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Timofey Bordachev: Why the West’s standoff with Russia and China is a big opportunity for the world’s second-tier powers

26Mar

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China, Europe, Russia, USA

Timofey Bordachev: Why the West’s standoff with Russia and China is a big opportunity for the world’s second-tier powers

With the US distracted by its attempts to “contain” Moscow and Beijing, other players have a window of freedom By Valdai Club Programme Director Timofey Bordachev FILE PHOTO. Wearing traditional shirts, Thomas Bach (center, left), IOC president, and Xi Jinping (center, right), president of the People's Republic of China, attend dinner on the sidelines of the G20 summit. © Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images We can argue all we like about how the new international order will look but one thing is clear: it will not resemble any previous incarnation. History does not tend to repeat itself, which always means that recourse to historical analogies remains a sign of intellectual unpreparedness for contemporary events. It’s the same today – a...

NATO member to consider bill seeking land grab in Ukraine

25Mar

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NATO, Romania, Ukraine

NATO member to consider bill seeking land grab in Ukraine

A Romanian lawmaker has proposed annexing territory “stolen by the USSR” FILE PHOTO: Diana Sosoaca during a rally. © Lutcanu Iuliana / Keystone Press Agency via Global Look Press A controversial bill submitted to the Romanian parliament this week has urged the government to drop its recognition of Ukraine’s borders by 2027 and “annex” territories where ethnic Romanians live. The bill, introduced by right-wing lawmaker Diana Sosoaca, would repeal a provision in the 1997 treaty with Ukraine, which pledged respect for each other’s national borders. She described the document as “the biggest act of treason” in Romania’s modern history because it “recognized the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact,” according to a formal justification of the bill....

Berlin weans itself off Russian gas to become US LNG addict

25Mar

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Germany, Russia

Berlin weans itself off Russian gas to become US LNG addict

The politician pointed at Washington as the beneficiary of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage © Getty Images / fmajor The sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines has turned Germany’s dependence on Russian natural gas into an addiction to liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US, a member of the German Bundestag, Andrej Hunko, has said. Germany has paid heavily for last year’s explosions on the pipelines, which were built to deliver cheap natural gas from Russia, The Left party politician told China’s Global Times newspaper in an interview on Thursday. He noted that the sabotage left Berlin without an option to “choose which gas is better and cheaper and which is ecologically better.” “Before, it was a decision under political pressure, whether to us...

Russia outproducing West’s ammunition supplies to Kiev

25Mar

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Russia, Ukraine

Russia outproducing West’s ammunition supplies to Kiev

The country is boosting its defense production capacity at a rapid pace, the president has said Russian Giatsint-S self-propelled gun in Donetsk Region. © RIA Novosti Russia is set to drastically increase its munitions production, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that Western arms shipments to Kiev will only delay the inevitable outcome of the Ukraine conflict. In an interview with Russia 1 TV aired on Saturday, Putin was asked to comment on Western plans to support Ukraine with a million additional artillery shells. While describing the amount as “very considerable,” the president stated that according to Moscow’s data, the US is currently producing 14,000-15,000 artillery shells a month, while the Ukrainian military uses up to 5,000 she...

25Mar

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Russia

Seizing Russian assets is ‘challenging’

Debates on the legality of assets expropriation continue, with many arguing it could become a dangerous precedent © Getty Images / A Mokhtari The EU working group that deals with the issue of confiscating frozen Russian assets will have to be “innovative” in approaching the task, Swedish diplomat and head of the EU’s “freeze and seize task force,” Anders Ahnlid, told AFP on Friday. According to Ahnlid, “it is a challenge to find legal means that are acceptable” to expropriate the assets in order to use them for the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is the task force's plan. He noted that precedents for such actions are rare, one of the few being the seizure of Iraqi assets by the US at the end of Saddam Hussein's regime. “Hopefully, we can achieve results during S...

Global adventures cost US economy $33 trillion

25Mar

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USA

Global adventures cost US economy $33 trillion

Sanctioned businessman Oleg Deripaska says exorbitant government spending will lead to a financial crash © Global Look Press / Igor Russak One of Russia's richest men has warned that the American economy is currently in a very challenging situation, due to global overreach. Tycoon Oleg Deripaska made the comments using his Telegram channel on Friday. He believes the underlying economy cannot take the weight of the country’s enormous government debt and exorbitant spending. “Reckless militarization, sanctions against everyone, and military adventures around the world have already cost this country almost $33 trillion,” said the billionaire, who was sanctioned by the US last year. However, he provided no details on where this figure came from. Deripaska not...

Kremlin comments on ‘piracy’ suggestion of former president

25Mar

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Russia, USA

Kremlin comments on ‘piracy’ suggestion of former president

The US and its allies, who “stole” Russia’s assets, are the real pirates, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told journalists FILE PHOTO. © Global Look Press / Silas Stein The term “pirated content" has a whole new meaning in the contemporary world, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Saturday. He spoke in support of a suggestion by former President Dmitry Medvedev to allow Russians to download western entertainment content for free. It is Russia that has been outright “robbed” by the US and its allies, Peskov said, adding that Moscow has to deal with “pirates” in the West anyway. “They have seized our assets, stolen our assets,” the Kremlin spokesman told journalists, saying that “before, such people...

Breakfast becoming more costly for Britons

25Mar

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United Kingdom

Breakfast becoming more costly for Britons

The prices of key ingredients have soared along with overall inflation, according to the outlet © Getty Images / Richard Bailey The cost of a basket of goods used to make the traditional English breakfast has surged to over £35 ($43) due to a lack of fresh vegetables in supermarkets and accelerating inflation, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. According to the outlet’s monthly Breakfast Index, the prices of items that typically feature in the morning fry-up jumped by more than 22% in February compared to the same month of last year. It was the second straight month that the index – which measures standard packages of eggs, milk, sausage, bacon, bread, butter, tomatoes, mushrooms, tea, and coffee – increased by more than 20%. The cost of a loaf of bread and a do...

Russia-China gas megadeal ‘at final stages’

25Mar

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China, Russia

Russia-China gas megadeal ‘at final stages’

Moscow hopes to seal an agreement on the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline this year, deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak says © gazprom.ru Talks between Moscow and Beijing on building the Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline that will double existing transit capacity are at “the final stages,” TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing a senior Russian official. According to Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak, China and Russia expect the deal to be struck by the end of this year. “Gazprom and China’s CNPC are finalizing their contractual obligations. A feasibility study and the project for the pipeline route through Mongolia are already underway. We hope, we are sure, that our companies will reach an agreement and sign the contract by the end of ...

Uganda ‘very satisfied’ with defense ties with Russia – president

25Mar

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Africa

Uganda ‘very satisfied’ with defense ties with Russia – president

Moscow and Kampala have had excellent bilateral relations dating back to the Soviet period, Yoweri Museveni has said Yoweri Museveni © Hannah McKay - WPA Pool / Getty Images Uganda values its military ties with Russia, the president of the East African country, Yoweri Museveni, told the Russian news outlet TASS in an interview published on Saturday. He also commended the Soviet Union for its assistance in Africa’s fight against colonialism. Museveni highlighted Uganda's cooperation with Russia in the defense sector, noting that the country purchases weapons and various technologies from Moscow. “Today, we are very satisfied with our cooperation with the Russian Federation. We cooperate in the sphere of defense, and we buy...