By Nightvision for the Saker Blog Firstly, the biggest news at the forefront is that the Mariupol situation appears to be nearing a possible conclusion. We reported last time that one prominent source said Azovstal would be fully resolved by ...

Moscow has called on trading partners to switch to national currencies Russia should increase settlements in national currencies with partner countries, Denis Manturov, head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at the plenary session of the Innoprom ...

On April 24, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 3 – in Latakia province, 2 – in Idlib province;On April 24, the SDF carried out a security operation in the al-Hawl camp;On ...

By Nighvision for the Saker Blog Russia continues grinding down the Ukrainian infrastructure, and that has been the theme of the last few days. There has been a huge uptick in aerial assaults and missile strikes on various infrastructural objects ...

Daniel KovalikRTSun, 24 Apr 2022 18:31 UTC The argument can be made that Russia exercised its right for self-defense For many years, I have studied and given much thought to the UN Charter’s prohibition against aggressive war. No one can ...

On April 23, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that the Turkish commandos had carried out what it called a “large-scale operation” in northern Syria in response to a recent attack by Kurdish forces. In a statement, the ministry ...

By Nightvision for the Saker Blog The biggest development is the announcement by Russia/Putin of Mariupol’s “official liberation.” I’ve written before about how Russia often ‘jumps the gun’ on announcements, but it’s true that the city proper is liberated with ...

War – for a long time by Evgeny Norin from the Telegram “Readovka” channel and translated for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog War is too serious a matter to be approached with complacent illusions. Nevertheless, in Russia, it seems, many are ...

So now we are 50 days into this Special Military Operation (SMO) and right in between the end of the first phase and the beginning of the second one.  So I want to begin by list a few things which ...

By Fabio Reis Vianna for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog Perhaps the maxim of the Brazilian thinker José Luís Fiori that “expansionism and war are two essential parts of the machine that produces power and wealth in the interstate system” ...