When a top American politician thinks the US liberated Ukraine in WWII, it’s clear we are no longer on the same page By Timofey Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club The fate of the Ukrainian lands is now at the epicenter of the confrontation between Russia and the West. However, there are growing reasons to…

The Turkish leader was reportedly angered by the World Economic Forum’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has intervened to stop Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek from attending the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) meeting in Davos this week over the organization’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

Experts attribute the uptick to a number of factors, including the pandemic and geopolitical tensions Russia’s federal statistics agency Rosstat has reported the first rise in the number of alcoholism cases nationwide in over a decade. The spike may have been caused by stress stemming from the pandemic, as well as “intensifying geopolitical confrontations,” according…