Russia
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The fake news about Russian fake news
Yesterday, once again, Russia was accused of spreading fake news by a European government. It was the UK turn this time, where government officials have rebuttedas fake news the news, reported by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, that the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who contracted the coronavirus, was put in intensive care on… Continue reading
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Итальянская газета La Stampa: «Из России больше военных, чем помощи»
Когда вечером прошлого воскресенья 9 российских самолетов с медицинским оборудованием и персоналом приземлились в Италии, многие итальянцы почувствовали благодарность за помощь, оказанную в один из самых трудных моментов в новейшей итальянской истории. Некоторые, однако, в том числе журналист La Stampa Якопо Якобони, увидели в доставке из России, в которой были российские военные вирусологи и эпидемиологи,… Continue reading
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Italian newspaper La Stampa: “More military men than help from Russia”
When last Sunday night 9 Russian air planes arrived with medical equipment and personnel, many in Italy felt gratitude for the help delivered in one of the most difficult moments in recent Italian history. Some, however, including La Stampa journalist Jacopo Iacoboni, saw in the delivery coming from Russia, that included Russian military virologists and… Continue reading
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Is Italy NATO and the EU’s weakest link?
Many in Italy celebrated the arrival of 9 military planes from Russia on Sunday. Russia agreed to deliver aid in the form of much needed medical equipment, masks and doctors to the country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. For many experts, however, in government quarters as well as in editorial rooms, Russia’s gesture was… Continue reading
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L’Italia è l’anello debole della NATO e dell’Unione Europea?
Molti in Italia hanno accolto con sollievo e gioia l’arrivo di 9 aerei militari russi domenica sera. La Russia ha accettato di fornire aiuti sotto forma di attrezzature mediche, maschere e dottori molto necessari nel paese maggiormente colpito dalla pandemia di coronavirus. Per molti esperti, tuttavia, in particolare nei quartieri governativi e nelle redazioni, il… Continue reading
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US may impose new sanctions on Russia, says the Wall Street Journal
According to The Wall Street Journal, which cites White House officials, the US government is considering introducing new sanctions against Russia. This time the reason for such a measure could be Russia’s abrupt walkaway from the deal with OPEC, which provoked a trade war with Saudi Arabia and a collapse in oil prices. At the… Continue reading
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“Russia is spreading disinformation on coronavirus”, claims the EU
A report by the European External Action Service’s strategic communications division, revealed by the Financial Times today, claims that “Russian pro-Kremlin media” are conducting a “significant disinformation campaign” to exploit the coronavirus pandemic crisis in Western countries by “destroying confidence in the emergency response”. The story has subsequently been taken up by much of the… Continue reading
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Eduard Limonov, Russian writer and politician with a penchant for provocation, dies at 77
The Russian writer and radical politician Eduard Limonov has died in Moscow yesterday. He was 77. Limonov, whose real name was Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, gained celebrity as the author of provocative novels in the 1970s, after he emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974. Born in Dzerzhinsk, an industrial town in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast… Continue reading
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“NATO should help Turkey”, writes the Economist
NATO should grit its teeth and help Turkey in Syria, says one of the leader articles in the last issue of the magazine The Economist. “Turkey is the only country trying to stave off this humanitarian crisis”, writes the British weekly about the situation in the Syrian North Eastern province of Idlib, the last big… Continue reading
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Turkey is not a Russian ally
Since Turkey bought the anti-aircraft S-400 from Russia last summer, against the explicit recommendations of NATO, there was much talk and fear about Turkey increasingly orienting herself towards Russia and departing from her alliance with Europe and America. The events of the last few days in Syria prove that this kind of talk was nonsense.… Continue reading
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“I believe in rational dialogue between Russia and Poland”, Sergey Markov on Myśl Polska
This interview originally appeared on Myśl Polska. You can find it here. Myśl Polska: You have recently expressed the opinion that we cannot succumb to hatred in Polish-Russian relations. Why such an appeal? Sergey Markov: Because of a few reasons. First of all, I am generally a supporter of peace in favour of a humanistic… Continue reading
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Турция – не союзник России
Когда Турция прошлым летом купила у России зенитный комплекс S-400 вопреки четким рекомендациям НАТО, было много разговоров и опасений, что Турция все больше ориентируется на Россию и выходит из своего альянса с Европой и Америкой. События последних нескольких дней в Сирии доказывают, что подобные разговоры были чепухой. После последнего столкновения в Идлибе, в котором 33… Continue reading
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Польша и Россия: испорченные отношения навсегда?
Современная Польша – прекрасная и приятная страна, которая снова обрела себя в европейской культуре и традициях, где всегда и было ее место. Однако, менее прекрасной и приятной вещью в сегодняшней Польше является вездесущая вражда в отношении к России. Конечно, не обязательно любить Россию, и исторически у Польши могут быть серьезные основания испытывать враждебность к своему… Continue reading
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Poland and Russia: a relationship damaged beyond repair? It does not have to be
Contemporary Poland is a fine and pleasant place, a country that has found again its place in the realm of European culture and tradition where it always belonged. A less fine and pleasant thing about today’s Poland is, however, the omnipresence of hostility towards Russia. One does not have to love Russia, of course, and… Continue reading
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«Призрак страшной России – это часть западной культуры» – интервью с кембриджским профессором Марком Б. Смитом
Марк Б. Смит – профессор истории в Кембридже и специализируется на истории Советского Союза. Он ведет блог beyondthekremlin.com. Его последняя книга называется «Российская обеспокоенность Запада и то, как история может ее разрешить» была опубликована Алленом Лейном/Пингвин в 2019 году. Книгу на Amazon можно найти здесь. Восток и Запад: кажется, что это было давным-давно, но это… Continue reading
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“The spectre of a scary Russia is a part of Western culture” – interview with Cambridge Prof. Mark B. Smith
Mark B. Smith is Professor of History at Cambridge, and specializes in the history of the Soviet Union. He runs the blog beyondthekremlin.com. His most recent book is called The Russia Anxiety: And History Can Resolve It and was published by Allen Lane/Penguin in 2019. You can find the book on Amazon here. East &… Continue reading
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Did Reagan plan to blow up the Soviet gas pipeline using a computer virus?
American media spread the sensation of a secret CIA operation against the USSR in the early eighties “BIGGEST NON-NUCLEAR EXPLOSION” 39 years ago, in January 1981, the new president, Republican Ronald Reagan, entered the White House. Holding the post for two terms, Reagan led the country out of the economic crisis, intensified foreign policy pressure… Continue reading
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“He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind” – Myśl Polska
This article originally appeared on Myśl Polska. You can read it in Polish here. Unexpectedly for the majority of Poles, Vladimir Putin attacked Poland twice in the last days of December 2019. Remembering Poland’s participation in the partition of Czechoslovakia in 1938, he accused Poland of joint responsibility for the outbreak of World War II.… Continue reading
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Is Russia interfering in the UK elections?
The issue of security has come to the fore in the days preceding the British general election. This is not only due to the visit of Donald Trump at the London NATO summit, an event that marks the 70 th anniversary of the organisation. What really got the ball rolling was a terrorist attack that… Continue reading
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“Provoking Russia” – How the RAND Corporation shapes Poland’s foreign policy
This text is based on an article originally published in the Polish weekly Myśl Polska. You can find the original text (in Polish) here. There is no doubt that the US is pursuing a policy of interference in political choices and processes in all corners of the globe. It does not necessarily do it through… Continue reading
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