Tag: Wladimir Putin
A lot of explosives at the inflation summit in the Chancellery – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
You can tell from the onset of the wave of “summer interviews” that another six months are over and the evenings of mild air are coming. ARD and ZDF began…
Ukraine withdraws from Lysychansk
Destruction in Lysychansk The eastern Ukrainian city is still heavily contested. (photo dated 06/27/2022) (Photo: Reuters) Kyiv Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine. After weeks of defensive fighting, the…
Russia indirectly threatens Japan with expropriation
LPG tankers Japan is reluctant to put its gas projects on the Russian island of Sakhalin on hold. (Photo: Reuters) Tokyo Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a confrontational course…
The situation in the morning: Zelensky expects a historic week
Brussels/Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sees his country facing the historic possibility of becoming a candidate for EU membership, but at the same time warns of serious fighting. “A truly…
Old weapons, many mistakes: material battles in the Ukraine war
Ukraine War – Kyiv Ukrainian soldiers prepare to detonate unexploded Russian ammunition. (Photo: dpa) 300 multiple rocket launchers, 500 tanks, 1000 howitzers and drones, and 2000 armored vehicles – just…
Federal government prepares for gas emergency
Robert Habeck “We can’t go into the winter at 56 percent.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck does not rule out legal measures to save energy as…
“The West’s economic blitzkrieg has failed”
Putin appeared at the economic forum in St. Petersburg. And used this stage for sharp words against the western states. On the one hand there is the economic situation: Putin…
EU threatens trouble over Ukraine’s application for membership
Brussels/Kyiv One day after the trip to Kyiv by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his colleagues from Italy, France and Romania, Ukraine can hope for further support for its ambitions…
The mission of Olaf Scholz in Kyiv
just before the holiday comes to mind that there will be a lot of “photo ops” on this occasion – those at home want to be served. The word “photo…
Putin accuses the West of making mistakes at the economic forum in Petersburg
Wladimir Putin Russia’s president says Western sanctions are illegal. (Photo: AP) St. Petersburg Despite unprecedented Western sanctions against Russia, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin sees the resource superpower on the road…
This is how Olaf Scholz’s trip went
Selenski, Macron and Scholz After the meeting, the heads of government held a joint press conference. (Photo: AP) Kyiv As if to illustrate the seriousness of the situation, the sirens…
Gazprom throttles gas deliveries even more – Federal government: Supply is secured
Moscow/Berlin As announced, the Russian energy company Gazprom further reduced its gas deliveries to Germany through the Nord Stream Baltic Sea pipeline on Thursday night. As can be seen from…
War crimes investigations carry a risk
Ukraine War – Kharkiv Investigators are trying to solve alleged war crimes in Kharkiv. (Photo: dpa) Geneva Kidnappings, executions, carpet bombing: The full extent of possible Russian war crimes against…
The cheap natural gas becomes a matter of trust
Once the reputation is ruined, then… the name is simply changed: And so Putin’s former right-hand commercial arm is now to be given the nice name “Securing Energy for Europe…
Alexei Navalny moved to an unknown location
Alexei Navalny Where is Russia’s regime holding the opposition activists? (Photo: dpa) Moscow According to his lawyer and his staff, Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, who has just been sentenced to…
Selenski demands clear help from Scholz
Kyiv Before a possible visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for unequivocal support from Germany. “We need Chancellor Scholz to assure us…
Selenski asks for modern air defense
Kyiv, Moscow Ukraine is urging additional and faster arms shipments from the west amid heavy fighting in the east of the country. After Russian rocket attacks on Monday night, President…
Scholz probably wants to travel to Kyiv
Ukrainian soldier in Severodonetsk Increasingly under pressure in the east. (Photo: AP) Kyiv, Moscow NAccording to a media report, after other top European politicians, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is about to…
Russian Central Bank Governor: Who is Elvira Nabiullina?
Elvira Nabiullina The head of the central bank offered Putin her resignation at the beginning of the war, but he declined. (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Tbilisi When Vladimir Putin marched his…
Important fight for Sievjerodonetsk – Ukraine is optimistic about the prospect of joining the EU
Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls the bitter battle for Sievjerodonetsk one of the most difficult battles in the war with Russia. After more than three months of fighting, taking…