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Kursk and Putin’s failed game

Kursk and Putin’s failed game

It’s time to summarize the strategic and political context of what has been happening over the last two weeks. This text is dedicated to that.  The entire intense discourse surrounding negotiations (both in the West and the East, as well as from internal sources) was based on a simple logic: Russia cannot be defeated in a competition of capabilities, so […]

900 days of war. What has changed in Putin’s mind?

900 days of war. What has changed in Putin’s mind?

Finally, one should ask oneself whether a “sudden removal” is possible. The answer is straightforward: a sudden removal is possible in two cases (excluding the exotic version of poisoning orchestrated by other intelligence agencies, which I consider almost fantastical, although Putin does everything to provoke everyone): a lone shooter, as was recently the case with Trump, or a deadly fright […]

On Johnson’s suggestions for what Trump could offer Putin: no one would go for such a scam, regardless of what is being concocted

On Johnson’s suggestions for what Trump could offer Putin: no one would go for such a scam, regardless of what is being concocted

Colonel Roman Svitan, a retired officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and military expert, discusses Boris Johnson’s suggestions for what Trump could offer Putin to stop Russia – Ukraine war. – Mr. Roman, one of the big news items recently is that Boris Johnson, the former British Prime Minister, after meeting with Trump in the United States, released a plan […]

Why Putin Won’t Negotiate from a Weak Position

Why Putin Won’t Negotiate from a Weak Position

The idea that Putin can be forced to negotiate from a weak position is complete nonsense! And this nonsense can cost us dearly! Even if we imagine that Putin’s troops are defeated on the battlefield, as some “Napoleons” hope and plan, what would compel Putin to enter into negotiations with Ukraine in such a situation? Nothing!  Having suffered a defeat […]

Putin: “We are ready to sit at the negotiating table even tomorrow”…and demanded to give him half of Ukraine instead

Putin: “We are ready to sit at the negotiating table even tomorrow”…and demanded to give him half of Ukraine instead

Putin once again surprises the world with his irrationality! The Russian dictator proposed peace in exchange for lifting international sanctions on Russia… Vladimir Putin believes that the West should lift all international sanctions imposed on Russia as part of a possible peace deal in Ukraine. The Russian dictator stated this on Friday during a meeting with the leadership of the […]

Russia – Ukraine autumn ceasefire puzzle

Russia – Ukraine autumn ceasefire puzzle

The situation around potential Russia – Ukraine peace talks— of course, through mediators and following the conference in Switzerland — consists of many pieces. But if you start to put everything together, you get a recognizable picture. According to information leaks, the visit to Kyiv of the American guitarist and acting US Secretary of State E. Blinken was devoted to […]

Putin has started talks about peace

Putin has started talks about peace

Suddenly, Putin has started talks about peace. Or was it quite expected? It was and here’s why. In an interview with China’s Xinhua news agency, Putin highly praised China’s peace plan, which consists in starting negotiations on the current front line and without withdrawing Russian troops. So, this is actually what Russia needs – to preserve the occupied territories and […]

Russia for muslims: the new reality of Putin’s 5th term

Russia for muslims: the new reality of Putin’s 5th term

Given the events that happened in Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on the 5th day of the 5th term of Putin’s Presidency in Russia, it worth paying attention to Ramzan Kadyrov’s interview to the Al-Arabia News Agency, which he gave two months before mass shooting of russian people on a quit Friday event in the center of the capital, which claims […]

Transnistria. Why it is relevant for putin now?

Transnistria. Why it is relevant for putin now?

Transnistria. Why it is relevant? Because on February 28, a congress will be held in Tiraspol (as it were, the capital of Transnistria), at which they will vote for the appeal to Putin to join them to Russia. How Transnistria was formed A large number of Soviet weapons was stored in this part of Moldova. Besides, the Soviet 14th Guards Army led by General Lebed was deployed there (by the way, his story ended with […]

A few theses on Putin’s policy. How the Kremlin thinks and wages war

A few theses on Putin’s policy. How the Kremlin thinks and wages war

Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, which has been going on for 21 months, has entered a critical period. Today, a lot depends on a balanced assessment of the enemy’s intentions. This text was written to convey to the public how the Kremlin perceives this war. Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine published an excellent analytics on the mentioned topic by Oleksandr […]

Will Putin’s death change anything for us?

Will Putin’s death change anything for us?

Formed Deputy Minister of the Defence Ministry of Ukraine, Hanna Maliar’s opinion on flooding rumours about the president of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Putin’s death. He’s a living person and he isn’t young, so it can’t be ruled out. We are all mortal. And conspiracy theory has nothing to do here. Regardless of the name and country, death of the […]

UN has proposed putin to extend the “grain agreements” in return for SWIFT

UN has proposed putin to extend the “grain agreements” in return for SWIFT

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has proposed to Putin that he extend the Ukrainain “grain agreements” in return for connecting a subsidiary of Russia’s agricultural bank to the SWIFT international payment system. Reuters writes about this with reference to its sources. Russia is threatening to break the grain deal, which expires on July 17, because its several demands to dispatch  its own grain and fertilizers abroad have not been met.  Another demand by Moscow is the reconnection of the […]

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