Tag: Ukraine
Foreign policy: Baerbock versus Scholz – The first practical test
Baerbock and Scholz Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Chancellor Olaf Scholz have to take a strong stand against China and Russia. (Photo: Reuters) At first glance, the new federal government…
Biden agrees to support Zelenskyj in a phone call
Selenskyj in conversation with Biden The conversation lasted about an hour and a half. (Photo: AP) Washington, Kiev Two days after his video summit with Russian head of state Vladimir…
German companies in Russia more optimistic – fear of sanctions
Russian industry The Russian economy is growing again – but the country is now facing new sanctions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The new German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, leaves no doubt…
Baerbock to Russia: Ukraine invasion would have consequences
The new German Foreign Minister The Green politician Annalena Baerbock met her French counterpart in Paris. (Photo: AP) Paris In the worsening conflict in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock threatened…
A Hanseatic in the Chancellery – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
“His tone of voice is monotonous, his body language is very bad” – new Chancellor Olaf Scholz had to put up with such bad-tempered criticism from abroad at the beginning…
Olaf Scholz should use Nord Stream 2 as a lever in the Ukraine conflict
Nord Stream 2 logo on pipeline pipe In fact, the gas pipe was the geopolitical issue from the start. (Photo: Reuters) This is not without a certain irony: In the…
Nord Stream 2 causes a fight at the traffic lights
Info box from Nord Stream 2 in Lubmin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Berlin The new federal government is coming under pressure in the face of a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine because…
Biden warns Putin of the enormous economic consequences of invading Ukraine
Brussels, Berlin US President Joe Biden has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of enormous damage to the Russian economy in the event of an invasion of neighboring Ukraine. This was…
Biden on the phone with Putin – traffic light is a deterrent
Brussels, Berlin If Vladimir Putin has shown anything in his long reign, it is opportunism – which in his case, however, means less the flexibility of political positions than a…
Escalation or Relaxation? Biden and Putin discuss the confrontation in Ukraine
Brussels, Berlin If Vladimir Putin has shown anything in his long reign, it is opportunism – which in his case, however, means less the flexibility of political positions than a…
Five reasons Putin is risking the escalation
Moscow Instead of the red telephone, the “red video chat” is celebrating its premiere: a secure internet connection between Moscow and Washington at the highest level. This connection existed before,…
Biden and Putin meet for video summit
The costs would turn out to be very high, “should Russia decide in favor of such an approach,” said a US government official. Putin would then have to reckon with…
Post chatters in the coalition finals – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Countdown for the “traffic light” in St. Nicholas week: After the SPD and the FDP, the Greens will vote for the new coalition agreement, which will be available for signature…
US intelligence agencies expect massive Russian military action
Ukrainian soldier Ukraine had only warned of a possible attack by Russia on Friday. (Photo: AP) Washington US President Joe Biden has announced comprehensive measures to make it more difficult…
US intelligence agencies expect massive Russian military action
Ukrainian soldier Ukraine had only warned of a possible attack by Russia on Friday. (Photo: AP) Washington US President Joe Biden has announced comprehensive measures to make it more difficult…
These are the principles of Putin’s policy
Wladimir Putin Vladimir Putin stirs up uncertainty and attacks, initially rhetorically. (Photo: imago images / SNA) Moscow Sergej Krikaljow gives his friend Franz Viehböck a warm hug. Both were together…
Russia increases military presence on the border with Ukraine
Brussels, Moscow The world is looking at the dramatic situation in the Belarusian-Polish border area. For Russia, however, this is only a sideline to its power politics, which is a…
Ukraine conflict – USA put pressure on Berlin because of Russia – politics
In the past few days, the US has warned Germany and other allies through diplomatic channels of the risk of an escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This…
Lev Parnas – Giuliani confidante convicted of illegal donations – Politics abroad
In the Ukraine affair he incriminated Trump, now he has been convicted himself. The New York court found Lev Parnas, former business associate of ex-President Donald Trump’s former attorney, guilty…
Aussiedler drama: “Germany is leaving my mother in the lurch” | Regional
Sergej Schneider (55) came to Germany in 1997 as a resettler from Kazakhstan. His mother Natalia Schneider (83) is not allowed to follow. Read with BILDplus why the old woman…