Is Wagner About To Go Rogue Again? By Andrew Korybko There are three interpretations of why Lukashenko just publicly shared his concerns with Putin about the possibility of Wagner invading Poland. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told his Russian counterpart during talks on Sunday… Read More ›
The Latest Polish-Belarusian Border Tensions Actually Advance Both Of Their Interests By Andrew Korybko The interests of Belarus, Wagner, and Russia have already been served, which is why none of those three has any motivation to escalate the situation with Poland,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 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 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 ›
Timofei Bordachev Is Right About NATO Enlargement Being A Threat To The US By Andrew Korybko This esteemed expert’s words ring true after Kiev made no tangible progress on joining NATO despite the hype leading up to this week’s summit. Its… Read More ›
The Ukrainian FM’s Reportedly Planned Trip To Pakistan Is Likely To Procure More Military Aid By Andrew Korybko NATO urgently needs others to send Kiev more military aid after this de facto New Cold War bloc already ran through its stockpiles,… Read More ›
Revisiting Putin’s Praise Of Erdogan In Light Of Him Violating The Azovstal Deal By Andrew Korybko On the one hand, President Erdogan did indeed do what he sincerely thought was good for his country, but only as part of a zero-sum… Read More ›
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