The Commission has presented different options to Member States to make sure that Russia is “held accountable for the atrocities and crimes committed during the war in Ukraine.” The Commission has proposed to create a new structure to manage frozen and immobilised public Russian assets, invest them and use the proceeds for Ukraine. The Commission,…
There are three peculiarities of “partial mobilisation” in the Russian Federation The first is the concept of “until the last conscript”. Mobilisation in Russia, despite President Putin’s opinion that it is supposedly over, is continuing and will apparently continue until the end of the “special military operation,” which looks like it will end only after…
In 1936, no one could have imagined that Hitler would start a war that destroyed half the world. In 2022, the whole world witness the genocide launched by Putin against Ukrainians hoping that this would not affect the rest of the world. Before World War II, the same misconception led to tragedy. Russia must be…
Representatives of the Russian authorities continue to voice their expansionist imperialist intentions to seize foreign territories. Ex-President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that Kyiv is allegedly a “Russian city” hinting that Russia is going to capture it again. The Russian army has already tried to capture Kyiv, but was forced to retreat. Despite this, Moscow…
The European Parliament has today officially declared Russia to be a “state sponsor of terrorism” and a “state which uses means of terrorism”. This came after a parliamentary vote on a resolution in Strasbourg earlier today. The move has been widely welcomed by MEPs from across the political spectrum. “Now it’s up to the EU…
Ukraine managed to liberate 60% of the territories captured since 24 February. The Russian army has actually been defeated. The Dnieper River as a natural barrier restrains the AFU from a counterattack, as a result of which Russian military units will be permanently defeated. In this situation, Putin has expressed his readiness to negotiate: after…
On 13 May 2022, the Russian State Duma proposed the “denazification of Poland”. On November 15, missile strikes in Poland killed two people, and Russian propaganda began to deny that the Kremlin was involved. Putin hates Poland and considers it an illegally seceded part of the Russian Empire, which must first be punished and then…
24 February 2022 was the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The morning that changed the life of every Ukrainian. For many years Russian propaganda tried to change the concept of “war” and its beginning, but the citizens of Ukraine and the world community have long known that a full-scale war was unleashed by…
Despite the gravity of the war in Ukraine, the focus of the new US National Security Strategy is China. The document says plenty about the importance of technology, but ignores the relevance of trade to national security, writes Carl Bildt. The National Security Strategy (NSS) issued by each US administration is always a key document. It…
In Ukraine, one in three power plants have been destroyed. There are constant interruptions in electricity and water supply. In many cities and towns electricity is cut off for several hours every day. Ukrainian authorities together with local communities are trying to counteract this: heating locations in cities are being installed, a large number of…
