Laying of controversial $11bn gas pipeline to Europe is finished two weeks before Putin meets Biden in GenevaHenry Foy in St Petersburg viaRussia has completed the laying of a controversial gas pipeline to Europe in defiance of western sanctions, president […]

By Patrick Lawrence viaJoe Biden has just announced that he will convene with Vladimir Putin for the two leaders’ first summit, to be held 16 June in Geneva. It is not too difficult to put forward a forecast as to […]

By Paul Craig Roberts viaBefore we give in to hopes that the Biden/Putin Summit will result in better relations between the US and Russia, we should remember the Trump/Putin Summit in Helsinki in July 2018. The US media and the Democrat […]

By Gilbert DoctorowviaIn the past several days, ever since a firm date and location were announced for a summit between the US and Russian presidents, 16 June in Geneva, American political scientists and journalists have been working overtime to fill […]

Bombastic phrases for military ops like the anti-Russia one today strikes this author as masking an underlying lack of confidence. By Anatol Lieven via “I will do such things – what they are, yet I know not, but they shall […]

By Edward Lozansky via News of the Biden-Putin summit is a rare positive signal amid an otherwise doom and gloom atmosphere as U.S.-Russian relations have sunk to historic lows. In reviewing the content of a possible summit agenda, it is vital […]

What Must be Discussed at a US-Russia Summit by Matthew Ehret and Edward Lozansky via News of the hopeful Biden – Putin summit is a rare positive signal amidst an otherwise doom and gloom atmosphere as US-Russian relations have sunk to historic lows. […]

By Paul Robinson viaBy forcing a commercial passenger airliner to land, and seizing two of its passengers, the Belarusian authorities, long regarded as ‘rogue’ by the West, have given the European Union an excuse to pressure their country further.But beyond […]

By David S. Foglesong via New Jersey Star-LedgerLast summer’s bombshell about Russian payments for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan turns out to have been a dud. That should stand as a warning against too readily believing stories about […]

Carnegie Moscow head Dmitri Trenin says Russia can’t be dictated to by another country, adds that real test for India from Moscow’s perspective is how it tackles S-400 deal issue with US. By Nayanima BasuviaNew Delhi: Just as the US […]