It was America that offered Nato membership to Ukraine -- in 2008. France and Germany were reluctant then. After the Russian annexation of Crimea, there were two Minsk accords, negotiated between Russia, France and Germany. Ukraine never implemented them, and continued to get

Often retuning to that #Putin’ s speech. How many leaders who spoke at this year’s #MSC2025 have listened to that speech, ever? Yes in “democratic” Europe leadership changes, unlike in Russia, but shouldn’t simple knowledge of history and diplomatic wisdom be continual?

As preparations are on for #Putin #Trump summit in Saudi Arabia, I take a look at how rapidly dynamics shifts, and why it could be bigger than just resolving #UkraineCrisis (which still, despite all the hype, is easier said than done) shorturl.at/wt6q0

I can understand why many people are upset with Trump accusing Kiev for starting the war. However, we should admit that 2014 has been purged from our collective memory and banned from the war narrative - This was CNN reporting on Kiev's attack on Donbas after the 2014 coup

I watched the entire press conference with Zelensky. There was 40 minutes of discussion up to the argument. Most people saw at most the last ten minutes. The whole video gives the proper context. When I first watched the argument without the proper context, I thought it was

Hard relizations. No one cancelled diplomatic wisdom and political experience..

I always ask my students to watch this talk--it is one of the most popular IR talks on YT (30m people have watched it). The Americans always knew what they were doing with Ukraine. But the Ukrainians probably thought the Americans were invested in their sovereignty. Nobody is

"Trump does not see India as a big power in the same league as China and Russia. India has to be careful not to become a convenient pawn for the US in the big power game, Quad a bargaining tool with China": Shyam Saran indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Is Russia ready for a ceasefire? Russian Journalist, Ksenia Kondratieva Ksenia Kondratieva elaborates ''Even if Russia agrees to a ceasefire, will it abide by it?": Anna Borshchevskaya #NewsToday @SardesaiRajdeep

Why did the EU select as its foreign policy chief a person who states she does not believe in diplomacy with Russia, but wants the world's largest nuclear power defeated and broken into smaller states. Kallas has become the face of the EU's political immaturity and irrelevance

“Having orbited Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase its beauty, not destroy it!” — Yuri Gagarin 🚀 So inspiring words of #Gagarin he said just before the launch to eternity: t.me/MFARussia/24405

After #Sumy attack that killed 34 civilians according to Ukraine, #Kiyv accused Moscow of “wanting terror" and "and Keith Kellogg claimed attack “crosses all acceptable lines." In my latest column I weigh on US-Russia talks as they are seen from #Moscow shorturl.at/Gg54J

Ukraine hasn't taken any major territorial victory in the lost lands since the Kherson offensive in 2022. Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive fell disastrously flat. The territories it captured in Kursk has been lost, while the Russians took more than 5,000 sq. km of Ukrainian

My key point in today's interview with IndiaToday was that while #droneattack brought great PR for Ukraine and great television for many global media, it hardly changed the situation on the battlefield and may have a negative impact on the outcome of the ongoing #Istanbul talks.

Trump says the Indians "don't care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian war machine". I mean, if the Americans want to declare an economic war on India, let them. But do not bring morality into the argument. It doesn't fit well for the US, which continues to

US and Russia announcing Trump-Putin summit at Alaska is not just a shocker for media people It is a shocker for geopolicial experts, many of whom are so fixated with Ukraine's frontline developments What's hapenning between 🇷🇺🇺🇸 is more than that

The Mumbai Sea Link is now branded with the RT India logo — part of RT’s nationwide mega campaign ahead of the launch of its dedicated channel, RT India. I could never have imagined this happening during my decade-long stay in Mumbai. Excited!

In response to U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil in 2019, India abruptly ended its longstanding energy relationship with Iran, effectively ceding that market to China, which has since emerged as the near-exclusive buyer of Iranian crude — the cheapest in the world. Washington,

My piece ‘India’s Russia Defence Puzzle’ in the January edition of India's World: THE MOSCOW CONNECT Vol. 2 Issue 1 When global alignments are breaking down, and defence supply chains are weaponised, can India really decouple from Russia when BrahMos and the S-400 still

New Delhi commented on this report by P. Manoj by saying it is in touch with US side. Important: It didn’t deny the report. One would assume that while India may not be completely withdrawing from Chabahar, for near future the entire INSTC route concept is under question