Archiv des Autors: Michael Wehle

While Putin is unquestionably the most powerful figure in Russia, it is clear that he does not entirely lay claim to the aura either of an absolutist tsar, as projected by his supporters, or of an autocratic despot, as proposed … Weiterlesen →

Ill-begotten gains? The US is concerned with kleptocracy? There is some legal basis for the United States to challenge the source of funds for a Russian citizen’s yacht purchase?

Guardian: UK defence secretary Ben Wallace has warned that having failed in his main objectives, Russian President Vladimir Putin may order his troops to fortify and dig in, and become a “cancerous growth” in Ukraine. Interviewed on Sky News in … Weiterlesen →

Pravda: Russia’s only goal is Ukraine’s total capitulation Russia has received another alarming signal during the ongoing military operation. … Russia needs Ukraine to capitulate. … Ukraine’s drone attack in Bryansk, Russia, became the last straw. … The distance from Bryansk … Weiterlesen →

Dan Sabbagh, Guardian: While the west toughens its stance over Putin’s invasion, it is rejecting his foreign minister’s claim that Nato is in a proxy war with Russia Step by step, the west’s war aims are expanding. What began as … Weiterlesen →

BBC: BBC: Russia’s decision to cut off gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria is an „instrument of blackmail“, the EU says. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the move showed Russia’s „unreliability“ as a supplier. You are a … Weiterlesen →

Alexey Navalny, a liberal member of the Yabloko Party, became what was to be one of the most recognizable of a new liberal-friendly brand of opposition nationalists. Following the events in Kondopoga he created a movement known as Narod (‘People’), … Weiterlesen →

Alexander Dugin, in interview for the Federal News Agency (FAN): – There is a feeling that something new is coming, a new world. And a start has been made by the special operation in Ukraine. But what kind of world … Weiterlesen →