Ukraine
Raw materials: the missing link in Europe’s drive for batteries
By Frédéric Simon
Nov. 9, 2020
While Europe is rapidly catching up with China on investments into batteries for electric cars, it is still lagging...
Netherlands Claims Russian Fighter Jets Created Dangerous Situation for Dutch Ship...
by Tim Korso
Jun 29, 2021
The incident apparently happened the day after a Russian warship and fighter jet were forced to fire warning shots in...
Geneva Rendezvous
By Israel Shamir
June 23, 2021
The Geneva rendezvous of two presidents remains an enigma. Why did they meet at all? They agreed that nuclear war...
The British navy’s Crimean cape caper ends up like the Bornholm...
By John Helmer,
Moscow @bears_with
Jun 26, 2021
The British Embassy’s Press Office has stopped answering its telephones in Moscow. It is also refusing to respond to...
Ukraine gaining access to NATO’s waiting room ‘remains to be seen’...
14 Jun, 2021
US President Joe Biden has poured cold water on claims by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that NATO has “confirmed” Kiev’s membership...
Boris Johnson admits he is provoking Russia. Maybe he believes it...
Johnson says HMS Defender voyage ‘entirely right’ as Moscow warns against repeat
Boris Johnson said the destroyer was taking the shortest route between two points...
Fractious EU summit rejects Franco-German plan for Putin talks
Bloc to explore sanctions instead, as gathering also holds ‘emotional’ debate over Hungary’s LGBT laws
By Jennifer Rankin
25 Jun 2021
A Franco-German plan to restart talks with...
British PM Boris Johnson personally ordered warship into Crimean waters, ignoring...
25 Jun, 2021
The British government signed off on a plan to sail a battleship through disputed waters off the coast of Crimea, over the...
British provocations and more subtle propaganda
HMS Defender: Russian jets and ships target British warship
Jun 23, 2021
More than 20 Russian aircraft and two coastguard ships have shadowed a British warship...
Russia views HMS Defender’s actions as violation of UN Sea Law...
The Russian military ministry called on the British side to conduct a thorough investigation of the HMS Defender crew for prevention of similar incidents...