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Putin meets Lukashenko – and describes Russia’s goals as clear and noble
Vostochny According to its President Vladimir Putin, Russia will not be isolated or held back by the West. Putin said this morning at one of his few public appearances. As…
A President Le Pen would be a disaster for the EU
After the election is before the election. Even if France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron kept his challenger Marine Le Pen at a distance in the first round of the…
President Orban keeps little distance from Russia
Christopher Herwartz Christoph Herwartz, correspondent in the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because anyone interested…
Russia’s economy will not recover for a long time
Ever since the German industrialist Otto Wolff von Amerongen and the Soviet representative Sergej Borisow founded the era of special economic relations between the two countries at a secret meeting…
Reports on use of chemical weapons in Mariupol
Destroyed buildings in Mariupol Berlin Was Russia now also using chemical weapons in the devastated port city of Mariupol? Reports from Monday evening suggest such an act. The Ukrainian Azov…
Russia’s economy will not recover for a long time
Ever since the German industrialist Otto Wolff von Amerongen and the Soviet representative Sergej Borisow founded the era of special economic relations between the two countries at a secret meeting…
“Of course Ukraine can win this war”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that there is no scenario in which Ukraine does not win the war against Russia. Pretty optimistic statement, right?I do not…
These groups of voters decide the runoff
Dusseldorf France is facing a landmark decision: in two weeks, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron will face right-wing populist Marine Le Pen in the run-off election. This constellation already existed in…
Austria’s chancellor with Putin: return empty-handed
At 3 p.m. the time had come – and about 60 minutes later the conversation was over. Nehammer did not comment orally on this. A statement from the Federal Chancellery…
EU argues about oil embargo – these countries are blocking it
Olaf Scholz and Karl Nehammer The governments around the Federal Chancellors of Germany and Austria speak out against an energy embargo against Russia. (Photo: dpa) Vienna, Madrid, Stockholm, Brussels, Paris,…
Is Germany using double standards when it comes to the energy embargo?
Global trends Handelsblatt International correspondent Torsten Riecke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in his weekly column. You can reach him at [email protected]. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy)…
Austria’s Chancellor Nehammer meets Putin in Moscow
Kharkiv There were reports of heavy explosions in the city in north-eastern Ukraine during the night. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Monday night brought heavy explosions in the cities of Kharkiv in…
Austria’s Chancellor Nehammer meets Putin in Moscow
Karl Nehammer Austria’s Chancellor meets Vladimir Putin on Monday. (Photo: IMAGO/SEPA.Media) Berlin Karl Nehammer is the first EU head of government to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow since the start…
Johnson leads, Scholz follows
Johnson meets Zelensky in Kyiv President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (middle) and Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson (l) talk while walking through downtown Kyiv. (Photo: dpa) “Leading from…
Ukraine war: Security expert expects major offensive soon
Berlin The security expert Gustav Gressel from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) assumes that the Russian troops will soon launch a major offensive in eastern Ukraine. He calls…
British intelligence sees evidence of war crimes – Ukraine issues new sanctions
Scene from Bucha After the discovery of a mass grave, bodies are exhumed to identify victims and conduct investigations. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Berlin With the withdrawal of Russian troops from…
British intelligence sees evidence of war crimes – Ukraine issues new sanctions
Scene from Bucha After the discovery of a mass grave, bodies are exhumed to identify victims and conduct investigations. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Berlin With the withdrawal of Russian troops from…
Union politicians are asking Scholz to travel to Kyiv
Olaf Scholz during the SPD election campaign in Lübeck The Chancellor to Vladimir Putin: “You are destroying the future of your own country.” (Photo: IMAGO/Andre Lenthe) Berlin Politicians from the…
Historian Adam Tooze on Russia sanctions
Adam Tooze The economic historian advocates an energy embargo against Russia. (Photo: Polaris/laif) The American magazine “New York” calls him “Galaxy Brain”. Indeed, there is little that 54-year-old economic historian…
EU sees more war crimes and discusses arms shipments
Firefighters in front of the station in Kramatorsk At least 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a rocket attack on the city’s train station. (Photo: via REUTERS)…