Military

Russia wants to control energy reserves of all former Soviet countries, Mike Pompeo says

June 23, 2022 7:00 am

‘Today’s ruinous prices … will be remembered as a time when gas was cheap,’ if Putin prevails in Ukraine, former US secretary of state says.

Mission Not Yet Accomplished: Biden heads to Europe hoping to keep Ukraine coalition intact

June 23, 2022 6:24 am

The upcoming G7 trip in some ways represents a taller task than the last time the president went to the continent.

After the war: AMEURUS

June 23, 2022 4:04 am

We need to be thinking now about ensuring Russia doesn’t form a power bloc with China in the long term — and even about what may appear now to be an unthinkable alliance.

The pro-Putin preacher the US won’t touch

June 23, 2022 4:01 am

The U.S. tends to avoid sanctioning religious figures. Could the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church prove an exception?

EU champion Airbus has deep links to Chinese military industrial complex, report says

June 22, 2022 9:50 pm

The planemaker has key manufacturing facilities in China and its local CEO is a member of the Communist Party.

Italy’s Di Maio quits 5Stars, leading to party split

June 21, 2022 11:17 pm

Foreign minister says he can no longer support the party because of its stance on sending weapons to Ukraine.

EU is sabotaging itself with Russian oil sanctions, Khodorkovsky warns

June 21, 2022 10:43 pm

The Putin critic says Europe is harming its own finances when it should be pouring cash into arms for Kyiv.

Smugglers’ secrets: How Russia can beat EU sanctions

June 21, 2022 8:59 pm

It’s only a matter of time before Russia starts pulling tricks on ships at sea and sending goods via friendly countries to avoid and evade sanctions.

Scholz adviser turns heads with appeal to consider future Russian relationship

June 21, 2022 4:41 pm

German chancellor’s foreign policy adviser urges Europe not to forget about its long-term relations with Moscow and to tread carefully toward China.

Russia to summon EU envoy over Kaliningrad row, official says

June 21, 2022 10:40 am

Tensions are high over the Russian exclave following Kremlin outburst on Monday.

Linguistics Department

The Rashists from Mordor vs. the Tractor Troops: Ukraine’s new language of war

June 21, 2022 4:00 am

An English-language guide to Ukrainian slang.

Europe at Large

Europe can help prevent disaster in outer space

June 21, 2022 4:00 am

Unregulated junk and debris threatens a chain reaction of collisions.

Stoltenberg says war in Ukraine could last for years

June 19, 2022 11:35 am

More modern weapons could free Donbas region, NATO chief tells Bild am Sonntag.

US officials weigh doubling the number of rocket launchers sent to Ukraine

June 18, 2022 4:13 pm

Yet Ukrainian leaders who visited Washington this week say the country needs way more weapons than the White House has already approved.

Boris Johnson warns against ‘Ukraine fatigue’

June 18, 2022 12:21 pm

‘It is very important to show that we are with them for the long haul,’ Johnson says after surprise visit to Ukrainian capital.

Race against time to unlock Ukraine’s trapped grain

June 18, 2022 10:50 am

Western governments are scrambling to bolster a patchwork of land routes to export the grain before the summer harvest.

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, says UK government

June 17, 2022 12:05 pm

WikiLeaks founder has been battling against the move for years.

Macron ‘hopes’ Moldova also gets EU candidate status, remains silent on Georgia

June 17, 2022 11:43 am

Moldova ‘can become a candidate,’ says the French president.

Rhetoric and reality collide as France, Germany, Italy back Ukraine’s EU bid

June 16, 2022 9:23 pm

In Kyiv, EU’s Big Three and Romania endorse candidate status but war shadows Ukraine’s aspirations.

Envy on the Kyiv Express: Scholz, Draghi needle Macron over posh cabin

June 16, 2022 2:47 pm

German chancellor and Italian prime minister notice that the French president seems to have gotten the nicest spot on the train to Kyiv.

UK sanctions head of Russian Orthodox Church

June 16, 2022 2:36 pm

The new wave of sanctions also targets the Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner, military commanders and arms dealers.

Former Russian football captain speaks out against war on Ukraine

June 15, 2022 6:06 pm

Igor Denisov says he could be ‘imprisoned or killed for these words.’

NATO readies fresh eastern flank defenses

June 15, 2022 4:14 pm

The response to Russia’s war in Ukraine will feature additional troops rotating through countries along the military alliance’s eastern edge.

China’s Xi gives most direct backing to Putin since invasion

June 15, 2022 4:08 pm

‘Sino-Russian relations have maintained a good momentum for development,’ Xi tells Putin.

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