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Ukraine war: What comes after the Donbas battle?

Russian forces in the Donbas continue making slow progress. Unless Ukraine deploys more troops and Western-made weapons to the region, the Russians will likely take control of most of the Donetsk Oblast by summer. By Nikola MikovicPresently, Russia and the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) control more than 90 percent of Ukraine’s Lugansk Oblast. Once […]

Sooner or later Ukraine will capture Russian territories

The Ukraine war is gradually spilling over into the Russian Federation. Unwilling to declare a nationwide mobilization and utterly unprepared for a prolonged military confrontation against Western-backed Ukraine, the Kremlin has demonstrated that it cannot protect the Russian territory from the Ukrainian attacks. By Nikola MikovicOn April 13, weeks after the Ukrainian Armed Forces started […]

Is NATO to blame for the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. A similar situation occurred in the past decennia: years of flirting with NATO and growing anti-Russian rhetoric from Kyiv towards Moscow […]

Is there an end to Russian humiliations in Ukraine?

Russia continues suffering humiliation in Ukraine. The Eastern European country has started attacking Russian territory daily, while the West increases arms supplies to Kyiv. By Nikola MikovicMoscow, for its part, does not even dare to halt gas supplies to Europe, even though several European countries have openly stressed that they do not intend to pay […]

What if Russia gets defeated in Ukraine?

Russia is not winning the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin seems to be trying to end the conflict but at the same time to save face. What would happen if Russia gets defeated? By Nikola MikovicFour days after Moscow launched its “special military operation” in the Eastern European country, Russian officials started negotiations with Ukraine. […]

Planet Earth shall Not be the same after the crisis in Ukraine is over

Russian President Vladimir Putin (69) was inaugurated in the Kremlin on May 7 2012. I recall media coverage talking about how busy he was on his first day as president. Putin served in the KGB; FSB; Russian Armed Forces. Meaning that he was anything BUT a diplomat. By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliAs a political economist and […]

Good Cop Bad Cop Strategy

TRUMPPUTINThe world is changing,deals are being made, right now,based on a more stable US economy(and global economy as well)coming soon with Trump. Janet Yellen resigned under Trump.The same would happen againwhen Trump steps back into the picture, and who knowsmaybe it is being imagined right nowthat Trump step intoher place. Smart business leaders are moving now,they […]

THE WAR WILL SHOW THAT NOW WE KNOW

President Putin watched closelythe conversation betweenTrump and Zelenskyy,and probably thought it interestingand with possibilities.Maybe he even wanted to help it along, knowing that Trump would be open to negotiations outside the usual,which are only based onthe hoardable trick money. But then Biden. ?Putin already knew himand his ways of doing businessusing the hoardable trick boomerang […]

Putin wants guarantees NATO doesn't expand to Russian border

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow would seek Western guarantees that would preclude any further NATO expansion and deployment of its weapons near Russia's borders. Putin's statement came amid Ukrainian and Western worries about an alleged plan by Moscow to invade Ukraine. Russian diplomats countered them Wednesday by expressing concern about Ukraine's military buildup […]

Nord Stream 2: The West expects Russia to keep funding Ukraine

United States and Germany reportedly made a wider deal over the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The project, which is 98 percent complete, is expected to have a negative impact on Ukraine, since the Eastern European country could stop playing the role of a regional gas hub. By Nikola MikovicPrior to the “historic” […]

Russo-Taliban tango in Central Asia

The withdrawal of the US and NATO troops from Afghanistan threatens to destabilize Central Asia – a region that has traditionally been in the Russian sphere of influence. By Nikola MikovicThere are fears in the Kremlin that the Taliban, especially its radical fractions, could spoil some of Russia’s plans in neighboring former Soviet republics. The […]

Vladimir Putin: “the good Tsar” surrounded by his “bad boyars”

Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to love playing “a good tsar and bad boyars” game. Such a strategy is nowhere more obvious than in the case of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in several regions of the Russian Federation. By Nikola MikovicTraditionally, Russia has been ruled by tsars – be they monarchs, or general secretaries of the […]

Russia and the West: a never-ending partnership

Mainstream media tend to portray Russia and the West as bitter geopolitical rivals. In reality, Moscow and Western powers often act as partners, especially when it comes to energy. By Nikola MikovicFollowing the Kremlin’s incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation in 2014, as well as Russia’s actions in the Donbass, the United States, European […]

Armenia moving from crisis to crisis

Armenia is facing a serious political turmoil. The country’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused top military officers of attempting a coup after the army reportedly demanded his resignation. How will the situation in the Caucasus unfold? By Nikola Mikovic Pashinyan has been in trouble after he fired a high-ranking general for questioning the Prime […]

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is the Western trump-card against the Kremlin

The United States and the European Union will use the case of Alexey Navalny – Russia’s prominent opposition figure who has been detained upon his return to Moscow from Germany – as an additional pressure on the Kremlin. By Nikola Mikovic Sanctions against Russia will grow, even if Russian authorities eventually release the anti-corruption campaigner […]

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