A very Soviet union: Why has Zelensky picked a Russian general as the new leader of Ukraine’s army?

Kiev’s new Commander-in-Chief was born and raised in Russia, where his family still live A change in Ukraine’s military leadership – anticipated for several months – has finally happened. As a result of a long simmering personal conflict between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, the…

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German FM admits economy ‘unfit’

Christian Lindner believes that structural reforms are needed to strengthen the competitiveness of the EU’s economic heavyweight Germany needs structural reforms to boost its competitiveness, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said at an event at the London School of Economics on Monday, as cited by Reuters.

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Sanctioning Chinese companies that cooperate with Russia would be illegal – Beijing

Brussels has reportedly proposed imposing trade restrictions on three entities over what it calls support of Moscow China firmly opposes a reported EU proposal to impose trade restrictions on three Chinese firms over their cooperation with Russia, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has said in a statement seen by Bloomberg, calling the potential move “illegal sanctions.”

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