EU energy ministers fail yet again to agree on a price cap on Russian gas to punish Moscow.

• December 14, 2022

By Benyamin POGHOSYAN, PhD, Chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies

The war in Ukraine brought Russia – West relations to the lowest point since the early Cold war years of the 1950s. Discussions about the emergence of Cold War 2.0 were prevalent among experts and the academic community well before February 24, 2022. The starting point was perhaps President Putin's famous 2007 Munich security conference speech. However, the current confusion in global geopolitics is quite different from the original Cold War. In the second part of the 20th century, the world was bipolar, as the US and Soviet Union were fighting each other. Many countries sought to avoid this confrontation through membership in the Non–aligned movement, but it never became a third pole. Now the situation is much more complicated. As the US and Russia are facing each other in a new rendition of a Cold War, the world is far from being bipolar. It may eventually end with a new bipolar system, but Russia will not be among the top two players. If bipolarity ever returns, the US and China will be the building blocks of that system. READ MORE

• December 13, 2022

Those sanctioned by Britain in coordination with international partners include Russian and Iranian officials.

• December 9, 2022

President Vladimir Putin says any country that launches a nuclear attack on Moscow would be “wiped out”, and that Russian weapons could forcefully respond

• December 9, 2022

Russian president says future prisoner swaps with US are possible and Russia’s hypersonic weapons would defend it if attacked.

• December 9, 2022

The disputes concern alleged Chinese restrictions on EU companies’ rights to use a foreign court to protect their high-tech patents, and trade with EU member Lithuania.

• December 7, 2022

A mysterious weapon has hit one of Russia’s largest and most important military airfields.

• December 7, 2022

Belarus plans to move military equipment and forces in a ‘counterterrorism’ exercise, state media reports.

• December 7, 2022