Author

Viktor Funk

Viktor Funk Published: October 2nd, 2023

Executive Moves

Nasar Bobitski took over the management of the new representation of the “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) in Brussels on October 1. With the opening of the office in the EU, leading Ukrainian agribusinesses organized in UCAB want to intensify the exchange between Brussels and the Ukrainian agricultural sector. Bobitski already has experience in negotiations with […]

Viktor Funk Published: August 25th, 2023

Prigozhin’s death – ‘These are signs of a failed state’

On Thursday evening, in Moscow, none other than Russian President Vladimir Putin indirectly confirmed the death of Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. Without mentioning his name, Putin spoke of a tragedy and emphasized Wagner’s significant contribution to the war against Ukraine. However, some of Russia’s prominent political analysts, such as Valery Solovei, also don’t rule […]

Viktor Funk Published: August 24th, 2023

Plane crash: Wagner leader Prigozhin presumed dead

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian president’s right-hand man for particularly dirty military operations, was thought to be dead once before: in October 2019, he reportedly died in a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo. That was a canard.On the evening of Aug. 23, 2023, another plane crashes, northwest of Moscow. On board, according to […]

Viktor Funk Published: July 25th, 2023

Lambsdorff: ‘Important to preserve certain forums’

Mr. Lambsdorff, Russia recently expelled dozens of German diplomats and had to close three consulates. But there is the fact that you will now start as German ambassador in Moscow in a few days – is that nevertheless a positive sign for German-Russian relations?Germany and Russia have maintained diplomatic relations with each other even in […]

Viktor Funk Published: June 27th, 2023

Russia: purges loom after the uprising

Following the uprising of the private militia Wagner against the army leadership in Russia, the Russian government on Monday mainly tried to simulate normality. While President Vladimir Putin publicly took arms, his cabinet, led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, reported that there were no major social consequences of the weekend’s events. The remarkable thing – […]

Viktor Funk Published: May 16th, 2023

Migration policy: How the EU is shifting its borders

Largely unnoticed by the European public, a humanitarian catastrophe is currently unfolding in the Nigerian city of Assamaka: thousands of refugees from various sub-Saharan countries are stranded here. Their care is poor, the town is overburdened with people who wanted to go to Europe. The situation has hardly improved for months, says the organization Doctors […]

Viktor Funk Published: March 30th, 2023

Russia blocks accounts of Goethe Institutes

Apparently, in retaliation for investigations by German authorities into the Russian House in Berlin, the accounts of the German Goethe Institutes in Russia have been frozen. The institutes’ headquarters in Munich confirmed a corresponding report by the Russian portal The Insider on Wednesday evening in response to an inquiry from Table.Media: “The bank accounts of […]

Viktor Funk Published: February 22nd, 2023

Putin and Biden in a long-distance duel

Biden’s greeting already indicated the direction of the attack: “Hello Poland, one of our great allies!” the US President called out to the people who had gathered at Warsaw’s Royal Castle. Putin, he said, had tested Europe, the US, NATO, and all democracies with his attack on Ukraine – and missed his targets. “He thought […]