Rouble Emerges As Top-performing Currency, Signalling BRICS’ Challenge To Dollar Dominance By Uriel Araujo Russia’s rouble, soaring 38% in 2025, outpaces gold and defies Western sanctions. This is potentially game-changing: amid Trump’s tariff wars, BRICS nations can leverage this success to… Read More ›
Why Did Russia Officially Acknowledge North Korea’s Military Assistance In Kursk? By Andrew Korybko Russia wants the world to know that North Korea might play a larger role in the conflict. Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov’s acknowledgement that North… Read More ›
Putin’s Victory Day Truce Is Meant To Reassure Trump Of His Peaceful Intentions By Andrew Korybko Putin might be concerned that Zelensky manipulated Trump against him after their latest meeting given Trump’s subsequent angry post about Putin. The Kremlin announced on Monday that… Read More ›
Zelensky vs. Poroshenko: Rivalries, Far-Right Influence, And The Struggle For Democracy By Uriel Araujo Meanwhile, Ukraine grapples with ultranationalism and neo-Nazi influence, perpetuating instability despite peace talks. A recent New York Times piece details just how Ukrainian political rivalries are resurfacing as peace… Read More ›
Five Significant Disagreements Account For Trump’s Newfound Anger With Putin By Andrew Korybko The peace process might go kaput if they can’t resolve these issues. Trump speculated that Russia’s bombing of civilian areas might signal that “maybe [Putin] doesn’t want to stop… Read More ›
The PAKAFUZ Railway Through Central Eurasia Is Making Slow But Steady Progress By Andrew Korybko Five issues must first be overcome in order for this project to become a reality. The Russian and Uzbek Transport Ministries agreed earlier in the month to begin… Read More ›
The Chairman Of The Russian Naval Board Shared His Country’s Strategy For The World Ocean By Andrew Korybko Russia is still one of the world’s top naval powers despite its recent setbacks in the Black Sea. Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev,… Read More ›
The Top Five Takeaways From Shoigu’s Latest Interview About Russia’s Security Interests By Andrew Korybko If a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine and no Western troops are deployed there, then it’s expected that strategic arms control talks with the US might… Read More ›
Evaluating Foreign Affairs’ Warning About The Risks Of An Emboldened And Remilitarized Germany By Andrew Korybko How likely is it that a potentially ultra-nationalist Germany “relitigates its borders or forgoes EU-style deliberation in favour of military blackmail”? Foreign Affairs warned earlier this… Read More ›
Estonia’s Russophobic Policies: A Maidan-style Crisis In the Making? By Uriel Araujo Estonia’s 2025 voting ban, affecting 80,000 Russians, plus Estonian-only education and Orthodox Church restrictions, sparks Russophobia concerns. Soviet monument demolitions and Waffen-SS glorification risk Baltic instability, echoing Ukraine’s Maidan…. Read More ›
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