The two leaders will discuss Ukraine's use of Storm Shadow missiles, a move that could inflame the conflict with Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow has placed two RAI journalists on the wanted list for illegal entry
Interview with Stefano Silvestri, a great expert in geopolitics and military affairs and former President of the IAI: "The government's inexperience and character problems can be remedied, ideology cannot." Regarding the Ukrainian offensive on Russian territory "I don't think that...
Clumsy move by Orban who, without any EU mandate, runs to Putin to propose an unlikely "ceasefire" in Ukraine. The EU leaders rise up but forget that they could have prevented Orban from assuming the pro-tempore presidency of Europe: instead...
As Israel evaluates Hamas' truce proposal, concerns over tensions on the border with Lebanon are growing. The Hungarian prime minister in Ukraine calls for a ceasefire, Zelensky freezes it. At the same time, Putin met Xi Jinping and…
D-Day celebrated heroism and solidarity, but the shadow of geopolitical tensions grows ever more intense. As world leaders gather to commemorate, Putin's threats reveal deep divisions. Meanwhile, Israel, between political changes and attacks…
During a press conference in Minsk with Belarusian President Lukashenko, the Russian president reiterated Moscow's support for negotiations on Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán accuses Europe: "It is preparing to go to war"
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has summoned the Russian ambassador to Italy to obtain clarifications on the matter, promising support for national businesses and close collaboration with Brussels and Germany
Russia, President Putin denies the hypothesis of a Russian invasion of Europe, dismissing it as "total nonsense". But F-16s remain a "legitimate target" wherever they are found
In international media photos, the attackers show signs of torture. New raids on Ukraine. USA: "Hypersonic missiles used". Tajani: "Attack on Moscow was in the air, security in Italy strengthened"
Although the massacre in Moscow was claimed by ISIS, Putin calls into question Ukraine, which was heavily bombed yesterday in Kiev, and makes the world fear a very dangerous escalation
Macron shows his muscles to Russia but does not lose sight of the path of diplomatic negotiation to silence the branches in Ukraine. Quite the opposite of what Salvini and Conte are doing in Italy with their pro-Putin outbursts
Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an increasing number of Russian managers and oligarchs have died under suspicious circumstances. Suicides, accidents or murders? The authorities do not provide definitive explanations, fueling doubts and hypotheses of political intrigue. Working for Russian companies…
Polls open for three days in Russia for 112 million inhabitants. Voting continues until Sunday evening at 20pm. There are few doubts: Putin will confirm himself as President for the fifth time. The only unknown is any protests against him with…
The US President, although very Catholic, did not hesitate to correct the Pope's contradictory words on Ukraine ("surrender and deal") which involuntarily seemed like an assist to the dictator Putin
Two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Europe must decide whether it loves itself and learn to defend itself militarily or condemn itself to decline, opening the way to barbarism. The European and American elections will be fundamental for our…
Not even Navalny's assassination pushes Salvini to abandon his ambiguity and closeness with Putin's Russia. But can such a person remain deputy prime minister in a European and Atlanticist country?
The widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny reports on YouTube: "The Russian authorities are hiding the body while waiting for the traces of poison to disappear"
All over the world, signatures are being collected under an appeal in memory of Alexei Navalny, the courageous Russian opponent killed by Putin's regime. Open the link and sign it too
There is no confirmation from his entourage yet. According to the Moscow media, he was struck by an illness, but the causes of death are not yet clear. Harsh reactions from the EU. The wife: "Putin is responsible"
Both the leader of the League Salvini and the leader of the Five Star Movement Conte do not hide their sympathy for Trump and are rooting for his return to the White House but Trump brings with him the alliance with Putin, with good…
Trump warms up his engines for the Republican primaries and does so by attacking migrants with one shot after another that turns his possible return to the US Presidency into a nightmare
Gone are the days when Segolene Royal was a hope of the French socialists: now the lady wants to stand as a candidate in the European elections with the populist Melenchon under the banner of sovereignty who sympathizes with Putin and hates Zelensky
The Russian president still unloads the blame on the West and paints Moscow as a saving power: "Soon free supplies of grain to 6 African countries"
Aging dictators become increasingly aggressive and repressive. Putin and Xi Jinping do not escape the rule: they have little time to go down in history. Looking forward to a change of leadership. An analysis by the New York Times
Interview with Stefano Silvestri, great expert on military affairs and former Iai president and editorial director of AffarInternazionali - "The only solution to get out of the war could be to propose an armistice to Putin which, leaving his troops on…
Why did Prigozhin's plane crash? Who ordered the killing of the leader of Wagner and what will be the consequences for the group of mercenaries and for Russia? Here's what the first investigations say
The head of Wagner, Evgheni Prigozhin, and his deputy died along with 8 other people following the crash of the jet they were traveling on yesterday in Russia. Wagner accuses the Russian Defense that she would have hit with two…
After the collapse of the ruble, caused by sanctions on Moscow's energy exports, the Russian Central Bank has raised rates to 12%
Faced with the blustering of Musk and Zuckerberg about an epic martial arts clash in Italy, it would have been enough for the Minister of Culture, Sangiuliano, to have asked them: "But, instead of thinking about goliardic events, why don't you pay taxes to…
Companies and banks continue to flee Russia by negotiating with the government for the sale of their businesses. The Russian authorities are accelerating the abandonment of the banks with the approval passing directly from the hands of Putin. Intesa Sanpaolo close to approval…
The head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, posted an 11-minute audio in which he gives his version of events: "They were going to dissolve Wagner, we had to prevent it" . But Putin's reply was dry: "Or Wagner...
What exactly does "Putin's chef" (but he prefers to call himself "Putin's butcher") who dared to challenge the Kremlin want? Did he move by himself or does someone support him? And how will his adventure end?
Will yesterday's coup rehearsals in Moscow spell the end for Putin? It is one of the great unknowns that the West is also wondering about, while Zelensky's adviser argues that "the revolt will change the Moscow elite and shorten the…
High tension in Russia after the exchange of accusations between the head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Russian Defense Ministry. The leader of the mercenaries occupies Rostov and promises to get to Moscow if the leadership is not overthrown…
Even in foreign policy Berlusconi was an outsider : Pratica di Mare's masterpiece with Bush and Putin but how many ambiguities with the Russian dictator - The dream confessed to Craxi, the surprise of the G7 in Naples, the attack by the Economist,…
Putin admits that Western sanctions are beginning to be felt, but does not "accept" the WSJ's catastrophic forecasts and arrests the US reporter on espionage charges
In an audio released by Novaya Gazeta Europe and the Ukrainian media, two oligarchs, identified as Farkhad Akhmedov and Iosif Prigozhin, harshly criticize the decisions of the Russian President on Ukraine: "He stole everything and everyone"
"At this moment changes are taking place that have not been seen for a hundred years and we are leading them together" the Chinese president told Putin thinking of a new world order even if the economy remains at the center of relations between…
On February 24, 2022 the Russian invasion of Ukraine took place which brought the war back to Europe and completely changed the international scenario. The game is more open than ever but from this dramatic war Europe, which is clearly in the crosshairs of…
The controversy over the opportunity for the Ukrainian President to be present at the Sanremo Festival is surreal: let Zelensky talk and we do not listen to Putin's blatant lies
The Novaya Gazeta journalist, also forced to flee Russia at night, tells the stories of those who were forced to leave their country to avoid going to fight or being arrested
According to Bloomberg, Moscow is planning to wring more money from some commodity producers and state-owned companies to finance the war in Ukraine. Here's the news
"In the end it will be inevitable to find an agreement to end the conflict in Ukraine": Putin is speaking. Was he persuaded to peace? Not really, given the threats he immediately made to the West over oil supplies
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO SILVESTRI, Iai scientific adviser and great expert in geopolitics and military affairs - An anomalous war is being fought between Russia and Ukraine which cannot have clear-cut winners - A compromise will be inevitable but that is not the case…
Putin is preparing a type of bomb no less devastating than an atomic one. “It's the oil and gas bomb he's forging right before our eyes and with our involuntary help,” says Friedman, the New York Times columnist who…
The withdrawal from Kherson marks an important turning point in the war. But Ukraine fears it is a way to buy time and reorganize the troops, in view of a future counter-offensive. The Kremlin has moved 150.000 men to the border with the…
The Kremlin has banned transactions in shares or capital stock of 45 banks or banking units, all owned by parts of countries Russia calls "hostile" or owned by foreign capital
INTERVIEW WITH ZOJA SVETOVA, Russian journalist of Novaja Gazeta who after the closure of the magazine directed by Nobel Muratov animates the site "L'aria libera" and has just published a book in Italy on "Unjust justice in Putin's Russia"
INTERVIEW WITH ALESSANDRO POLITI, Director of the NATO Defense College Foundation - "Ukraine and Russia must understand that victory on the ground is illusory" - Three priorities for the European interest
Ankara has expressed interest in the proposal to create a hub - Among the arguments is the strengthening of the wheat agreement signed between Moscow and Ankara but not the resolution of the conflict
In his speech during the annexation ceremony Putin reiterated: "Our territories forever, we will defend them by all means". Then he talks about negotiations, but Zelensky replies: "Never as long as Putin is president" - New sanctions against the USA and the UK, here are the…
Berlusconi's words from Vespa: "Putin wanted to put decent people in Kiev" unleash an uproar - Letta: "If they win on September 25, the Kremlin toasts" - Calenda: "Berlusconi, shame on you"
The mobilization of 300 reservists that caused the flight of many Russians and street protests, the threat of nuclear power and the trick of the referendum in Donbass reveal the fragility of the tsar - What are weapons…
Putin wants to scare the West with his speech but the partial mobilization and annexation of the occupied areas show weakness and seem more defensive than anything else
Regardless of the outcome on the military field in Ukraine, Putin has already done and is doing enormous damage in Europe by shaking Western democracies and fueling conservative policies. It's time to open your eyes
According to Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, Gorbachev's noble attempt to reform the Soviet economy conditioned the birth of the Russian Federation and paved the way for Putinism without forgetting the disastrous Yeltsin era
At the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Salvini breaks the delay and openly criticizes the anti-Putin sanctions but Meloni and Tajani do not follow him
After a long illness, Mikhail Gorbachev, father of Perestroika and Glasnost with which he tried to reform the USSR and protagonist of the fall of the Berlin Wall that changed the world, died at the age of 91. Nobel Peace Prize,…
Moscow is not new to aggressive invasions: in 68 in Czechoslovakia and now in the Ukraine. But Putin's goal is different from Brezhnev's: today's tsar does not act for ideological reasons but out of sheer desire to…
The intervention, once again, would be due to "maintenance problems" - Meanwhile, Macron hears Putin: "UN inspection of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant"
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO SILVESTRI, scientific adviser of the Istituto Affari Internazionali - "It is possible that the Russians and Ukrainians are interested in slowing down the fighting" to reorganize themselves "but it is still too early for a peace agreement or an armistice" - "I don't think…
Zelensky on the trilateral agreement: "The foundations have been laid for a new international order" - And Ankara and Kiev sign an agreement for reconstruction
Whoever signed the end of the Draghi government made Putin smile but did incalculable damage to Italy and its international reputation, which we hope the voters will remember in the next vote
Brussels presented a plan to reduce gas needs and thus limit dependence on Moscow - Putin: "We will respect the commitments, but possible reductions from Nord Stream"
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO SILVESTRI, scientific adviser and former president of the IAI - Between Russia and Ukraine "the situation is completely frozen" but now Putin has to deal with an enlarged Euro-American line-up - "It is difficult to concede anything to Russia…
In his speech at the May 9 parade, Putin says little and nothing more: "We struck a preventive blow, it was necessary." Here's what the Russian president said
Today in Moscow the military parade is held in memory of the defeat of Nazism, but due to the war in Ukraine it will not be like other years – Putin's intervention
On the same day, in 1978, the body of Aldo Moro was found, murdered by the Red Brigades who had kidnapped him 55 days earlier. Instead, in 1950 the first stone of the European Union was laid
One reason is geopolitical, the other is economic. That's why after Ukraine, Putin plans to broaden his sights also on Transnistria, the strip of land between Moldova and Ukraine
The Russian Tsar explained the conditions for a possible agreement to the UN Secretary-General, while the Western summit gives the green light to heavy weapons for Ukraine
Honoring the Liberation of April 25 cannot fail to mean full support for the heroic Ukrainian resistance both by supplying arms to Kiev and above all by promoting a strong diplomatic initiative that leads to peace
After announcing the conquest of Mariupol, the battered city in eastern Ukraine, Putin orders the suspension of the final attack on the Azovstal steel plant, where 2 Ukrainian soldiers and many civilians are barricaded. Who will save them?
Like five years ago, Emmanuel Macron won the television duel with Marine Le Pen: war, Europe, Russia but also economic and social programs at the center of the clash
Ross Douthat's reflection, of which we publish the Italian version, on a possible interpretation of current scenarios in the light of one of the major political theories of the last 30 years reopens the discussion on Huntington's theories
The tormented city of Mariupol has become the crossroads of the war between Russia and Ukraine: in a few hours the final destruction or the start of negotiations for a truce
It is now certain: it was precisely the Ukrainian missiles that sank the Russian flagship in the Black Sea with the death of the commander and part of the crew. Putin threatens revenge and the general war picture could soon change
The flagship of the Russian Navy catches fire and sinks in the Black Sea. The causes are uncertain but for Putin it is a setback that could mark a turning point in the war
The political adviser to the Ukrainian President said it and Zelensky himself suggests it, according to which a solution to the war must be sought - But the truce is not around the corner
Putin's blackmail on gas aggravates the stock market losses but Piazza Affari limits the damage: Tim's thud but increases above all for Terna, Generali and Saipem
The Russian president has second thoughts and signs the decree requiring hostile countries to pay for gas in rubles. Europe builds a wall: "No intention of satisfying Moscow's requests"
Forty minutes on the phone between Draghi and Putin: Palazzo Chigi insisted on reaching a ceasefire as soon as possible while the tsar granted payment for the gas in euros
Why could Putin withdraw from Ukraine in exchange for conquering Donbass? Beyond geopolitical considerations, coal was the object of the Russian tsar's desire
Biden does not rule out the use of force if Russia uses chemical or nuclear weapons - Putin towards exclusion from the G20 - The US will sell liquefied gas to Europe
Putin's ban on the payment of Russian gas in dollars or euros displaces the stock markets while oil slows down - Piazza Affari turns the spotlight on Generali, Tim and the banks
The NATO summit, a talk between the G7 leaders and a meeting of the European Council will be held today in Brussels - Biden always present to agree measures against Russia
Russia's decision to no longer accept gas payments in dollars or euros sends ruble and gas soaring and ballasts European stock exchanges - Brent above $120
The move is a retaliation against European Union sanctions – Putin's words give wings to the ruble, which is recovering after the recent collapses, and to the price of gas
According to the former Director General of the European Commission Riccardo Perissich "there is no room for negotiations with Putin on the European order" but only on the "ceasefire in Ukraine" and on stopping the degeneration of the conflict
"Putin does not want to stop" say Scholz and Macron after a phone call with the Russian tsar who bombs and besieges Kiev - But Zelensky has not lost all hope
At the end of the morning, the stock markets fly in the face of Putin's alleged openings but then the enthusiasm cools down - Leonardo and Tim lead the rebound in Piazza Affari
Foreign Minister Lavrov has opened an interesting glimmer of light on the future of the Russia-Ukraine negotiations by arguing that a Putin-Zelensky summit meeting is feasible but that it must be carefully prepared
Salvini's trip to Poland ends in humiliation: a mayor gives him a shirt with Putin's face, the same one the Northern League leader wore a few years ago
The Russian government has approved a black list in response to the sanctions imposed on Moscow for the Ukrainian invasion - There are also the USA, the UK, Japan and all of the EU including Italy
Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is convinced that a leap in political quality is needed to stop the war by bringing in former Chancellor Merkel to mediate between Russia and Ukraine
Thirty years have passed since the siege of Sarajevo, the longest in modern history. A war that left deep wounds and the fear that history could repeat itself today
The Russian President has accused the Ukrainians of using civilians as human shields" - A third round of negotiations is expected, but now an agreement for a temporary ceasefire
Tim ends up in the storm for the accounts and for the departure of the KKR takeover bid and drags down Piazza Affari but the blockade of the Yamal gas pipeline between Russia and Germany also weighs on the drop in all the stock exchanges
In his first address to the nation, Biden did not spare attacks on Putin: "He thought he was dividing us, but he was wrong" - The reference to the danger of inflation is also alarming
In the coming days the second round of negotiations. Putin wants Crimea and Ukraine neutral, Zelensky entry into the EU. The bombings of Kiev and Kharkiv continue
The number one of the Kremlin asks foreign countries not to interfere, but the reaction of the international community is unanimous: "Unjustifiable attack, the response will be strong"
