Tag: Joe Biden
How the crisis overshadowed Joe Biden’s presidency
Joe Biden The US President has announced sanctions against Russia. (Photo: AP) New York, Denver, London The situation was clear on Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s popular evening show. Russian…
Fact-checking Putin’s historic speech
Pro-Russian protester in the separatist-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Above the likeness of Russian President Vladimir Putin are the words: “Motherland! Freedom!” (Photo: AP) Putin presented his view…
India’s friendship with Russia threatens West’s Asia strategy
Bangkok The consequences of the Ukraine crisis reach far beyond Europe: In Asia, the escalation in the Donbass threatens to drive a wedge between the western states and one of…
How the crisis overshadowed Joe Biden’s presidency
Joe Biden The US President has announced sanctions against Russia. (Photo: AP) New York, Denver, London The situation was clear on Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s popular evening show. Russian…
Donald Trump calls Vladimir Putin ‘brilliant’
Putin and Trump at the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka During his tenure, critics repeatedly accused Trump of treating Putin with kid gloves. (Photo: Reuters) Washington Former US President Donald…
EU agrees on first level of sanctions against Russia
EU press conference on the sanctions package French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell provide information on the punitive measures. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels,…
Ukraine announces partial mobilization of reservists – key developments of the night
Demonstration in Berlin on Tuesday evening More and more countries are imposing sanctions on Russia. (Photo: AP) new York Against the background of the latest escalations in the Ukraine conflict,…
Asian markets are reacting “quite mutedly” to sanctions
New York, Tokyo The escalation in the Ukraine crisis also weighed on the American stock markets on Tuesday. All three major indices each lost more than one percent. The broad…
Worries about the Ukraine crisis trigger a correction in the S&P 500
Specialist Stephen Naughton at his workplace on New York’s Wall Street The Ukraine crisis is also having a negative impact on the US stock markets. (Photo: AP) new York The…
EU agrees on first level of sanctions against Russia
EU press conference on the sanctions package French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell provide information on the punitive measures. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels,…
US President Joe Biden delivers speech on Ukraine conflict
Joe Biden The US President has announced further punitive measures against Russia. (Photo: AP) Washington The USA has announced new sanctions against Russia because of the escalation in the Ukraine…
EU agrees on first level of sanctions against Russia
EU press conference on the sanctions package French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell provide information on the punitive measures. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels,…
EU agrees on first level of sanctions against Russia
EU press conference on the sanctions package French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell provide information on the punitive measures. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels,…
The consequences of the Ukraine crisis for stock exchanges and the German economy
Dusseldorf The conflict between Russia and Ukraine reached a new level of escalation on Monday evening. In an almost hour-long speech on Russian state television, President Vladimir Putin recognized the…
Putin confronts the West with a sanctions dilemma
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen The Brussels authorities have put together a package of sanctions. But when and how is it played out? (Photo: dpa) Brussels, London It…
Putin presents the West with a sanctions dilemma
Brussels, London It is a breach of international law, an act of aggression – but it is not yet a large-scale war of aggression: With his decision to recognize the…
Putin is driving commodity prices higher
Gas pipeline in Poland Concerns about a shortage of gas, oil and wheat from Russia are growing. (Photo: dpa) Zurich Russia’s decision to move troops to eastern Ukraine caused price…
Ukraine crisis escalates – the most important developments of the night
UN Security Council The panel discusses the Ukraine crisis in an emergency session. (Photo: Reuters) new York Russian President Vladimir Putin further escalated the Ukraine crisis in the evening. The…
The West condemns the Russian President’s escalation in Ukraine
Paris, Brussels, Denver, Berlin After recognizing the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, the West is stepping up its crackdown on Russian President Vladimir Putin: US President Joe Biden ordered new…
Putin recognizes the “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk
Moscow In an hour-long speech on Monday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a radical line under the Minsk Agreement: Russia had done everything it could to preserve Ukraine’s territorial…