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Russian aircraft fly over the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, a narrow strip that links the Azov and Black Seas, as a Russian ship blocks the strait, after Russia fired on and then seized three Ukrainian ships, accusing them of illegally entering its waters in the Sea of Azov. Photo: AFP

European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, World

EU confined to new sanctions on Russia

by Emanuele Scimia December 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Russia's President Vladimir Putin boarding a car upon arrival at Ezeiza International airport in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP via by G20 Press Office

China, Germany, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Kerch blockade aims to make Putin great again

by Andrei Kolesnikov December 1, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on September 28, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin via Reuters

China, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The trials and tribulations of Turkish foreign policy

by Pepe Escobar November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

Trump abruptly cancels Putin meeting after Russia probe bombshell

by Asia Times staff November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Ukrainian nationalists hold flares during a rally outside parliament on Monday to demand that Kiev break its agreement with Russia on cooperation in the use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and impose martial law in the country. The previous day Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships by force in a strait near Moscow-annexed Crimea. Photo: AFP/ STR / NurPhoto

Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear

by Pepe Escobar November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Nikopol Sergey Tsybizov, a sailor from a seized Ukrainian naval vessel, is questioned in Kerch, Russia, on Monday. Image: Russian Federal Security Service

European Union, Russia, World

Kiev imposes martial law after clash with Russian navy

by Giovanni Pigni November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

In this handout photo distributed by the Russian Federal Security Service, three Ukrainian naval ships cross what Moscow claims as the Russian border. Photo: Russian Federal Security Service via AFP

China, European Union, Russia, World

Ukraine ship seizure sparks war of words at UN as Kiev mulls martial law

by Asia Times staff November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Policemen stand in front of the Russian Embassy in Kiev late on Sunday, while smoke from a flare thrown by protesters is seen during a rally, following an incident in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea, in which three Ukrainian naval vessels were seized by a Russian border guard vessel. Photo: AFP

France, Russia, World

Russia seizes Ukrainian navy vessels off annexed Crimea

by Asia Times staff November 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Patriarch Bartolomew: making moves into Ukraine. Photo: Shutterstock

European Union, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Ukraine rift triggers biggest split in Orthodox Church in 1,000 years

by Alexander Titov October 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Hlevakha, Ukraine. Photo: iStock.

AT Finance, European Union, Vietnam, World

Vietnamese illegals stranded, detained in Ukraine

by Asia Times staff October 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Russia's spies have left a trail of evidence leading directly to Moscow. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Russia’s spies red-faced after multiple plots uncovered

by Giovanni Pigni October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

The funeral procession for Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the Donetsk People's Republic. Photo: Valeriy Melnikov / Sputnik/ AFP

In breakaway Ukraine, those who live by the sword are dying by it

by Giovanni Pigni September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian Defense Ministry Main Missile and Artillery Directorate Chief Lt. Gen. Nikolai Parshin speaks as a screen shows a Buk anti-aircraft missile during a news conference
in Moscow on Sept. 17, 2018, about a missile that shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 four years ago. Photo: Sputnik/ Vitaliy Belousov via AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, World

Russia reveals the MH17 ‘smoking gun’

by Pepe Escobar September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Adolph Hitler. Photo: Flickr Commons

European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

How ‘brutal dictators’ get access to evil

by David Simmons September 11, 2018September 12, 2018

Map of Afghanistan: iStock

Afghanistan, South Asia

Afghanistan crash kills 12

by Asia Times and agencies September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take to the stage during a meeting at the German government guesthouse in Meseberg. Photo: AFP/Sergey Guneev/Sputnik

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

From Baltic Sea to Black Sea, Russia aims for a win-win

by Pepe Escobar August 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, right, is seen with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference on the second day of the NATO summit in Brussels on July 12. Photo: AFP/ Ludovic Marin

AT Finance, European Union, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, World

Would America fight in northern Europe? A question for NATO

by Stephen Bryen July 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Beijing, China, European Union, Italy, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Family values: the growing alliance between Putin and Western populism

by Robert Skidelsky June 27, 2018

Presidential advisor Moon Chung-in (left)and former NIC head Gregory Treverton speak at the East Asian Foundation in Seoul, Friday. Photo: Andrew Salmon/ Asia Times

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea

Former US chief spook does U-turn on denuclearization

by Andrew Salmon June 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian farmer Jaswinder Singh shifted base to Ukraine for better opportunities. Photo: KG Sharma.

AT Finance, European Union, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Punjabi farmers look to Ukraine for a profitable harvest

by K G Sharma June 22, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, World

The uncertain legacy of the Singapore summit

by Richard N. Haass June 17, 2018June 17, 2018

An artist's impression of the future Chinese nuclear carrier. Photo: Weibo

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai

China’s plans to build nuclear carrier are still a long shot

by Asia Times staff June 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Airspace is empty over Syria after the European Aviation Safety Agency published a rapid alert notification warning of the possibility of missile activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Diagram: FlightRadar24

AT Finance, European Union, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Missiles ‘nice and new and smart’ coming to Syria, Trump warns

by Asia Times and Reuters April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian tank in Ukraine. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

European Union, France, Germany, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The geopolitics beyond the Skripal case

by Nicos Panayiotides April 5, 2018

Henry Kissinger, Leonid Brezhnev and Viktor Sukhodrev visit a hunting farm at Zavidovo, Russia, May 1973. Photo via Flickr

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Congratulations or none, ostracizing Russia might be worse

by Stephen Bryen March 22, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a summit in Sochi, Russia, in October 2017. Photo: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

Russia stuck in a groove as Putin faces existential quandary

by Sergey Aleksashenko February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

The number of attacks has skyrocketed. Photo: Reuters/Kacper Pempel

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, World

Trump threatens ‘consequences’ for alleged 2017 Russian cyberattack

by Asia Times staff February 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon.
Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Russia, Thailand, World

101 arrests in raid on Mong Kok building with 200 brothel rooms

by Asia Times staff January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Servicemen patrol at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 30, 2017. Photo: AFP / Mladen ANTONOV

Afghanistan, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

How mothers’ angst might rein in Putin’s military ambitions

by Jennifer Mathers January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Drones used in an attack on Russian military bases in Syria. Photo: Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation via AFP

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russians asking for help after swarming drone attacks

by Stephen Bryen January 13, 2018February 18, 2020