Tag: International politics
Russia wages war with hunger and deprivation
Annalena Bärbock According to the Foreign Minister, Russia is preventing Ukraine from exporting 20 million tons of grain. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) new York Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused Russia…
Europe is hopelessly bogged down
Demonstration for a western oil boycott against Russia in London The chance to curb Russia’s imperialist strivings in the short term by means of oil sanctions can be regarded as…
Save all soldiers in Azovstal
Mariupol These soldiers have left the steel mill. (Photo: AP) Kyiv After the evacuation of around 260 Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, the situation of the city’s…
The fight over oil sanctions is about more than just money
Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin three years ago Orban wants to keep relations with Moscow as intact as possible. (Photo: dpa) It takes a special perspective to see Brussels and…
The West has ignored Turkey for too long
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey probably only wants to agree to Finland and Sweden joining NATO in exchange for concessions. (Photo: dpa) Nothing has recently challenged the West as strategically as…
Claudia Major on Russian warfare
Bucha The reports of further skirmishes in the Russian war of aggression do not diminish. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Reports of shootings, rapes and even kidnappings by the Russian army are…
Ukraine has to give up last bastion in Mariupol
Mariupol These Ukrainian soldiers holed up in the steelworks until the end. (Photo: via REUTERS) Kyiv The port city of Mariupol has been the subject of fierce fighting for months.…
Situation in the morning: Soldiers evacuated from Azov Steelworks
Kyiv After weeks of blockade, 264 soldiers have been evacuated from the Azov steelworks in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian sources. Among them were 53 seriously injured, as the Ukrainian general…
Situation in the morning: Soldiers evacuated from Azov Steelworks
Kyiv After weeks of blockade, 264 soldiers have left the Azov steelworks in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian sources. Among them were 53 seriously injured, as the Ukrainian general staff announced…
Ukrainian military pushes back Russian troops
Kharkiv Ukrainian soldiers have regained territory north of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Ukrainian troops report a symbolic success in their counter-offensive in the eastern Kharkiv region: they…
Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest
Kalush Orchestra The Ukrainians finished well ahead of British singer Sam Ryder, who finished second with 466 points, with 631 points. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press) Kyiv While Ukraine is beginning to…
Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest
Kalush Orchestra The Ukrainians finished well ahead of British singer Sam Ryder, who finished second with 466 points, with 631 points. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press) Kyiv While Ukraine is beginning to…
Zelensky wants more Western pressure on Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President criticizes that, despite the clear situation, there are countries in which sanctions against Moscow are being withheld. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Almost two and a half…
Zelensky wants more Western pressure on Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President criticizes that, despite the clear situation, there are countries in which sanctions against Moscow are being withheld. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Almost two and a half…
Russia to end food blockade in Ukraine
G7 meeting of foreign ministers At a meeting of foreign ministers in Schleswig-Holstein, the Ukraine war was discussed, among other things, and demands were made of Russia. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil…
Zelensky wants more Western pressure on Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President criticizes that, despite the clear situation, there are countries in which sanctions against Moscow are being withheld. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Almost two and a half…
Zelensky wants more Western pressure on Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President criticizes that, despite the clear situation, there are countries in which sanctions against Moscow are being withheld. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Almost two and a half…
Reconstruction of Ukraine: Funds confiscated as reparations
Russian assets include Russian central bank funds blocked by Western countries, but also private assets of Russians who have been sanctioned. Economists hold similar views. Gunter Deuber, Head of Research…
Reconstruction of Ukraine: Funds confiscated as reparations
Russian assets include Russian central bank funds blocked by Western countries, but also private assets of Russians who have been sanctioned. Economists hold similar views. Gunter Deuber, Head of Research…
The situation in the morning: Zelensky: Moscow’s strategic defeat
Volodymyr Zelensky Russia does not have the courage to admit defeat, says the Ukrainian president. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Kyiv Barely two and a half months after Russian troops invaded Ukraine,…