Victoria Nuland played a significant role in the U.S. foreign policy, particularly concerning Russia, Ukraine, and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Nuland participated in negotiations between Russia and NATO in the '90s, as well as in talks between Russia and Ukraine in 2016 and 2022. She recently left the State Department, so now she can share a lot of new insights.
The Associated Press reports that many of the recruits drafted under Ukraine’s new conscription law lack the motivation and military indoctrination required to actually aim their weapons and fire at Russian soldiers. #WorldBEYONDWar
LA Times 16 Nov 1990: The man who fired shots during the Revolution Day parade on Red Square last week was attempting to assassinate Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Artikel om "Runet" i LMD, augusti 2027. "Denna situation, som är unik i världen - även om man räknar med Kina - är en stor fördel för Moskva, vars position när det gäller webbstyrning har stärkts avsevärt sedan Edward Snowdens avslöjanden om avlyssning av den amerikanska säkerhetsmyndigheten NSA."
Hélène Richard i LMD Sept 2018 Au sortir de la guerre froide, les Russes voyaient leur avenir dans une Europe réconciliée et dotée de mécanismes de sécurité communs. En portant le glaive de l'Alliance atlantique jusqu'à leur porte, les Occidentaux ont pris le risque d'une réaction nationaliste.
Strobe Talbott , 18 Jan. 2019: Whether he knows it or not, Trump is integral to Putin’s strategy to strengthen authoritarian regimes and undermine democracies around the world. This unprecedented aberration defiles what America stands for at home and abroad; it alienates and dispirits our allies; and—if it is allowed to persist—it will jeopardize our security.
Two days before the meeting with the military leaders, on Thursday, Russia’s ambassador to Washington informed that the Russian president has decided to “severely retaliate against the Ukrainian government for its armed attack against Russia and severely punish all those responsible for the attack.”
In connection with the news, the correspondent of the Hungarian Peace Community also reminded that, after the Ukrainian attack on Russia on August 6, Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov told Putin to “take seriously the requirement to decisively defeat the enemy”.
Kursk, Moscow, Sunday, August 11, 2024 (MB) Thousands of troops of the Ukrainian army, which penetrated into Russia 20 km deep and occupied Suja, are holding their own for the sixth day in the face of tanks and heat bombs directed against them. There are reports of fierce fighting, 76,000 Russian residents had to be…
‘There was no promise not to enlarge NATO’
Robert Zoellick, the U.S. diplomat who helped negotiate the end of the Cold War, says Vladimir Putin’s claims about Ukraine are part of a disinformation campaign
Sergei A. Karaganov
Professor Emeritus
National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Academic Supervisor;
Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
Honorary Chairman of the Presidium
Karagano speaks abt the necessity of fear.
The Hill, by Jeffrey Sachs, opinion contributor - 06/27/24
Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University. He advised Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
Is de-dollarization finally here? (Juni 2024) "A Russian commodities exporter told Reuters: "We don't care, we have yuan." According to the report, China's yuan has ousted the dollar to become MOEX's most traded currency, accounting for 53.6% of all foreign currency traded in May."
Newsweek 13.6.24 Russia's nuclear drills relocated closer to NATO borders this week, in a military district formed after Finland joined the alliance.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on May 21 that the first stage of the drills had started involving the "practical testing of the preparation and use of nonstrategic nuclear weapons" in the country's Southern Military District.
Moscow's second stage of drills began on Tuesday alongside Belarusian troops.
In a statement shared on Telegram on Wednesday, Russia's defense ministry said the country's newly formed Leningrad Military District—stationed close to Finland and the Baltic States—had also joined the nuclear maneuvers. The district was announced in February in response to Finland joining the NATO alliance.
