Russia’s winter offensive in Ukraine is a failure. Little or no progress on the ground and huge losses of soldiers and military equipment means that Russia is taking action. The German newspaper Bild reports that the electricity has been switched off in several Russian prisons. This is done in an attempt to get more…
As expected, Yekaterina Duntsova was not allowed to stand as a candidate for the presidential election in Russia. The election will be held in March 2024. In a previous blog I wrote that it was a presidential election where the outcome is given in advance. Yekaterina Duntsova did not pass the eye of the…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided that athletes from Russia and Belarus may participate in the Olympics. They may participate as neutral athletes, without the use of emblems and flags. This joins a series of cowardice from the Olympic Committee. For me, this decision will mean that I will not be able to…
17 March 2024 Russia will hold its presidential election. It has not yet been confirmed that incumbent President Vladimir Putin is running for a new 5-year term. Everything indicates that Putin is taking a new term and therefore launching his candidacy soon. Putin will win in a country without real democracy. The opposing candidates…
Anyone who thinks that sanctions against arms exports to Russia will prevent Western weapons from reaching the battlefield in Ukraine is wrong. Weapons and ammunition do not come to Russia directly from Western countries, but via intermediaries. The sale of so-called hunting weapons to countries such as Poland, the UAE, Hungary and Croatia has…
Hamas’s attacks on Israel are to a large extent carried out with the support of Iran and Russia. I condemn the attack in the strongest possible terms. An attack that largely targeted civilians. The images we have seen from Israel are reminiscent of the images we have seen from Ukraine, the killing of innocent…