Timofey Bordachev: Western Europe could become the new Ukraine

Once extremely prosperous states face a new reality, which could see old dark forces re-emerge A side effect of the tragic Ukrainian problem for Russian foreign policy is that it helps us to understand the degree of economic and moral decay that our other Western neighbors would have to reach in order to pose a…

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Western sanctions ‘ineffective’ – EU state’s president

The Russian economy expanded beyond expectations last year, and is on course for further growth in 2024 Western sanctions on Moscow have failed to destabilize the Russian economy, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Nauseda pointed to macroeconomic indicators which plainly signal that the country’s economy remains…

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Ukraine can’t join NATO while in conflict – Netherlands 

Accession to the US-led bloc is a “sensitive process” that may require intermediate steps, Dutch caretaker PM Mark Rutte has said  The Netherlands’ caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, has refused to say whether he would support Ukraine’s membership of NATO at an upcoming bloc leaders’ meeting, insisting that admitting Ukraine to NATO is not feasible while the…

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