Tag: Putin

Putin Calls EU Sanctions on Russian Oil ‘Economic Suicide’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out against the European Union’s proposed sanctions on the purchase of Russian oil exports, claiming that adopting such a policy would amount to “economic suicide” for the countries of Western Europe. In a televised address on Tuesday, Putin responded to the EU’s proposed oil embargo on Russia, which has…


What If China Dominated Global Vaccines? Operation Warp Speed Insider Explains

Are the “new Axis powers” caught in a bind? To each a different problem: in China, an economic downturn may be near as its lockdowns continue to impact daily operations. Russia is threatening a two-front war on Finland and Sweden, while it’s unable to finish what it started in Ukraine. And North Korea is now…


China’s View of Russia May Be Changing; Seth Cropsey Talks US-China Relations

Parts of China’s sky turned red, supposedly because of a fishing vessel light. Many call it a bad omen for the Chinese regime. Is it celestial messaging or science gone mad in China? We talk about the Russia-China relationship as some inside the communist circle express dissent. Do they have unwavering support for the Russian…


Former Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Says Russia Has Already Lost the War

Gao Yusheng, former Chinese ambassador to Ukraine, said recently at a forum that Russia “has already lost the Russia-Ukraine War.” His analysis of the cause and trend of the war is completely different from the Chinese communist regime’s pro-Russia rhetoric. In the speech, he also predicted that Russia would be expelled from important international organizations,…


US Should Divert Fuel to Europe: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair

During the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s May 12 deliberations on aiding Ukraine, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said the United States should divert fuel to Europe to assist with energy disruptions there. Menendez’s statements came in the wake of significant disruptions in Europe’s energy market. The Russian energy giant Gazprom’s cutting off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria in…


Sen. Markey Calls for Nuclear De-escalation With Russia

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has called for the Biden administration to guarantee that it won’t engage in a first-use nuclear strike against Russia amid the escalating war in Ukraine, but officials have indicated that the United States will likely maintain its policy of “strategic ambiguity.” Markey called for the administration to announce a no first…


Why Did Putin Apologize to Israel?

Commentary Vladimir Putin apologized to Israel last week for claims by his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, that Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish heritage. But why? Lavrov was defending one of Putin’s central rationales for Russia’s invasion—the denazification of Ukraine—by pushing back against the mainstream narrative that Ukraine couldn’t be Nazi-friendly because Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr…


[PREMIERING NOW] Former Putin Adviser Andrei Illarionov: Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin

This episode will premiere on Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Before the Russia-Ukraine war began, most analysts did not believe Vladimir Putin would actually invade—until he did. Andrei Illarionov was one of the few that accurately predicted what was to come. From 2000 to 2005, he was chief economic adviser to Russian President…


Former Putin Adviser Andrei Illarionov: Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin

This episode will premiere on Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Before the Russia-Ukraine war began, most analysts did not believe Vladimir Putin would actually invade—until he did. Andrei Illarionov was one of the few that accurately predicted what was to come. From 2000 to 2005, he was chief economic adviser to Russian President…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Former Putin Adviser Andrei Illarionov: Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin

This episode will premiere on Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Before the Russia-Ukraine war began, most analysts did not believe Vladimir Putin would actually invade—until he did. Andrei Illarionov was one of the few that accurately predicted what was to come. From 2000 to 2005, he was chief economic adviser to Russian President…