Expert view – Dmitry Rodionov News.Az presents an interview with Dmitry Rodionov, Director of the Center for Geopolitical Research at the Institute for Innovative Development, discussing the upcoming Russia–U.S. negotiations in Saudi Arabia on March 23, security in the Black Sea, and the future of peace efforts in Ukraine. Yes, it was and that’s bound […]
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Interesting… MOSCOW, March 21 (Reuters) – Two tankers hit by U.S. sanctions are due to offload Russian Arctic Oil in Syria for the first time, days after Moscow made its first known delivery of diesel there in more than a decade, according to LSEG data, a government source and local TV. One of the tankers, Aquatica, with […]
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Russia in Review, March 14-21, 2025
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As mentioned a “colour revolution” has been kicked off in Turkey. Long term readers know this had been expected as part of the regional remake (Birth Pangs) Will it succeed? I don’t know? thanks to Ms Cat for bringing this to my attention Fox News A group of bipartisan House lawmakers are introducing legislation to […]
Call began at 10 am eastern time, and remains in progress, Dan Scavino, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, writes on X The White House said Tuesday that an ongoing call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is “going well” as the two nations seek to hammer out a deal to pause […]
As Ukraine’s Kursk operations collapse and wider fears grow regarding the viability of Ukraine’s armed forces, the US is rushing to freeze the conflict, create a European-occupied buffer zone in Ukraine, and buy time to rearm and reorganize Ukraine’s forces for the next round of fighting. Do check all the links Mr Berletic makes available […]
Fairly decent article from Forbes- Surprisingly, so I’ve included some excerpts below; I’m going to use my own headline- Playing at a truce, is not a game, so stop with the card and balls metaphors- Two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump said to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he didn’t have ‘the cards’. This […]
Which should be soon as it’s nearly 7:00 pm in Moscow?? Politico Donald’s Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night in Moscow as the White House pushes the Kremlin to accept a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. “The meeting between Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin will take place in a […]
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Poland – Give us some nukes
We’ve talked previously on the subject of building up of Poland at the expense of Germany- To increase pressure on Russia. I’m pondering the possibility of their being a Turkish factor in all this. To reduce Turkey’s strategic importance in NATO? Defense news Straitstimes This is not a fear stance, this is an agressor stance […]
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“The Ball is In Russia’s Court”
So, here’s a comment I left on twitter when news of this “ceasefire agreement” broke yesterday It was that obvious the con was on and the spin was being readied. Recall my comment from two days ago? penny2says: March 10, 2025 at 11:31 am•Edit I’m still not grasping how it is that the Ukraine and […]