ISW: Russia keeps rejecting any peace deal without full concessions
Fresh remarks from Kremlin officials reinforce Russia’s position of rejecting proposals that do not meet its maximalist demands.
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Lithuania summons Russian diplomat over deadly Kyiv attack that killed 15 people, including a child
Lithuania joined Baltic neighbors in condemning Russian strikes on Ukraine, summoning Moscow's diplomat and delivering a formal note protesting attacks that injured over 130 people
Russian Foreign Ministry employee detained at Paris’s airport
A Russian diplomat en route to a UNESCO conference spent 24 hours detained in the border zone of a Paris airport; Moscow summoned a French diplomat
Russian missile kills eight in Odesa after Scholz-Putin diplomatic talk
The attack on civilians in Odesa, which killed 8 and injured 39 people, was named “not a random but a demonstrative strike" by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as it followed a diplomatic dialogue between German Chancellor Scholz and Putin.
Seeking a diplomatic agreement with Putin is amoral, senseless and dangerous, Russian analysts say
Two of Russia’s more thoughtful analysts, Vladislav Inozemtsev and Aleksandr Skobov, argue in separate commentaries that seeking an…
141 to 5 – the measure of Russia’s isolation as a result of Putin’s war
Never before has Moscow been so internationally isolated as now. At the United Nations General Assembly, 141 of…
Black is white, freedom is slavery, and Stalin’s invasion of Poland was ‘a liberation campaign,’ Russian Foreign Ministry says
In Putin’s increasingly Orwellian approach to the world, the Russian Foreign Ministry on the anniversary of the introduction…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister reminded his Russian counterpart what Russia was called until the 18th century
“Minister Lavrov got lost in the three pine trees of Russian history. Until the 18th century, his state…
Moscow seized control of Russian émigré group in US to promote Kremlin policies in Ukraine
In fact, the FBI did speak with some members of the group; but it did not move to…
Strategic corruption: the new hybrid weapon against the West
The use of corruption in furthering a country’s geopolitical interests is the primary technique currently widely used by…
Moscow set to add Baltic countries, Poland, Ukraine and Georgia to list of ‘unfriendly countries’
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov says that Russia is quite prepared to extend the list to include…
Ukraine ready to send experts to Sarajevo to examine 300-year-old icon from Luhansk
During the meeting, Kyrylych underlined that Ukraine had never given official permission for the export of any icon.…
Ukrainian icon stolen from Luhansk and brought to Bosnia & Herzegovina by Serbian veterans, says Republika Srpska MP
The icon of St. Nicholas, presented to Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, was brought to Bosnia…
Bosnian Serb Chairman Dodik presents Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov with 300-year-old Ukrainian icon
During his two-day visit to Bosnia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received a 300-year-old gilded icon originating from…
Kyiv and Moscow square off over legal arrangements for the Black Sea
Moscow’s continuing efforts to reduce the Black Sea to the status of a de facto Russian lake (see…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
Moscow worried about Ankara’s plans for canal bypassing Bosporus Strait
In early March 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Ankara would soon call for bids on…
Portnikov: Next Normandy Four summit won’t be soon
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko expresses doubts about the possibility of holding a summit of the Normandy…
Upcoming Paris meeting on Ukraine threatens to become a new Munich, Piontkovsky says
Two days ago, Aleksey Chesnakov, a Moscow commentator known for his close ties to the Kremlin and opposition…
Putin’s ‘long game’ consists of a multitude of special ops, Shtepa says
Vladimir Putin is almost universally described as a brilliant political tactician, but if the West is to counter…