Russia Reacts Coolly To Erdogan s Proposal To Establish Joint Middle East Peacekeeping Force
May 21, 2021
Russia adopted a circumspect role during the fighting between Israel and Hamas, and contented itself with the usual bromides about the need to deescalate violence and avoid civilian casualties. The one opportunity for a more active Russian role came when Russia was invited by her frenemy, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to participate in a peacekeeping contingent to the conflict zone. In a phone conversation Erdogan asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to back the proposal at the UN, given the countries shared position on the Jerusalem crisis.
May 10, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9326
Russian Conservative Commentator Akopov: EU Repeating The Mistake Of Napoleon And Hitler, By Suicidally Attacking Russia To The Anglo-Saxons Benefit
May 10, 2021
In this second opinion piece[1] translated by MEMRI on the tensions between the EU and Russia, Ria Novosti commentator Petr Akopov warns the EU that it risks repeating the mistake of Napoleon and Hitler. Both Napoleon and Hitler united Europe and then proceeded to attack Russia, sustaining defeat and losing power as a result. Their failure strengthened Russia, but the principal beneficiaries were the Anglo-Saxons – first Great Britain and then the United States. The EU is not launching an invasion of Russia but has attached former republics of the USSR and is now sparring with Russia over Ukraine. The result will be increased dependence on the United States that is only to happy to divert European attention towards Russia.
March 16, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9236
Novosti Commentator Akopov: Russia And China Will Successfully Vaccinate The World Against The Political Virus Of American Exceptionalism
March 16, 2021
The conservative Novosti commentator Petr Akopov counterposes Secretary of State Anthony Blinken s attempt to build an alliance against the Russian threat and Chinese challenge to the words of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about Sino-Russian solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus and the political virus . The globalist American elites are trying to portray China and Russia as the aggressors invoking Navalny and the plight of the Uyghurs. Their efforts will merely serve to drive Russia and China closer together. Russia and China will successfully vaccinate the world not only against the coronavirus and the political virus of American exceptionalism, but also against a falsified reality; the reality in which a defender is made out to be an aggressor, and hegemonic drea