The way to avoid a legitimacy crisis or attempt to create one would be to reconstruct the government and form a cabinet of national unity with opposition representatives
Edwin Bendyk on the socio-political situation in Ukraine
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This is because he knows that if he uses them, or threatens to use them, he would enter a dangerous game of escalation with the West
For one reason or the other, they will liaise with this government
Gustav Gressel on the reality that EU governments will keep talking to Moscow following Putin’s re-election
The Ukrainians need to plan the war, so they need to know how much they can fire today, fire tomorrow, fire the next month … and on this the West is a bit sketchy on promises
Gustav Gressel discusses the development of the war in Ukraine and the need for military aid
The economy in Russia is now completely geared in one direction: war. Inflation is at 7%, and when public funding is cut, the effects will be seen
According to researches, as much as two-thirds of Russia’s seaborne crude oil trade is handled by tankers categorized as “shadow fleet”
Moscow and Beijing may well boast about their no-limits friendship, but that closeness does not appear to extend to the trade sphere
In her op-ed, Agathe Demarais debunks the myth that Russia-China trade ties are special
Without Chinese semiconductors, hardly any missiles, without Chinese drones less success in attack, without the export of tires, vehicles and trucks real logistics problems – and the list goes on
