Putin’s Helsinki: Tactical success, strategic failure

The Helsinki summit will go down in history as one of the strangest meetings between U.S. and Russian leaders and one of Trump’s worst moments during his current term of office. In addition, it is difficult to explain his behaviour in Finland’s capital: he is likely to have overestimated his business experience that he has […]

Sanctions, oil and gas – Russia’s strengths and weaknesses

Introduced at the beginning of the year, new sanctions constitute yet another package of economic restrictions against Russia. First economic limitations were imposed in 2014. Over the last four years, the Russians have somewhat learned to cope with such unfavorable conditions in the oil and gas industry. However, Moscow seems particularly prone to other activities […]

Russian treason in Syria. A bloody epilogue in Idlib?

The conquest of the Idlib province is expected to put an end to the war between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the anti-regime rebellion. After the battle, there will be only some remnants of the Islamic State as well as the Kurdish-controlled zone. The military offensive against the last rebel-held enclave may take place quite […]

Danse macabre with a dictator

The German Chancellor met with President Vladimir Putin, who is in charge of the regime waging war in Syria and Ukraine. Angela Merkel counts on an agreement ending the crisis in relations between the West and Russia, because she wants to make money on Nord Stream 2. Russians come out of isolation, symbolic of Putin’s […]

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