Fake News Alert: Wagner Isn’t Going To Invade The Suwalki Corridor From Belarus By Andrew Korybko It’s worth paying much more attention to what Chairman of the Duma’s Defence Committee Andrey Kartapolov actually said than what the Daily Mail sensationally claimed… Read More ›
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Putin Is Unlikely To Listen To Medvedev’s “Inhumane” Advice About Fighting Terrorism
Putin Is Unlikely To Listen To Medvedev’s “Inhumane” Advice About Fighting Terrorism By Andrew Korybko The so-called “turbo-patriots” as they’re popularly known nowadays in Russia won’t be happy, but they should respect President Putin’s reluctance to escalate if they’re true patriots,… Read More ›
RT’s Timur Fomenko Is Right: China’s Call For Asian Unity Will Likely Fall On Deaf Ears
RT’s Timur Fomenko Is Right: China’s Call For Asian Unity Will Likely Fall On Deaf Ears By Andrew Korybko Some Asia-Pacific countries’ “negative nationalism” vis-a-vis China is just as toxic as the variant expressed by many Central and Eastern Europeans vis-a-vis… Read More ›
Russia Did The Right Thing By Declining To Extend The Grain Deal
Russia Did The Right Thing By Declining To Extend The Grain Deal By Andrew Korybko Earlier “goodwill gestures” only resulted in making a fool out of Russia even though that wasn’t the Kremlin’s intent. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Monday that “The… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Latest Attack Against The Crimean Bridge Was A Desperate Distraction
Ukraine’s Latest Attack Against The Crimean Bridge Was A Desperate Distraction By Andrew Korybko Instead of obsessing over this incident and getting the hopes of Kiev’s supporters unrealistically high, it would be much more responsible for the media to precondition everyone… Read More ›
The New York Times’ Latest Smear Piece Against Tucker Carlson Shows That Liberals Have Lost The Plot
The New York Times’ Latest Smear Piece Against Tucker Carlson Shows That Liberals Have Lost The Plot By Andrew Korybko What Jonathan Weisman either can’t countenance due to his hardcore liberal bias or is too dishonest to openly admit is that… Read More ›
South Africa’s Deputy President Spilled The Beans About His Country’s BRICS-ICC Dilemma
South Africa’s Deputy President Spilled The Beans About His Country’s BRICS-ICC Dilemma By Andrew Korybko None of this bodes well for bilateral ties with Russia or BRICS’ unity. The Mail & Guardian published a very interesting interview with South African Deputy President Paul… Read More ›
Russia’s Shuttering Of The Polish Consular Agency In Smolensk Wounds Warsaw’s Pride
Russia’s Shuttering Of The Polish Consular Agency In Smolensk Wounds Warsaw’s Pride By Andrew Korybko It’s unlikely that the two memorials that were looked after by the Polish consular agency in Smolensk will fall into complete disrepair as a result of… Read More ›
The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable
The Russian-Iranian Disagreement Over Some Gulf Islands Is Manageable By Andrew Korybko Iran takes issue with anyone simply acknowledging the Emirates’ claims like China and Russia did in their joint statements with the GCC since it believes that this lends credence… Read More ›
Wagner’s Rescue Of Chinese Miners In The Central African Republic Debunks Several False Claims
Wagner’s Rescue Of Chinese Miners In The Central African Republic Debunks Several False Claims By Andrew Korybko Not only does this latest development debunk the Daily Beast’s fake news a few months back alleging that this group slaughtered Chinese miners, but… Read More ›