Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle
Whoever emerges from the inevitable turmoil in Russia, he, she, or they will have to address the open wound that Putin’s Ukraine gambit has opened in the Russian polity itself.
Whoever emerges from the inevitable turmoil in Russia, he, she, or they will have to address the open wound that Putin’s Ukraine gambit has opened in the Russian polity itself.
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Vast cache of hacked Chinese police files offered for sale;
China to take over the moon: NASA chief;
China crushes protest by bank depositors
For the Kremlin, the African continent has emerged as a serious strategic priority – and a new battleground in its struggle for influence with the West.
Resource sales fuel Putin's war... for now;
US worries over China's influence over Latin American minerals...;
...as China looks to Africa in the race for lithium;
Russian military moves in the Arctic worry the West
Anyone hoping that President Biden’s sunny prediction that his trip to Saudi Arabia would result in lower prices at the pump in a matter of weeks should not hold their breath.