London CNN Business — According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global fossil fuel emissions are set to peak in 2025, with countries committing huge sums of money to low-carbon fuels. In its annual World Energy Outlook report, released on Thursday, the agency said Russia‘s assault on Ukraine had theRead More →
In early November 1917, as the First World War raged, one of the most momentous events in history occurred. The Communist “Bolsheviks”, the left wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, overthrew the Provisional Government established eight months earlier in Tsarist Russia. In its place, they established the firstRead More →
Many observers noticed that during Putin’s war in Ukraine, more and more non-Russians, at least some of whom were counted by Moscow as assimilated and therefore Russian, chose to proudly declare themselves “non-Russians”. (windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/10/at-end-of-soviet-times-non-russians.html). At the same time, many people whom the regime classifies as Mo Russians consider themselves toRead More →
European Union leaders are expected to focus on China’s and Iran’s military involvement in Ukraine in today’s discussion of “external” relations. The European Council meeting of 20 and 21 October, the decision-making body of the EU composed of its 27 heads of state, will examine Iran’s involvement in the warRead More →
Published on: 10/19/2022 – 21:00 Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia began evacuating civilians from Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday in the face of advances by Kyiv, which said the population transfers amounted to “deportations”. As battlefield developments continued to stretch Russia, President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday imposed sweeping newRead More →
A new Holy Roman Empire was formed across the world. It’s a new “nomos” – the expression of Carl Schmitt borrowed of the Greeks to chart the scope of a new Europe – of the acquisition of territories and resources. In this new Europe, borders are collapsing and civilizational, economic,Read More →
President Vladimir Putin has spent years racing against Russia’s population clock, only to order an invasion of Ukraine that locks his country’s population into historic decline. In addition to the thousands of casualties on the battlefield, the enlistment of 300,000 reservists to join the fight – and even greatest flightRead More →
The Jordan Center stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia and the rest of the world who oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement here. Last spring, the 19v online working group hosted a forum on the question: How will our research on 19th-century Russian culture changeRead More →
What mobilization could mean Lukashenka and his generals stressed that the mobilization in Russia does not mean that the mobilization will also be announced in Belarus. However, during last week’s security meeting, the president spoke about the problems Russian authorities are facing with mobilization – and why this must notRead More →
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured during a meeting via video link in St Petersburg, Russia on Monday. The Institute for the Study of War think tank says Putin’s military may soon be running out of ‘options’ due to the depletion of crucial weapons by using them on civilian targetsRead More →
“We don’t want to see any country dominate or be dominated,” Senator Wong said. The two ministers also discussed the war in Ukraine, ahead of a key United Nations vote to condemn Mr Putin for annexing seized Ukrainian territories. India abstained in the Security Council earlier this month on aRead More →
By Pierre Fabricius* Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine has rekindled the perennial debate over the need to reform the United Nations (UN) Security Council, including the Permanent Representation for Africa. But has conflict also increased the likelihood of change? The council was designed in war – can it also beRead More →
Russia’s fourth largest city, Yekaterinburg, may not be in the league of the world’s top tourist destinations, but, unknown to many outside the country, it has a hidden charm and is fast becoming a unmissable place. Yekaterinburg, also spelled Yekaterinburg, lies east of the Ural Mountains, which form the borderRead More →