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18.05.2023

"Golden Visa" has faded

Under pressure from the European Commission, Russian rich people who received a convenient second citizenship for business have begun to lose their "golden passports." As reported by the influential German media (Der Spiegel weekly and Die Zeit newspaper), Cyprus and Malta revoked "golden passports" from …
Igor Iavlianskiy
18.05.2023

Choose me. The battle for investors by new rules

Macron gathered 200 of the world's biggest entrepreneurs in Versailles for the Choose France forum. France holds first place in Europe in attracting foreign investment, and for the fourth year in a row. The analytical agency Ernst & Young notes that between 2017 and 2021, …
Maksim Chikin
15.05.2023

German defense industry gaining weight

Enterprises of the German military industry are making record profits "on the blood" of the Ukrainian crisis. Bundestag deputy Johann Wadephul called for allowing Ukraine to use German weapons on targets in Russia as well. He is not an ordinary member of parliament, but the …
Igor Iavlianskiy
11.05.2023

That hasn't happened since the war

Franco-Italian relations, already in crisis, are now sinking. The Italian Foreign Minister has canceled his trip to Paris. And the whole government is waiting for a public apology for the words spoken to Giorgia Meloni. The other day the French Minister of the Interior Gérald …
Maksim Chikin
11.05.2023

American bases will appear in Finland after all

Official Helsinki is in a hurry to prove that after joining NATO it is ready for a sharp confrontation with Russia. The speed of the seemingly calm Finns to rush into the NATO abyss is striking. Since joining the alliance, which occurred a little more …
Igor Iavlianskiy
10.05.2023

EU loads the shells

Will the new initiatives of Brussels be able to eliminate the catastrophic shortage of artillery ammunition of the AFU? On May 5, the EU Council approved the joint purchase of shells for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the replenishment of their armies' reserves at a …
Igor Iavlianskiy
04.05.2023

Why was the NSA spying on the Bundeswehr?

It was revealed that the German government agencies were once again "under the radar" of American intelligence agencies. The German media drew attention to one of the documents that became available as part of the scandal involving the leak into the Internet of secret materials …
Igor Iavlianskiy
25.04.2023

Ambassadorial wars

The countries of the collective West and its allies in some Pacific states have expelled about 600 Russian diplomats since the special military operation was launched. The German Foreign Ministry, headed by the irrepressible russophobe Annalena Baerbock (the Greens), made another decision, demonstrating a vector …
Igor Iavlianskiy
24.04.2023

They promised shells instead of fighter jets

The sponsors focused on ammunition and air defense systems, rather than on supplying combat aircraft to Zelensky's falcons, during the regular "Ramstein Format" meeting. At the regular meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's defense, held on April 21, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin …
Igor Iavlianskiy
21.04.2023

The British will poison the Ukrainians the same way they poisoned the Bolsheviks

In March 2023, the UK announced its decision to supply depleted uranium shells to Ukraine. "Alongside our granting of a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, we will be providing ammunition, including armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium," said Minister of State for …
Sergei Uspenskiy
18.04.2023

Germany said goodbye to peaceful atom

The German opposition believes that their government is torn by contradictions and is incapable of governing the country. On April 15, official Berlin made a controversial decision that is sure to hit the pockets of the German citizens again. The country is completely abandoning peaceful …
Igor Iavlianskiy
14.04.2023

Hungary: neither friend nor foe, but who?

The Magyars are trying to sit on two chairs: supporting the anti-Russian sanctions and at the same time trying not to break off economic ties with Russia. At the end of March, Russia included Hungary in its list of unfriendly countries. It was based on …
Igor Iavlianskiy