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NATO’s Rutte Says Russia Could Be Ready to Attack NATO in 5 Years
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has issued a stark warning that alliance members are Russia's next target, urging them to urgently increase defense...
Ukraine Attacks Russian Caspian Sea Oil Rig for First Time
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Ukraine has struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the first time, hitting the Lukoil-owned Filanovsky rig with at least...
Pokrovsk’s Fall Weakens Ukraine in U.S.-Led Negotiations, But Frontline Holds
Russia has reportedly captured parts of Pokrovsk in Donetsk, though Ukraine still holds positions in the northern sections. The city, largely in ruins, was...
Putin Pushes for Stronger Military and Energy Ties with Indonesia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Moscow, offering nuclear energy cooperation and hailing deepening military ties as Russia seeks...
Russia Strikes Key Ukrainian Gas Route in Odesa Region
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Russia has struck the gas transport system in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, a key route for U.S. liquefied natural gas imports via Greece,...
Starving the Russian War Machine?
The U.S. Department of the Treasury framed the October sanctions against Russian energy firms as an effort to “starve Putin’s war machine.” Running in...
US National Security Strategy and the Future of Mark Rutte as NATO Secretary General
Until recently, NATO was believed to be the only military alliance in history to have defeated its archenemy without firing a single bullet. However,...
Who Will Buy Lukoil? The Bidding War for Its International Empire
Russia's Lukoil has until December 13 to negotiate the sale of most of its international assets following U. S. sanctions and the rejection of...
US Core Security Interests – The Trump Corollary
“The threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. What I...
Putin’s Push for a BRICS Currency: Pragmatism Over Ideology
Several important agreements were signed during the India visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin (December 4-5, 2025). Apart from the bilateral dimension of the...