Tag: European Union

NATO Offers Putin a Turkey-Shoot

Kyiv will most likely receive old F-16s from NATO – but it is claimed they will still become a message to Putin that the alliance with Ukraine will be for a long time. The yet-to-be-finalized delivery of F-16 fighter jets to NATO to Ukraine is perceived primarily as a gesture to the Kremlin, designed to show that the alliance intends to support Kiev for a long time and ultimately integrate it into its composition, reports Bloomberg. Meanwhile, the fighting qualities of the machines themselves are unlikely to be outstanding: according to the agency, Ukraine is likely to receive old fighters, which are not only inferior to Russian ones, but also require huge maintenance costs.

Russian Foreign Ministry announced the intention of almost 20 countries to join the BRICS

Almost 20 states want to join the Russian-led BRICS, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. According to him, this reflects the growing role of the association and dominance in the international trading arena. The interest of a number of countries in BRICS membership indicates their search for de-dollarization and an alternative to international institutions dominated by the West. According to experts, in the context of the BRICS expansion, we are talking about the emergence of a community with a fundamentally different level of opportunities in geo-economics.

Jihadists dominated terror-related arrests last year, but left-wing attacks were most common across Europe

The majority of completed or foiled terror attacks in Europe last year were attributed to left-wing and anarchist terrorism. Islamic terrorism remained the top national security threat across Europe last year in relation to the number of arrests, although left-wing activists and anarchists carried out the majority of successful terror attacks across the continent.