Stalling and stubbornly demanding even more concessions – this is currently Moscow’s tactic in talks about a ceasefire in Ukraine. On Thursday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his fundamental willingness for a ceasefire – and at the same time asked a number of critical questions.Following the efforts of the USA and Saudi Arabia to […]
Vladimir Putin’s government was in no hurry on Wednesday to agree to the US proposal of a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the information and the text of the declaration from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia were being examined. Talks between US and Ukrainian representatives took place there on Tuesday. Meanwhile, […]
What the negotiating teams of Ukraine and the USA have developed with the raw materials agreement sounds like a partnership of equals. There is no more talk of US President Donald Trump’s demands that Ukraine should make its raw material deposits available in return for aid.Key points of the paper:Zelenskiy is expected to sign the […]
China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Brazil were the five most important buyers of oil, gas and coal from Russia last year. They purchased a total of 76 percent of all exports of these fossil fuels. Although significantly less oil is flowing to Europe, demand for Russian liquid gas has risen massively.Within the EU, Hungary, […]
“Above all, the meeting on Tuesday will serve to restore Russian-American relations and prepare for possible negotiations on Ukraine,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday at the meeting of Russian and American diplomats in Riyadh – and made it clear what Moscow is primarily concerned with: relations with the USA.Moscow was emphatically relaxed. Peskov […]
A few days before the start of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Feb. 14, an important item on the event’s agenda has to be postponed – the official handover of the conference chairmanship from German diplomat Christoph Heusgen to former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The Norwegian follows the call of his homeland […]
It is not the first time that US President-elect Donald Trump has irritated the world with his desire to seize Greenland. Yet he can already do whatever he wants there, says security expert Michael Paul from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. “In last year’s Greenland Arctic strategy, Greenland – and therefore also […]
Russia wants to attract new foreign investors to the country – with special security guarantees that they can withdraw an unlimited amount of their capital at any time. No company that was in the country before February 2022 can currently do this.The appearance of Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Mojsew at the presentation of the plans […]
Six strikes, each with six dummy warheads without explosive charges: With the use of a new type of missile against the Ukrainian manufacturer of rocket parts and buses, Yuzhmash, in the city of Dnipro, Russia is once again showing its willingness to escalate.Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the attack with a new medium-range missile on […]
United in words, divided in action: On Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tried in vain to persuade the government of South Korea to provide direct military support for Ukraine. Seoul has so far held back on direct arms deliveries to Kyiv. Whether the country will continue to do so after it became known […]