Leaked audio shows Germany discussed possible Taurus missiles delivery to...
German army officials discussed delivering powerful Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, according to a leaked recording published by Russian state-controlled media Russia Today on Friday. Berlin has so...
View ArticleGermany investigating leak in Russia of audio purportedly showing talks on...
German authorities are investigating the leak of an audio recording in which German military officers purportedly discussed support for Ukraine, including the potential use of Taurus missiles....
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Macron: The grand master of grandstanding
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” There he goes again, another...
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Gleeful Russia relishes German Taurus leak scandal
Champagne corks are popping in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s circle is gloating about the leak of secret talks between high-ranking German military officials about sending long-range...
View ArticleUnder fire: France insists it’s no slacker on military aid to Ukraine
PARIS — There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love. Accused by Germany of not pulling its weight on aid to Ukraine, France struck back over the weekend by publishing for the first time a list...
View ArticleLithuania’s PM parroted Putin’s election slogan. Now she’s had to change it.
Ingrida Šimonytė, the prime minister of Lithuania, has no earthly reason to emulate Russian President Vladimir Putin — but an embarrassing choice of campaign slogan for upcoming presidential elections...
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Putin’s masterful spy op leaves Scholz in the cold
BERLIN — It may only be Tuesday, but Vladimir Putin has had a helluva week. Over the past few days, Moscow has managed to sow division among its enemies, discredit the German chancellor, and thwart...
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Ukrainians are still waiting for Abramovich’s billions
LONDON — More than £2 billion was promised to Ukrainian war victims thanks to the forced sale of Chelsea Football Club. It was to be the largest nongovernmental aid package Europe had ever seen, but...
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What NATO allies must do to prepare for Russian aggression
Andrea Kendall-Taylor is the director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security and was deputy national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the...
View ArticleStalin could have been poisoned by the West, Russian communists claim
The Russian communist party has called for an investigation into the possible involvement of Western spies in the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, suggesting he could have been “poisoned.” “The...
View ArticleKaja Kallas: I don’t eat Russians for breakfast … rather muesli, yogurt and...
For Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, it’s not eating Russians that keeps hunger locked up till lunch. Wait, what?! An anonymous EU official told POLITICO in an article published Monday that Kallas...
View ArticleIran has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, UK defense chief suggests
LONDON — The U.K. believes Iran has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, Defense Secretary Grant Shapps indicated. In an interview with the House Magazine, the senior minister confirmed that...
View ArticleDon’t frustrate Bosnia and Herzegovina on EU accession, foreign minister warns
SARAJEVO — EU leaders should open membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina later this month to support the country’s European ambitions and avoid “further frustration,” Foreign Minister Elmedin...
View ArticleUkraine’s top prosecutor slams UN inaction over Russia’s child deportations
BRUSSELS — Kyiv’s chief prosecutor chided the United Nations for not speaking out enough regarding Russia’s kidnapping of Ukrainian children. “If [the] U.N. is silent when Russia kidnapped up to...
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Putin the only winner as Poland’s Tusk flounders over Ukraine border fight
In late February, Mykhailo Tkach traveled to Poland’s border with Belarus to film trucks loaded with Russian grain crossing freely into the European Union. The Ukrainian journalist, who was eventually...
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Western allies split over how to make Putin pay
BRUSSELS — America and Europe can’t agree over how far they should go in forcing Russia to pay to rebuild Ukraine. One suggestion, not so long ago dismissed on both sides of the Atlantic as pie in the...
View ArticleMoldova dismisses idea that Putin could order Russian invasion
CHIȘINĂU, Moldova — Moldova is feeling the heat from Russia, but it has a message for Moscow: know your limits. Increasingly belligerent security threats from Moscow and hints that it could annex the...
View ArticleUkraine’s first lady declines Biden’s State of the Union invite
KYIV — Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, will not attend U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress on Thursday despite being invited by the White House. “Due...
View ArticleNATO to fly Sweden’s flag on Monday
BRUSSELS — Sweden will formally join NATO as early as Thursday, two officials with knowledge of the plan told POLITICO. The exact time of entry depends on Hungary’s pace of registering its...
View ArticleKremlin: Russia’s democracy is ‘the best’ in the world
Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Wednesday asserted that Russia’s democracy surpasses all others. “We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy. Our democracy is the best,” Dmitry Peskov...
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