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(2 April 2021) In response to the threat of tougher sanctions, Moscow and Beijing are moving closer together. They want more independence from the financial system. An economic sensation is brewing: a Russian-Chinese payment agreement.
On the 7th anniversary of the referendum
by Wolfgang Effenberger
(31 March 2021) The referendum of 16 March 2014 – the vote for a joining with the Russian Federation – in Crimea and Sevastopol showed a clear result: with a turnout of 83 per cent, 96.7 per cent voted for annexation to Russia.1
In the “Navalny affair”, much media reporting is too simplistic – here’s what it takes to get more information
by Christian Müller
(21 March 2021) On February 13, 2021, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung published on its front page a lead story on the future of Navalny and Putin1 by journalist Andreas Rüesch. The words “opposition” and “opponents” appeared repeatedly through-out the article, but – whether intentionally or not – Rüesch never explained what this opposition actually entails in Russia.
The example of Alexei Navalny
by Robert Seidel
(21 March 2021) The Navalny affair cannot be understood in isolation from NATO’s increasing preparations for war against Russia.
by the Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council
(15 March 2021) Only 36 days after taking office, President Biden took his first illegal foreign-policy action by ordering an air strike on the sovereign nation of Syria, killing more than a dozen Syrian citizens.
Biden missuses the International Law
by Binoy KAMPMARK*
(15 March 2021) On February 25, President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Syria. The premise for the attacks was implausible. “These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and Coalition personnel in Iraq,” claimed Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, “and to ongoing threats to those personnel.”