Executive Summary
The Russian-German far-right relationship encompasses three ecosystems: first, the main German far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), because of its electoral success and ability to influence “high politics”; second, several echo chambers—peripheral “think tank” institutions and individuals without visibility on the broad German political landscape; and third, the...
Like the proverbial cat, some concepts have several lives. Or, like the mythological phoenix, they can be reborn from the ashes. This is certainly the case of the Intermarium, a geopolitical concept that envisaged an alliance of countries reaching from the Baltic Sea over the Black Sea to the...
Part II: “Humanitarian Aid”
In February, corporate media went ballistic when the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The uproar claimed the dismantling of the foreign aid agency would not only result in massive government layoffs but cause...
Putin is considered a threat because he restored Russian sovereignty, erased the humiliation of the Boris Yeltsin era, and championed Russia’s national interests. But that is just what the U.S. elite could not tolerate.
The U.S. military-industrial complex needs enemies like human lungs need oxygen. When there are no enemies,...
Below is an interview that I conducted with Sarah Lindemann-Komarova, an American who has lived in Siberia since 1992. She was a community development activist there for 20 years. She currently focuses on research and writing, mostly about Russia and community activism. Her work has been published in The Nation...
The June 23 coup attempt in Russia by the Wagner Group seemed to end almost as quickly and suddenly as it started. Yevgeny Prigozhin specifically targeted the Ministry of Defense and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and within hours Wagner forces had entered the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and entered the grounds of the command of the Southern Military District headquarters in the city...
At the turn of the millennium, Russia teetered on a precarious geo-political edge. A nation scarred by the wild 1990s, grappling with whether to cling to the chaotic promises of neo-liberal reform, or reclaim echoes of its ironclad Soviet resolve.
The economy was a rotting corpse, being feasted upon by...
Arnaud DEVELAY caught up with elected Member of the Russian State Duma and Ranking Member of the Duma’s Commission for International Affairs, Maria BUTINA.
Q: Let us start with what has been a crackdown on free speech around the world with the raid on Scott Ritter’s house, the arrest...
On March 2nd, the Biden administration imposed a new round of sanctions on Russia to punish it for what it described as Moscow’s attempt to poison opposition leader Alexey Navalny with nerve agent last year.
Navalny was arrested in January on his return from Germany following treatment for poisoning with...
The U.S. Congress is currently working on yet another anti-Russian bill called “Senate Bill S. 1102: Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019.’’ Russia is not far away from the Eastern Mediterranean—but the United States is. Nevertheless, Washington’s zealous eye perceives Russian “malign” influence there and intends to radically...
