On 19 May G7 leaders expressed support for the peace formula proposed by Zelenskyy and stressed the need for an immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Russia poses a threat to the entire civilised world – a war of invasion, which the Kremlin prefers to call a “special military operation”. This could lead humanity to disaster…
Sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex and a ban on imports of Russian raw materials will weaken Putin’s war machine Russian defence companies not hit by sanctions are importing goods from EU countries for the war against Ukraine. Among these purchases are rifles and body armour for soldiers, machine tools for missiles, and microchips for GLONASS, which are…
Photo by Pommelien da Silva Cosme on Unsplash The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommended back in February 2023 to remove the Kingdom of Morocco from the enhanced monitoring process, known as the ‘grey list’. The European Commission has accordingly accepted this recommendation, making the decision after assessing the compliance of the national system with international standards relating…
Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash The Russian State Duma committee for state building and legislation has reviewed draft laws that introduce amendments to martial law. These amendments give the Russian authorities freedom of action regarding the occupied territories of Ukraine and their residents. Declaratively, they refer to the possibility of holding elections under martial law, which was…
Photo by Daria Volkova on Unsplash Throughout modern history, the Russian Federation has carried out numerous armed conflicts on the territory of other states and republics: the two Chechen wars, the occupation of Transdnistria, the war in Abkhazia, the Russian-Georgian war, and the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war. The war in Ukraine shows that the Russian authorities are trying to…
Photo by Ildar Garifullin on Unsplash The annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will be held in Uzbekistan On May 16-18, the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will be held in Samarkand, under the general main theme – “Investing in Resilience”. The…
Photo by Dylan Hunter on Unsplash On 11 May, the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigeti, said he was aware of arms shipments from the republic to Russia. This precedent occurred in the first decade of December 2022, when the Russian ship Lady R was in the port of Simonstown, where, under conditions of strict secrecy, a…
Photo by Farhodjon Chinberdiev on Unsplash On 18 May, the Hilton Tashkent City Hotel will host the 2nd International Forum “Implementing Best Practices in Poverty Reduction”. This year, the Forum is organized by the Centre for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) together with the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Forum is…
Photo by Edoardo Ceriani on Unsplash Putin has consistently prepared for war with the West, which he considers a response to Russia’s “historic humiliation” – the collapse of the USSR. After the end of the Second Chechen War, Russia immediately began to accumulate military resources for territorial expansion in the post-Soviet space, no country within which the Kremlin…
Photo by Aleksandra Dementeva on Unsplash The Pro-Western and pro-democratic Armenian PR campaign is intensifying, flooding Armenian outlets in English all over the world. “Will the West save Armenia?”, laments the reputable Past outlet, demanding to protect the only democracy in the Caucasus from Azerbaijani dictatorship. “The West should support Armenia’s democracy, because it cannot be taken for…
