EU backing off seizure of Russian assets – Bloomberg

Brussels has reportedly given up on confiscating over $200 billion of Russian central bank funds EU authorities see no legal avenues for confiscating frozen Russian central bank assets and are instead planning to use the profits the funds generate, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a document.

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Why is Ukraine now claiming its disastrous counteroffensive was only a smokescreen?

Kiev’s propagandists are trying to deny the reality that Russia is gaining the edge on the battlefield A few days ago, the Kiev TV channel 1 + 1 reported that the Ukrainian army did not conduct a counteroffensive in the summer of 2023, and all the information about it was merely a brilliant psychological operation targeted…

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Laid low or lying low? Why China’s foreign minister disappeared and was then replaced

Portrayed as a potential ‘purge,’ Qin Gang’s removal from post is likely simply a natural evolution of Beijing’s diplomatic goals By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst Recently, the Western media have been speculating over the situation regarding China’s foreign minister Qin Gang. Following a brief disappearance, Qin was replaced as foreign minister by Wang Yi, who…

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