Month: March 2023

Is Putin now ready to "destroy the west" ?

One of the more insidious developments in Putin’s Russia is the extent to which Putin’s “Thought Police” will go to ensure that the people of Russia do not even think that his war with Ukraine is wrong or unjust.   As reported by Politico, “A man sentenced to two years in prison in a case launched

The world is not being fooled by Putin and Xi Jinping.

And so, for his three day visit to Moscow, the “Bromance” between China’s President Xi Jinping and Putin has caught the attention of the world audience. As reported by Helen Davidson and Justin McCurry,“Xi’s trip to Moscow has been viewed as a major boost for his strategic partner Putin, who is subject to an international

Has Putin now lit the fuse for WW3?

On Friday 10th March, Xi Jinping was unanimously elected as head of the ruling Communist Party of China. As reported by Oli Smith (left), “Xi Jinping will reign over China for at least the next five years after he was handed a historic third five-year term as Chinese president. Mr Xi was unanimously elected as

"Has Putin now become Xi Jinping’s poodle"

Putin’s latest onslaught against the people of Ukraine has all the hallmarks of a man desperate to cling onto power. As reported by Hanna Arhirova and Elena Becatoros, “Russia unleashed a missile barrage targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine early Thursday, hitting residential buildings and killing at least five people in the largest such attack in

Will Xi Jinping throw Putin under the political bus?

The internationally announced “peace plan” of Xi Jinping to end Putin’s war with Ukraine shares much in common with the Minsk “peace plans” of Angela Merkel, a “peace plan” that had Putin’s fingerprints all over it. The Minsk I and Minsk II “peace plans” pushed by Merkel onto Ukraine had, as its backdrop, the agenda