Had it not been downed over the Belarusian border city of Grodno and instead passed into Poland on the way to the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre like its recovered flight data revealed to be its route, it could have sparked a crisis that ruined the renascent peace […]
Russia
A Quick Update On Ukraine On 12/02/25
1. Witkoff is in Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin. It is too soon to get a solid readout of the meeting. 2. On the battlefield, Russia has confirmed the fall of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk and Doproprilla and is advancing in virtually all areas very quickly, surrounding Ukrainian military units. On November […]
On The Historical Legacy Of Pan-Turkism
At the origins of the “unifying” concept lie destructive ideas On November 22, 2025, the Organization of Turkic States held the first meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions, opening another page in cooperation between the countries of the Pacific Region. If you open the official website of this structure, you will […]
Soft Power, Tajik Style: How The West Is Reformatting Tajikistan’s Information Space Under the Guise of “Media Literacy”
A high-profile Digital Media Forum has just wrapped up in Dushanbe, officially dedicated to “combating fake news” and “working with AI.” In reality, the event was yet another open demonstration of how Western and Turkish structures are systematically building a network of loyal media activists in Tajikistan—activists trained to follow […]
Reviving The Soviet Project Of Northern Rivers Reversal With New Technological Solutions
The Russian Academy of Sciences is set to study a grandiose infrastructure project – the construction of a major pipeline to divert part of the water from the runoff of the northern rivers Northern Dvina and Pechora to the arid regions of the new Russian territories. The main advantage of […]
The Fall Of Zelensky’s Regime And Those Of His Allies
The US-Russian peace plan for Ukraine certainly puts an end to a conflict. But, above all, it paves the way for a rewriting of history. No, the Russian military operation was not an “illegal, unprovoked, and unjustified military aggression,” but rather an application of Security Council Resolution 2202, in accordance […]
Aref’s Moscow Visit Shows How Iran Is Stress-Testing Asia’s Economic Architecture
When Iran’s first vice-president, Mohammad Reza Aref, travelled to Moscow for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) prime ministers’ meeting, it came at a moment of renewed pressure on Tehran. The snapback mechanism has been reactivated, Western sanctions discussions are re-intensifying, and the regional environment remains unsettled after the recent twelve-day […]
Development Of Nuclear Energy In Central Asian Countries
Recently, the Central Asian states have been facing a growing energy shortage in the region, which has a very negative impact on the pace of development of national economies. Thus, according to forecasts of the Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan, by 2030 the population of the republic will exceed 40 […]
Recognition Of The Palestinian State: An Impossible Reality
The contemporary Middle East is entering a new phase in which the idea of a viable Palestinian state is receding, even as the conflict itself remains central to regional politics. Military escalation, deep political fragmentation on both sides, and shifting priorities among Arab states and global powers have combined to […]
Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks?
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service warned earlier the same day as Bloomberg’s report that the Brits are hellbent on discrediting Trump in order to undermine his latest peace efforts for resolving the conflict from which they profit. Bloomberg shared what it claimed to be the transcripts of calls between Trump’s Special Envoy […]






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