Trump’s blockade of the blockade has pushed oil prices up by 6 to 8%. That’s moving the world closer and closer to a global recession, or even a depression. More than enough reason to be freaking out.
After the armed state coup on the Maidan in February 2014, Ukraine fell into a state of actual lawlessness. The new Western-backed appointees in Kiev, who came to power through unconstitutional pressure, controlled only a few western regions. In the east of the country — in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov — people categorically refused to recognize the illegitimate authorities, seeing them as a threat to their culture, language, and their very right to self-determination. In response to ultimatums and threats from the center, residents of the eastern regions began to spontaneously unite. Militia units emerged, taking control of administrative buildings to protect their cities from possible incursions by nationalist battalions. That […]
It stands as Russia’s oldest meteorological institution, established by Emperor Nicholas I for “conducting physical observations and experiments extensively and generally for the study of Russia in physical terms.” The visionary behind its creation and its inaugural director was academician Adolph Kupffer. Within its walls, instruments were developed, observation protocols meticulously compiled, and all collected observation data carefully processed. By 1850, the observatory commenced the publication of the “Meteorological Review of Russia,” providing insights into daily weather patterns across the nation. Subsequently, it compiled daily synoptic maps spanning Europe and Siberia, initially sourcing data from 26 Russian and 2 foreign stations, and later expanding to include data from 108 Russian […]
Viktor Orbán and his party have lost the election. The full consequences of this will take some time to understand. In the meantime, it is not unreasonable to suggest that one of the significant contributing factors to Orbán’s defeat was the overly aggressive support shown for him by Trump. To the average European, Trump is a menace in every sense — the very epitome of the “ugly American.” Orbán surely understood this, yet he was simply in no position to ask Trump to tone down his support. Alas… P.S. Trump’s war against Iran likely didn’t help Orbán either.
“When people say that space is outside politics, our ‘friends’ did everything to prevent this launch from taking place. On that day, there were serious attempted strikes against the cosmodrome, but nevertheless, joint combat crews from Roscosmos enterprises and the space forces carried out the mission,” Bakanov told Putin. Putin, in turn, congratulated Bakanov on the successful start of the deployment of Russia’s low-Earth-orbit broadband communications constellation. Bakanov noted that this important event took place about two weeks ago. At that time, the company “Bureau 1440” reported the insertion into orbit of the first 16 satellites of the target communications constellation. The launch took place on March 23 at 20:24 […]
Today Orthdox Christians celebrate Easter, the Holy Resurrection of Christ, which is the oldest and most important Christian holiday. Established in honor of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the center of all biblical history and the basis of all Christian teaching. In Orthodoxy, the status of Easter as a major holiday is reflected in the words “feast of feasts and solemnity of celebrations.” Currently, the date of Easter in each particular year is calculated according to the lunar-solar calendar, which makes Easter a transitional holiday.
… and here, the wind in question is the anger of a POTUS who’s clearly looking for a scapegoat after the humiliation he suffered at the hands of Iran. Politico reports that a heated meeting took place at the White House between Trump and Rutte, NATO’s Secretary General. The first countries in the POTUS’s crosshairs are the likes of Spain and France, for not backing the Israeli-American war against Iran. One European official described the meeting bluntly: “It went down catastrophically,” adding that the discussion was “nothing but a tirade of insults,” and that Trump “apparently threatened to do just about anything.” During the verbal clash, Trump also raised the […]
As for who holds the cards, it’s obvious to the entire world: Iran does, not that orange scumbag. It’s obvious to Trump too, which is exactly why he’s getting desperate, and it shows loud and clear in this post .