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By Rhod Mackenzie
A number of the countries in the "coalition of the willing" have conveyed their intention to deploy their troops to Ukraine. However, Poland categorically rejects such an idea, even though the three Russophobic Baltic republics have started talking about sending their troops. So...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Finnish President, Alexander Stubb, has been forced to defend his comparison of Ukraine to Finland in 1944. Although "Finlandization" would solve most of the problems for Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, he no longer suggests that Kyiv should follow Helsinki's example. Stubb woul...
By Rhod Mackenzie
It seems that the Ukrainians have decided on a scorched earth policy as they are losing the conflict so badly
On August 13th the Ukrainians destroyed the pumping station of Soviet oil pipeline "Druzhba ,the supplies of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia have now ceased. For th...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Well the first summit between Russia and the USA since the start of the Ukraine conflict has just ended and one thing is obvious and that is the new cold war between the two countries is over and it appears that real progress has been made towards ending the conflict in Ukraine...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The International Securities Depository Europclear based in Brussels has exhorted the European Commision not to steal and use Russia's assets frozen in the depository as they would be legally held responsible as the custodian for the return of the assets once the conflict is over...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The most pressing issue facing the European Union today is not only its decline, but also its serious reluctance to acknowledge that this decline has happened. The Union continues to adopt an outwardly confident stance, offering all and sundry unwarrented guidance and envisioni...
