European Union’s civilian mission in Kosovo (EULEX) was attacked on Wednesday with stones and other objects by hundreds of Kosovars after the prison sentences pronounced by a Hague tribunal against the leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) were made known, reports EFE, relayed by Agerpres. The Kosovar public television, TV Klan, broadcasted live the gathering of people in front of the EULEX building, which was protected by a large police force. The images showed how the population, outraged by the verdicts that found fighters considered national heroes in Kosovo guilty of war crimes for…
He claims to support Orthodox traditions, has effectively banned abortion, and is fighting against alcohol: Gheorghi Filimonov, the ultra-conservative governor of the Russian region of Vologda, accused by some of “authoritarianism”, is the presidential party’s candidate in the parliamentary elections, following the line of Vladimir Putin, reports AFP. Artiom, a 31-year-old worker from the city of Vologda, says that in the neighboring region of Yaroslavl, a joke is going around: “When people from Vologda come to us, they do it for alcohol, gasoline, or abortion.” This is because Vologda, the region of the same name located over 450 km north…
The Armenian authorities are willing to buy gas from Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Iran in order to diversify their imports and not rely solely on Russia, announced on Wednesday the president of the Security Council of Armenia, Alen Simonian, reports EFE, quoted by Agerpres. “We want to buy gas from wherever possible. If Russia offers, we buy from Russia, if Azerbaijan supplies, we buy from Azerbaijan, if Iran does it, we buy from Iran and if Turkey can, we buy from them too. And all this at the same time,” he said. Simonian added that Yerevan remains firmly determined in its…
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, maintains that any direct conflict between Russia and Europe could quickly escalate into a nuclear war. The statements come against the backdrop of several recent incidents between Russian forces and NATO states in northern Europe. Russia would not wage a conventional war with Europe, but would directly resort to the use of nuclear weapons, declared the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. “If Europe attacks Russia, it will be a completely different war and it will be very short,” said Lavrov, in a statement in which he did not specify what Moscow would consider a European…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented the upcoming parliamentary elections in Russia as a barometer of the population’s support for the war in Ukraine and has called on Russians to vote. The scrutiny begins on Friday and lasts for three days, for the election of the 450 members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament. This is the first parliamentary election organized in Russia since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. The elections are taking place at a time when the war continues to strongly influence politics in Moscow, and Russian authorities present…
Russia should put forward a list of targets that the Ukrainian army will not be allowed to attack, as part of an energy armistice, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, quoted by The Moscow Times. “We are prepared for an energy armistice, but we must understand what this means for Ukraine. For Putin, energy means selling oil and gas. For us, energy means electricity and gas for our people,” Zelenski said in an interview with CBS News. According to him, American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner raised the issue of halting attacks on energy facilities during recent discussions in Kiev.…
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced on Wednesday that a Russian corvette fired two signal rockets towards a Danish helicopter in the Baltic Sea, in order to prevent what it called a “provocation”, reports Agerpres. The Russian Ministry specified in a statement that Moscow has decorated the commander of the Russian ship for his actions, as well as that the Danish helicopter has left the scene of the incident. According to the Danish army, the incident took place on Monday in the international waters of the Baltic Sea off the city of Gedser, in the southernmost part of Denmark.…
Russian intelligence services intend to commit targeted assassinations in the United States and European countries that support Ukraine, according to an FBI analysis. This was stated by the American federal authorities, who announced that they had thwarted an assassination plot against a well-known Russian dissident believed to be living in Washington. According to an indictment made public at the federal court in Manhattan, five individuals believed to be living abroad have been charged, writes LaPresse. The document specifies that, starting from 2024, a network linked to Russian intelligence services would have paid or attempted to pay individuals from the United…
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to lift the immunity of the far-right Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun, thus allowing the commencement of legal proceedings in Poland for statements that deny the Holocaust, reports France Presse, according to Agerpres. Known for his antisemitic statements, Grzegorz Braun is the president of the Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP), one of the two far-right formations represented in the lower house of the Polish parliament (Sejm). The other far-right party represented in the Sejm is the Confederation. With just over a year until the legislative elections in Poland, KKP is credited with approximately 8%…