Saturday, 22 February , 2025

Europe-Russia

The “bipartisan” capture of Greece

By Dimitris Skarpalezos* September 18, 2023 With the Ukrainian crisis, the US entered a phase of extreme escalation of its aggressive policy of encirclement and...

Sarkozy vilified for speaking uncomfortable truths about Ukraine

The former French president offers a diplomatic way out — the commentariat responds with reflexive ‘pro-Putin’ invectives. By Anatol Lieven Aug 31, 2023 In an interview with...

Macron? No way! Russia doesn’t want French leader at summit with...

Kremlin says it would be inappropriate for France’s president to crash the meeting. By Ali Walker June 22, 2023 The Kremlin isn’t impressed with French President...

Peace, War and Europe

By Oksana Chelysheva * The ”Confidence Building Measures In the Face Of Sharp Polarization in Europe” roundtable at the  European Parliament on March 20 (https://www.defenddemocracy.press/brussels-call-stop-the-war-stop-sending-arms-to-ukraine/)...

Make Peace, Frieden Schaffen!

A call for an immediate peace initiative by the German government has been addressed to Chancellor Olaf Scholz by some two hundred senior members...

Brussels’ call: Stop the war, stop sending arms to Ukraine!

For the first time since February 2022, critics of the current EU and NATO policies towards Ukraine and Russia have held an international conference...

Peace has no meaningful alternative. Four theses

By Tamás Krausz (*) First thesis Even though the imperialism of the 21st century is connected to the developments of the 20th century with a thousand...

NORD STREAM UPDATE: In lengthy interview with the Berliner Zeitung, Seymour...

Feb 15, 2023 It’s been a week since Seymour Hersh released his Substack exclusive about How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline. The mainstream...

How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline

The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now By Seymour Hersh Feb...

Russia says Eurasian formats aimed at cooperation, not confrontation

Presidential aide Ushakov says Moscow is getting rid of 'illusions' to become part of Europe By Elena Teslova 06.12.2022 The goal of multilateral formats developing in Eurasia...