The economy : a gloomy future
The sanctions against Russia are now turning against those who initiated them. The soaring price of gas and electricity is likely to cause real riots in France. As in the UK and probably elsewhere.
Geopolitics
Ukraine : The United Kingdom plays with fire
While the British press announces a possible sending of troops to Ukraine, Moscow makes it known that if the United Kingdom goes to war against Russia, London will be bombed.
Ukraine : it will end badly!
Six months after the Russian invasion, the conflict is bogged down and could spiral out of control at any moment towards a worldwide explosion.
Taiwan : watch out for the Pelosi spark
On a visit to Asia, the Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday. A casus belli that China will not let pass: The United States “will pay the price” warns Beijing.
Taiwan : the US provokes China
As U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi considers an official trip to Taiwan, Xi Jinping warns that “those who play with fire eventually get burned.”
Bombing of Odessa : Who benefits from the crime?
The day after the agreement signed between Kiev and Moscow to export grain blocked since the beginning of the war, the port of Odessa was hit by missiles. The Russians? They deny it. So who ?
Desperate Russians battle over imported dildos
Remember the plan? Wreck the Russian economy, force regime change and bring ‘victory to Ukraine!’. So far, this is not working out very well.
Anti-Russian sanctions bankrupt Europe’s largest condom maker
German condom manufacturer CPR GmbH has declared insolvency, blaming sanctions against Russia. 25% of condoms produced by CPR are sold to Russia.
Ukraine, a hub for arms trafficking
Weapons supplied to Kiev to defend itself against the Russian aggressor may end up on the black market to feed terrorist networks. Brussels, Interpol and the Pentagon are concerned about this.
Ukraine : Europe trapped by Zelensky
Four months after the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian actor-president Volodymyr Zelensky has achieved all his goals. The European Commission has just granted Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.
Ukraine : When China wakes up
After the inauguration with great fanfare of the road bridge over the Amur River, an economic link between China and Russia, Xi Jinping gives assurances to Putin in the Ukrainian conflict.
When the war in Ukraine recalls the Spanish Civil War of 1936
The similarities between the Russian-Ukrainian conflict of today are numerous with the Spanish civil war of 193-39. And rather worrying.