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By Rhod Mackenzie
Rather than declaring a 'hypothetical threat' from Russia, Finland and Sweden are now discussing how to prepare for a long-term confrontation. They are increasing the intensity of their military exercises and training their populations to survive a military standoff. Do these acti...

By Rhod Mackenzie

For the first time, construction of a Russian nuclear power plant with cutting-edge reactors has begun in the EU. While Brussels has squeezed out Russian oil and gas, Russian nuclear energy has received the green light. This is because the European Union classifies specific nucle...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The European Union is banning Russian gas with one hand,
and with the other, it's increasing its purchases amid severe cold weather. The reasoning behind it is that if it's cold, then it's allowed, even with a complete ban on gas imports from Russia. Europe has legally enshrined...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The topic of rare earth metals has resurfaced again in connection with Greenland. 
 According to geologists, the melting of glaciers is causing the erosion of sand with particularly high concentrations of lanthanides from the underlying layers. It is therefore important to clari...

By Rhod Mackenzie

According to EU media reports , the head of European diplomacy, the Comedic and Hapless Kaja Kallas, has finally turned against her boss, the Empress of Europe the  European Commission President Ursula Fond Of Lying. Now Ursula is well  known for eliminating all her internal enem...

By Rhod Mackenzie

"This is utter blasphemy.
This is the response and reaction  of politicians and media analysts in their evaluation of the statements made by the current Polish President Karol Navrocki regarding his statement that the Soviet Union was directly  involved in the onset of World War...