Tag: Russia
Who can still bear the rising costs?
Dusseldorf Food prices are at record levels. According to the Federal Statistical Office, food prices in Germany have risen by an average of 8.6 percent over the past twelve months.…
Situation in the morning: further attacks in the Donbass
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President considers the Europeans to be too hesitant. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv In view of the massive Russian attacks in the east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fears…
Private financial assets will increase less quickly in 2022
Euro bills According to DZ Bank, the financial assets of private households in Germany should exceed the eight trillion euro mark in 2022. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner Media) Frankfurt According to…
EU Commission wants to make it easier to confiscate assets
Moscow Exterior of the Central Bank of Russia building. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels Rebuilding Ukraine will cost enormous sums. If the West has its way, money from Russia should also…
Request for stricter sanctions against North Korea fails at the UN
North Korea North Korea launched three ballistic missiles at short intervals on Wednesday morning towards the open sea in the east. (Photo: Reuters) new York After renewed North Korean tests…
“Only defend the principle of the rule of law if we uphold it ourselves”
Marco Buschmann “This war is also a struggle between authoritarianism and liberal democracy” (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) is open to using frozen Russian…
“Only defend the principle of the rule of law if we uphold it ourselves”
Marco Buschmann He considers the privileges that were abolished for former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to be correct and legally secure. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP)…
“Only defend the principle of the rule of law if we uphold it ourselves”
Marco Buschmann He considers the privileges that were abolished for former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to be correct and legally secure. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP)…
We also need to become less susceptible to blackmail when it comes to food
Wheat harvest in Egypt In 2022, a food crisis is hardly avoidable. (Photo: Bloomberg) Becoming less vulnerable to blackmail is one of the lessons drawn from Russia’s war in Ukraine…
A day with Russia’s state television
Live coverage of a speech by Putin Many people in Russia get most of their information from pro-government media. (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Moscow If you are a Russian loyal to…
Ukrainian defenders under pressure in the east
Kyiv In eastern Ukraine, massive Russian artillery and airstrikes are increasingly threatening the Ukrainian defenders. 95 percent of the Luhansk administrative region in the Donbass has been occupied by Russian…
How to rebuild Ukraine
davos Can you negotiate about the reconstruction of a country, even start it, if bombs are still falling every day? Yulia Svyrydenko, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of Ukraine,…
Why Orban declares a state of emergency in Hungary
Victor Orban Hungary’s prime minister is again weakening the country’s democratic mechanisms. (Photo: dpa) Budapest Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban alone decides on practically all important issues in his…
Industrial analytics to help PCK refinery switch to oil
PCK refinery in Schwedt The plant has always been designed to process Russian Urals oil. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf At the PCK refinery in Schwedt, fears are growing that production will…
How dangerous is Russia’s CSTO military alliance?
Maneuvers Echelon 2021 of the CSTO countries near the Afghan border in Tajikistan T-72 tanks from the Russian army also took part in the CSTO military exercise. (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS)…
Industrial analytics to help PCK refinery switch to oil
PCK refinery in Schwedt The plant has always been designed to process Russian Urals oil. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf At the PCK refinery in Schwedt, fears are growing that production will…
“You could have saved us Butscha”
Destroyed bridge in Bucha The infrastructure in Ukraine has been destroyed in large parts of the country. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) While life slowly returns to the Ukrainian capital, war rages on…
Wall Street is leaving Mark Zuckerberg
when money was still easy and big tech, sometimes just low tech, attracted investors, a photo app like Snap was a real stock market hit. It was like before the…
Ukrainian troops under pressure in the east
eastern Ukraine Russian military near Mariupol: Ukrainian front falters. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Kyiv For the Ukrainian troops in the east of the country, the situation is becoming increasingly precarious in view…
Von der Leyen wants to use the oligarchs’ assets for Ukraine
Davos, Berlin Ursula von der Leyen found strong words. “Hand in hand we will help Ukraine to rise from the ashes,” said the EU Commission chief on Tuesday at the…