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China’s political weight in Europe to go down

China, with the claim of global leadership, has placed a bet on a policy to back Russian interests, which will damage Beijing's geopolitical image in Europe. With great political aspirations,…

March 8, 2022China, Russia

Coup Governance

The Kremlin’s operation in Ukraine fuels Putin’s close political elite confrontation

At the very beginning the Russian invasion of Ukraine had a lot of conceptual errors proving the fierce ongoing struggle in Putin's circles for the influence and intentions to weaken the…

March 7, 2022Russia

War crimes Warfare

Assessment: Russia’s tactics in modern warfare

Analysis of warfare by Russian forces in Syria and Ukraine shows they resort to scorched earth policy with a focus on civilian infrastructure and housing facilities, for maximum civilian casualties.…

March 5, 2022Russia, Ukraine

Geopolitics

Abstention by Emirates for Ukraine passes through Washington

With a notice on its Facebook page, the Ukrainian Embassy in Abu Dhabi announced the UAE's decision to suspend the visa waiver for Ukrainians traveling to the Gulf State. This…

March 4, 2022Russia, UAE, Ukraine

Conflict War crimes

Documentary evidence: Russia planned to invade Ukraine in January, as American intelligence warned

Making US and European leaders assured of no intentions to attack Ukraine, Putin misinformed foreign governments to play for time. During the Chernobyl nuclear power plant military operation the Ukrainian defensive…

March 3, 2022Russia, Ukraine

Governance Nonproliferation

Latent split in Russian military and political leadership

Forces close to Nikolay Patrushev and Bortnikov are disappointed by Ukraine's invasion, as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was responsible for that operation. Russian armed forces sustained 6727 casualties, their General Staff…

February 28, 2022Russia

Conflict

URGENT: Russia gets the nuclear forces on high alert

Putin ordered his military to put the country’s nuclear deterrence forces into an increased state of readiness. It means that Russia threatens to use weapons of mass destruction in Europe…

February 27, 2022nuclear weapons, Russia, Ukraine

Conflict Warfare

Russian troops suffer heavily though Ukraine needs more weapons

Europe's months-long policy to make Russia deescalate and block military aid caused Russian invasion and deaths among civilians in Ukraine. Russian troops are faced with fierce resistance not only from…

February 25, 2022Russia

War crimes

Facts proving continued Russia-committed war crimes in Ukraine

The massive invasion by Russian and puppet Belarusian forces is accompanied by numerous war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. The Russians keep demonstrating serious violations of international conventions; the same war crime…

February 25, 2022Russia, Ukraine

Intelligence ops

Secret Russian intelligence unit may conduct terrorist operations in Eastern Europe and the Baltics

As Intel news informs, a Clandestine Spy unit, which experts have described as a mysterious “third espionage agency” inside the Russian intelligence apparatus, is said to be behind a “kill/capture…