The strategic stakes are simply too high as NATO encroaches on Russia’s entire southern periphery via TRIPP and Turkiye just revived talk of the Trans-Caspian Pipeline that’s anathema to Russia’s interests. By Andrew Korybko The Turkish Energy Minister revived talk of the long-discussed Trans-Caspian Pipeline in early April in a live interview with local media…
A man suspected of spying for Russia since May 2025 “at the latest” has been detained in Berlin, German prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Kazakh man was in contact with the Russian secret services, the federal prosecutors said. The man passed on details about Germany’s military support for Ukraine and about the German arms and…
Russian officials have repeatedly warned that any NATO state allowing Ukrainian drones to use its airspace for strikes on Russian territory could become a legitimate military target, raising urgent questions about the likelihood of such retaliation. The article examines Moscow’s stated legal justifications, the deterrent power of NATO’s collective defense, and the specific thresholds that…
The “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition that the Russian Military-Historical Society set up outside the entrance to the Katyn cemetery during the 86th anniversary of that Soviet crime earlier this month is essentially a mirror reflection of Poland’s most extreme anti-Russian historical narratives. By Andrew Korybko CNN drew attention to the Russian Military-Historical Society setting up…
Typically cautious Putin isn’t going to risk World War III over foreign drone companies when he wouldn’t risk it after Ukraine attacked his country’s nuclear triad with Western support last summer. By Andrew Korybko Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned on X that “Russian Defense Ministry’s statement must be…
