Clean' energy in Russia remains just over 30%, and entire sectors such as automotive and heating still run exclusively on fossil fuels. Mind you, with the invasion of Ukraine, hopes of seeing Moscow as a major contributor to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism have faded.
Even the minorities of the former great empire who aspire to independence are questioning what the tycoon's approach to the Ukrainian issue will really be and what consequences this may have for their battles. Intellectual Kharun ar-Rusi: Washington has always been Russocentric even in its support for opposition to Putin
From aliens to fifth columns in the ‘Novaja Gazeta’ artist Petr Sarukhanov has tried to draw the whole picture of the ‘enemies of holy Russia’, composing a list that seems to be updated non-stop. As Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explained, ‘the special military operation has recompacted our society, allowing us to purify it’.
It is not at all clear whether "homeland" means the same thing for Trump's followers or Putin's subjects, whether it indicates the nativism of "blood and soil" or rather the "spiritual" union of those who have a shared vision of state, region, or the whole world. For now, the newly elected president of the United States has promised a solution to the Ukraine war by 20 January, the day of his inauguration (coincidentally the Orthodox feast of the Baptism of the Lord).
Strong-arm tactics have become a systematic means of pressure, especially against Russian political prisoners. A Mediazona investigation tells the stories of those who have been subjected to violence in Russian prisons to extract forced confessions.
What are the repercussions in Asia of the deployment of Kim Jong-Un's troops in Ukraine? Prof Andrew Yeo told AsiaNews that geopolitical lines are being redrawn. Ukraine may be encouraging North Korean soldiers to desert, but support for Ukraine in South Korea is a divisive issue. For its part, China is trying to avoid being identified as part of the Russia-North Korea bloc.
