Tag: Wladimir Putin
Comment: Western sanctions are tough
The headquarters of the Russian central bank The West wants to introduce the foreign assets of the Russian central bank. Another escalation of economic sanctions over the Ukraine war. (Photo:…
Historic day: U-turn in Germany’s armaments policy
Berlin February 27, 2022 is already a historic day. Not only because the Bundestag is convening for a special session on a Sunday for the first time in its existence.…
Swift Exclusion & Explosions in Ukraine
Polish border crossing As a result of the Russian war of aggression, the number of Ukrainian refugees increases to almost 400,000. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Four days after the beginning of…
Over 100,000 people protest in Berlin
Demonstration in Berlin More than 100,000 people are demonstrating in the capital against Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin More than 100,000 people took to the…
Chancellor Scholz shifts the lever in foreign and security policy. Finally, because democracy must be able to defend itself.
Nothing is like it was anymore. The strong speech by the Federal Chancellor on Sunday in the Bundestag means a turning point in the Berlin Republic. Olaf Scholz flips the…
Over 100,000 people protest in Berlin
Demonstration in Berlin More than 100,000 people are demonstrating in the capital against Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin More than 100,000 people took to the…
Putin puts Russian nuclear forces on alert
Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the nuclear power’s deterrent weapons to be put on special alert. Putin ordered this on Sunday in a video distributed by the Kremlin.…
Swift Exclusion & Explosions in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers at Vasilkovo airport Russian and Ukrainian units have fought bitter battles around the airport near Kiev. (Photo: Reuters) New York, Dusseldorf The special session of the Bundestag on…
War opponents between protest and fear
Berlin They shouted “No to war!” and held up placards expressing solidarity with Ukraine. In numerous Russian cities, people demonstrated against Russia’s attack on its neighboring country on Thursday. According…
Swift Exclusion & Explosions in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers at Vasilkovo airport Russian and Ukrainian units have fought bitter battles around the airport near Kiev. (Photo: Reuters) New York, Dusseldorf After heavy fighting and bombardment during the…
Ukraine: Nobody expects a blood, sweat and tears speech from Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag today
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor must now reinvent his coalition under completely new premises. (Photo: AP) The special session of the German Bundestag this Sunday marks a turning point in the…
Donald Trump condemns Putin’s attack on Ukraine – and repeats old fairy tales
new York Excitement ran high at the conference center in Orlando, Florida. What would ex-president Donald Trump say about the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Which ones about Vladimir Putin, Russia’s…
Swift Exclusion & Explosions in Ukraine
Ursula von der Leyen The President of the European Commission expects massive costs for Russia as a result of the new sanctions. (Photo: imago images/Xinhua) new York Fighting continued in…
Ukraine: Nobody expects a blood, sweat and tears speech from Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag today
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor must now reinvent his coalition under completely new premises. (Photo: AP) Today’s special session of the German Bundestag marks a turning point in the Berlin Republic:…
SPD leader calls on Gerhard Schröder to turn away from Putin
He rightly condemned the illegal war in Ukraine. But this war is only going out from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. “And that’s why there can only be one logical conclusion:…
Italy now for Swift exclusion of Russia
Ukrainian soldiers secure the city of Kharkiv after the Russian attack on the city begins Now, has the Kremlin offered Ukraine talks or not? Are Russian troops in Ukraine making…
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing
Shehyni, Medyka Thousands are still waiting here at the Shehyni border crossing in Ukraine. They are waiting to be allowed to go to Poland. Safe from Vladimir Putin’s war. Many…
Scholz is coming under increasing pressure from Russia sanctions
Olaf Scholz at the recent EU summit The chancellor’s course is provoking more and more criticism. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the debate about tougher sanctions against Russia after the attack…
SPD boss calls on Schröder to turn away from Putin
He rightly condemned the illegal war in Ukraine. But this war is only going out from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. “And that’s why there can only be one logical conclusion:…
Managers in Russian service: Lure of dubious money
Gerhard Schroeder and Matthias Warnig The Chancellor a. D. and the Nord Stream 2 boss hire themselves out to Russian companies. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Paris, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin The…