The two leaders met in Beijing on Friday, before Putin will attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. In a statement after the meeting, they expressed their opposition to the expansion of NATO, as well as the agreement that
Vladimir ZelenskyPolicy s has long been nothing but aware. After the press conference with Macron, commentators asked whether the man himself wasn’t either. From Bjørn Nistad. The press conference following political talks between French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President
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Last year, Norway was the most democratic country in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual democracy index. But global developments are bleak. Norway, which took first place in the review also in 2020, got the best score
In 1982, Margaret Thatcher was in a very delicate situation and was saved thanks to the Falkland Islands. Boris Johnson would like history to repeat itself forty years later, but an invasion and a war are not the same as
This year marks the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of the publication of the World Socialist Web Site. Prior to the launch of WSWS on February 14, 1998, was a full year of intense discussion and preparation. This discussion was
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, announced this Tuesday, January 31, that he was signing a decree providing for the merging of an additional 100,000 troops in three years. During his appearance before the Ukrainian Parliament, President Zelensky emphasized the
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the West has ignored its demands in the Ukraine crisis. “The United States has ignored our main demands,” the Russian president said at a news conference after nearly five hours of his meeting with
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday he would make changes to the way Downing Street and government offices are run. He points out that 400 people work at 10 Downing Street, and they work hard, but that mistakes have been
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL MEETING: Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden meet in Switzerland in June. Photo: Alexander Zemlanichenko / AP While Vladimir Putin used threats, military pressure, and disinformation to divide Europe, Joe Biden sought to unite the Allies. This is a