Tag: Russia
Disputes over ammunition deliveries to Ukraine split politics
Federal building in Bern Swiss politicians are debating indirect arms deliveries to Ukraine. (Photo: imago images/Andreas Haas) Zurich In Switzerland, bipartisan support is growing, at least for indirect arms sales…
300 billion for independence from Russian energy
Brussels According to the EU Commission, the European Union must invest up to 300 billion euros by 2030 in order to become independent of Russian energy. Commission President Ursula von…
300 billion for independence from Russian energy
Brussels According to the EU Commission, the European Union must invest up to 300 billion euros by 2030 in order to become independent of Russian energy. Commission President Ursula von…
CEO expects breakthrough for green hydrogen
hydrogen The demand for green hydrogen is likely to increase immensely in the coming years – Plug Power wants to benefit from this along the entire value chain. (Photo: imago…
This is how the solution in the ruble dispute could look
gas station So far, one of Moscow’s demands that European gas importers should also open a second account in rubles has been controversial. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf There is a temporary…
USA propose a tariff
Oil refinery in Russia Russia is the third largest oil producer and the second largest exporter in the world. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Brussels The US is getting involved in the debate…
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…
A Russian ex-officer expresses criticism on Putin’s state television
We do not know whether analogies to “Verdun” that one can read about are really correct. The only thing that is clear is that after almost three months, the Ukraine…
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…
The Russians long for the Soviet empire
Who is to blame that this war in the middle of Europe has not stopped for two and a half months? In his keynote address before the invasion of Ukraine,…
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.…
Europe is at risk of becoming energy dependent on China
Europe column Every week, Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
Russia spies on companies and carries out cyber attacks
cybersecurity The Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned of an increase in cyber attacks on German companies and research institutions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Office for the…
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…
Hungary and Turkey are helping Putin
Not a single fly should escape from the besieged Azov steel works in the Ukrainian Mariupol, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his military in one of those who-are-who press shows.…
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…
“Davos must become a historic turning point”
Borge Brende The WEF President says: The world is ill-prepared for crises. (Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Berlin After a forced break due to the pandemic, more than 2000 executives from…
The new NATO bulwark against Russia
F-35 Lightning fighter jet Future part of the NATO Air Force. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Berlin The day after, nervous tension prevailed in Sweden: On Sunday, the ruling Social Democrats decided…