Sergei Strokan

Even Putin’s arch-foes now admit Russia is winning in Ukraine

The sanctions imposed by the US and its European allies on Russia after the start of the military operation in…

1 year ago

Is pragmatic Kazakhstan becoming Singapore of Eurasia?

Less than two years after abrupt departure of its first president Nursultan Nazarbayev, known as elbasy or “father of all…

1 year ago

Has the endgame in Ukraine already begun?

With more than 600 days after its start, the military conflict in Ukraine, which triggered the deepest international crisis since…

1 year ago

How Trudeau’s Canada got into the crosshairs of India and Russia

Growing row between Canada and India with two world democracies trading jabs and locking horns over the issues of political…

1 year ago

Will Wagner forces in Belarus open a second front against Ukraine?

Russia’s short-lived mutiny sent shock waves throughout the world with Wagner military group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin challenging Russian state. But…

1 year ago

Ukraine’s ‘counteroffensive’ — the war with Russia could get really dirty now

Ukraine army's grand offensive, aimed to change the course of the bloody war with Russia after a 16-month standoff and…

2 years ago

After Xi’s visit, has China become Russia’s big brother?

Chinese President Xi Jinping ended a state visit to Russia, which became one of the news-breaking stories of the year.…

2 years ago

One year after war in Ukraine, fighting rumbles on

One-year anniversary of Russian military operation in Ukraine, started Feb. 24, 2022, has a long global echo with an avalanche…

2 years ago

Taliban threat tops Moscow regional security meeting on Afghanistan

Less than two years after seizing power in Kabul, the Taliban movement, banned in Russia and unrecognized in the world,…

2 years ago

How India and Russia are benefitting from Western sanctions against Moscow

Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar paid a two-day official visit to Moscow, which became the first high-level bilateral contact after…

2 years ago

Russia raises alarm about Ukrainian ‘dirty bomb’

Russia has requested an emergency discussion at the United Nations Security Council later today on the provocation with the use…

2 years ago

Will Putin order a bigger mobilisation in conflict against Ukraine?

President Putin's address to the Russians, in which he announced the beginning of partial mobilisation in the country on September…

2 years ago

Remembering Daria Dugina—victim of a Moscow terror strike

The murder in Moscow of Daria Dugina, the daughter of the famous Russian ideologue and architect of the concept of…

2 years ago

Is the world sliding into a Chernobyl-plus nuclear disaster in Ukraine?

<p> Tensions around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Ukraine reached a climax by the weekend , after three more…

2 years ago

Is Russia the real winner of the Taiwan crisis?

<p> The sudden chill in the US-China relations, brought about by Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, illuminates a new security…

2 years ago

Is the West goading Zelensky to launch a new offensive against Russia in Ukraine?

<p> A big statement by Ukraine’s President, Vladimir Zelensky about his determination to recover  the lost territories of Donbas in…

2 years ago