World history knows a number of events that contributed to the formation and collapse of the largest empires. Against the backdrop of the current situation, more and more resembling another World War, among ...

As we have repeatedly reported, Syria, after Libya, is the very first candidate for "democratization." The United Nations (UN) Special Commission, which has completed a study of reports on ...

Western countries continue to prepare for the confrontation over one of the “storerooms” of the planet - the Arctic. This is indicated by their preparations and statements by the responsible persons. Recently in the West two more took place ...

The recent downgrade of the United States' credit rating by the analytical agency "S&P" makes the whole world think about the future development of macroeconomics. If more recently the planet was ...

The operation of NATO forces in Libya has become an advertising platform for French fighter aircraft. Four years ago, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi initiated negotiations with France, at which he announced ...

For the first time in nine years, the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, paid an official visit to Russia, which attracted close attention of the Russian and Western press and Western officials. Especially...

Many people were shocked by the words that Iran had decided to sue the Russian Federation the day before. “So much for the friendly state,” they said on the sidelines. Let's try to figure out what is ...

Foreign media do not hide the celebration of the events in Libya, but at the same time do not hide their concern about the fate of the country. There is a possibility that the country will plunge into chaos ...

The head of the Federal Service for Drug Control (FDCS) of the Russian Federation, Viktor Ivanov, proposed that Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia, together with Russia, create an organization that ...

Already almost everyone understands that the political map of the Middle East will be redrawn. And not only that, the borders will be changed almost throughout the Islamic world. History hurried to bury earlier ...

In addition to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Beijing has another territory that could become its “headache.” Given the intensified rivalry between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific ...

In March 2012, the presidential election will be held in Russia. For the first time, the president of Russia will be elected for a six-year term. Currently, one of the main topics of Russian politics is the question "Who ...

Israel, it seems, cannot avoid the fate of the victims of the global crisis processes. This is evidenced by the recent foreign policy events and the beginning of the new "exodus" of Jews from Israel. So, August 18 on ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad is respectful of his behavior, he refused to capitulate on special conditions. The British newspaper The Times acknowledged the fact that Madrid was leading with Damascus on this subject ...

Basescu expressed the opinion that he would have acted like I. Antonescu in 1941 and would have given the order to cross the Prut. That fully endorses the decision of the fascist dictator Ion Antonescu, adopted by 22 June 1941 ...

One of the “fears” that has captured the minds of Russian citizens in recent years is the invasion of the Chinese. Understanding of the fact that tens of millions of people live in the provinces of China beyond the Russian-Chinese border ...

Already, in fact, 20 has existed for years of the borders of the self-proclaimed states that were formed on the territory of the USSR But it is clear that they are too artificial to exist for a long time. Largely...

The Korean Peninsula is once again “swaying” - on August 10, the DPRK and South Korea launched a series of artillery rounds in the area of ​​the already famous Enphendo island in the Yellow Sea. Although there are no victims or injuries ...

There are states mainly oriented to the sea, say, Norway, Britain, Holland. There are continental, such as, Russia, Germany, France. Exceptional States include: ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad approved the proposals of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, which are aimed at resuming the negotiation process on the Iranian nuclear ...

Is it easy to be a neighbor of Russia? Just ask Ukraine about this. Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Ukraine’s relations with Russia have been developing in the range from cold formal to frankly ...

On the 66 anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese Empire, Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised that his country would no longer fight and that the Japanese government was deeply repent of the suffering that ...

In the comments to the article “We owe it to Gorbachev that Russia almost lost its sovereignty” from 26 July 2011, a blitz discussion of the topic of modern Kazakhstan and its leader spontaneously arose ...

The destructive processes launched from outside in Syria are gaining momentum - anti-government demonstrations in the Syrian state have been going on for the sixth month already, with more and more clashes taking place, ...