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Europe must weigh rising Ukraine costs against higher price of Russian victory
Source: Land Forces Of Ukraine Facebook page Russia’s intensifying bombing campaign is forcing Ukraine to seek tens of billions of dollars in additional funding to keep the country’s wartime economy afloat in 2027. This is creating political headaches for Kyiv’s European partners at a time when many are already facing mounting domestic financial pressures of their own. As Europe debates whether it can afford to continue bankrolling the Ukrainian war effort, the real question
34 minutes ago
Europe: Get Satellites or Get Throttled
The temporary shutdown of Ukraine’s US-run satellite systems carried an unmistakable and urgent message for Europeans. Source: Kevin Stadnyk / Unsplash European powers must urgently break Elon Musk’s near-monopoly over military communications. It won’t be easy. It won’t be cheap. It won’t happen fast. But it’s necessary to ensure no one man can repeat the trillionaire’s treatment of Ukraine in early October, when he throttled Ukraine’s access to the Starlink and Starshield sa
1 day ago
Putin suffers Balkan setbacks as Russia struggles to retain influence
Photo: CRTA A student-led Serbian protest movement recorded a stunning election victory over the country’s long-serving President Aleksandar Vucic in late October in a vote that was widely interpreted as a landmark moment for the Balkan nation. The change in government in Belgrade was another foreign policy blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he struggles to maintain Moscow’s international influence amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Vucic had led Serbia for nin
2 days ago
“Please study history thoroughly” Lithuanian woman tells hammer and sickle-waving Italian students
Neringa Budryte received wide praise in Italy for her open letter that has sparked a wider discussion about gaps in education. After weeks of seeing hammer and sickle flags being waved freely in the streets of Italy during protests, Lithuanian expat Neringa Budryte decided to write an open letter sharing the experience of those who have experienced those regimes. “This is not about denying the existence of social injustices, inequalities, or the right to fight for a better wo
Nov 3
Russia’s Baltic escalation playbook: fear is part of the strategy
Russia is promoting a picture of the Baltic region in which NATO is preparing to attack Russia, Baltic governments are heavily militarising, and Russian speakers face imminent persecution. Taken together, these narratives create an atmosphere of permanent crisis in which military escalation appears increasingly plausible. This allows Moscow to exert pressure even without taking overt military action – the possibility of conflict itself becomes an instrument of coercion. In la
Oct 8
Moscow cries fraud abroad while fixing the vote at home
Moscow routinely portrays elections in democratic countries as fraudulent and controlled from abroad. Yet Russia’s own parliamentary election offers no genuine political choice: the Kremlin controls the field and has eliminated even the possibility of voting against the war in Ukraine. As the war’s effects reach deeper into everyday life, growing public dissatisfaction is being kept out of the ballot box. When post-Soviet states turn away from Russia, as Armenia or Moldova ha
Sep 21
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Putin suffers Balkan setbacks as Russia struggles to retain influence
Photo: CRTA A student-led Serbian protest movement recorded a stunning election victory over the country’s long-serving President Aleksandar Vucic in late October in a vote that was widely interpreted as a landmark moment for the Balkan nation. The change in government in Belgrade was another foreign policy blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he struggles to maintain Moscow’s international influence amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Vucic had led Serbia for nin
2 days ago
UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’
Source: DTEK Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s civilian power grid qualifies as a crime against humanity, according to a new report from United Nations human rights experts. The findings were detailed on October 26 by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine following an investigation into Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since 2022. The UN probe accused Russia of committing war crimes by intentionally targeting Ukrainian civilians
6 days ago
Russia: The Revolt of the Letter-Writers
Despite the Putin regime’s attempts to block criticism of its own behavior and Stalin’s atrocities, ordinary Russians are still gathering to oppose repression. Source: Mediazona In the days around October 30, Russia’s Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, at least 160 gatherings have been planned to commemorate and support prisoners of conscience. Most of them bring people together, often after public readings of the names of victims of Soviet repressio
Nov 5
Europe must weigh rising Ukraine costs against higher price of Russian victory
Source: Land Forces Of Ukraine Facebook page Russia’s intensifying bombing campaign is forcing Ukraine to seek tens of billions of dollars in additional funding to keep the country’s wartime economy afloat in 2027. This is creating political headaches for Kyiv’s European partners at a time when many are already facing mounting domestic financial pressures of their own. As Europe debates whether it can afford to continue bankrolling the Ukrainian war effort, the real question
34 minutes ago
Europe: Get Satellites or Get Throttled
The temporary shutdown of Ukraine’s US-run satellite systems carried an unmistakable and urgent message for Europeans. Source: Kevin Stadnyk / Unsplash European powers must urgently break Elon Musk’s near-monopoly over military communications. It won’t be easy. It won’t be cheap. It won’t happen fast. But it’s necessary to ensure no one man can repeat the trillionaire’s treatment of Ukraine in early October, when he throttled Ukraine’s access to the Starlink and Starshield sa
1 day ago
Putin suffers Balkan setbacks as Russia struggles to retain influence
Photo: CRTA A student-led Serbian protest movement recorded a stunning election victory over the country’s long-serving President Aleksandar Vucic in late October in a vote that was widely interpreted as a landmark moment for the Balkan nation. The change in government in Belgrade was another foreign policy blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he struggles to maintain Moscow’s international influence amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Vucic had led Serbia for nin
2 days ago
Europe must weigh rising Ukraine costs against higher price of Russian victory
Source: Land Forces Of Ukraine Facebook page Russia’s intensifying bombing campaign is forcing Ukraine to seek tens of billions of dollars in additional funding to keep the country’s wartime economy afloat in 2027. This is creating political headaches for Kyiv’s European partners at a time when many are already facing mounting domestic financial pressures of their own. As Europe debates whether it can afford to continue bankrolling the Ukrainian war effort, the real question
34 minutes ago
Europe: Get Satellites or Get Throttled
The temporary shutdown of Ukraine’s US-run satellite systems carried an unmistakable and urgent message for Europeans. Source: Kevin Stadnyk / Unsplash European powers must urgently break Elon Musk’s near-monopoly over military communications. It won’t be easy. It won’t be cheap. It won’t happen fast. But it’s necessary to ensure no one man can repeat the trillionaire’s treatment of Ukraine in early October, when he throttled Ukraine’s access to the Starlink and Starshield sa
1 day ago
Putin suffers Balkan setbacks as Russia struggles to retain influence
Photo: CRTA A student-led Serbian protest movement recorded a stunning election victory over the country’s long-serving President Aleksandar Vucic in late October in a vote that was widely interpreted as a landmark moment for the Balkan nation. The change in government in Belgrade was another foreign policy blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he struggles to maintain Moscow’s international influence amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Vucic had led Serbia for nin
2 days ago
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