Attempting to explain Israel’s motives doesn’t equate to excusing what it just did as this thought exercise is required for better understanding what just happened and what it might lead to By Andrew Korybko MOSCOW (CONVERSEER) – Russia’s Federal Agency for International Humanitarian Cooperation, also known as Rossotrudnichestvo, described Israel’s destruction of its cultural center…
This latest claim respectively conforms to the fears and fantasies of Russia’s foes and friends alike By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – The Washington Post reported that “Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say”, and “The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle…
By Our Reporter ACCRA (CONVERSEER) – The Ghanaian government has summoned the Ambassador of Russia to Accra, Sergei Berdnikov, to formally protest the alleged publication of explicit images of Ghanaian women without their consent by a person suspected to be of Russian origin. Acting on the directive of the Foreign Affairs Minister, authorities conveyed what…
Russia ultimately has nothing to lose and everything to gain while France has lots to lose and will struggle to retain its influence there. By Andrew Korybko CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – Le Monde reported in late December that “The Indian Ocean has become a new arena for France-Russia rivalry”. According to them, Russia helped amplify anti-French…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Germany is expelling a Russian embassy staffer over links to a woman arrested on suspicion of spying for Moscow, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday. It comes after authorities in Berlin arrested a woman on Wednesday suspected of spying for a Russian intelligence agency and passing on information related to…
MOSCOW (DPA, NAN, CONVERSEER) – Russian forces launched another wave of missile strikes across Ukraine overnight, targeting several regions including Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Zhytomyr, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday. Explosions were reported in multiple locations, including the capital Kiev, where Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported several blasts on Telegram and said air defences…
Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Vladimir Putin offered in late September to extend the New START, which is the last arms control pact between Russia and the US, for…
FRANKFURT (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Historian Karl Schlögel, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is set to receive the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Sunday. The 77-year-old Russia expert has “consistently set new standards in vivid and vibrant historical writing,” the jury said. The Peace Prize…
The precedent set by Russia’s restrained response to Ukraine obtaining the F-16s, which could also be nuclear-equipped, suggests that tensions with the US will remain manageable if Ukraine obtains the Tomahawks too due to the modus vivendi that’s arguably been in place for managing them. By Andrew Korybko CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – The latest talk about…
BERLIN (CONVERSEER) – NATO scrambled two German Eurofighters in response to a Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Sunday. The aircraft, which could not initially be identified, was flying in international airspace without a flight plan or radio contact, the German Air Force said. It said the aircraft could not initially be properly…
