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2 weeks ago | 
eurotopics.net | Javier Pérez Royo |Abbas Gallyamov |Ann-Charlotte Marteus |Tommaso Nannicini
Nothing makes any sense, writes a discombobulated Expressen: “The MAGA dream is that only US products get sold. Yet the more self-sufficient the US becomes, the less customs revenue it will generate - but it is exactly this, Trump says, that will now make the country incredibly rich. At the time of writing, stock markets continue to fall. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there's no need to worry - it's just a natural adjustment to the new reality. Okay. But what reality? Where is the US heading?
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1 month ago | 
eurotopics.net | Peter Schutz |Andrea Lavazza |Abbas Gallyamov |Stefan Kornelius
20 March 2025Volodymyr Zelensky has consented to refrain from attacks on Russian energy infrastructure for 30 days, in line with a deal negotiated in a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Putin had rejected a comprehensive ceasefire proposed by Washington and Kyiv. The US and Russia want to "work quickly on a complete ceasefire", Trump said after the call. US-Ukrainian talks are set to begin in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
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1 month ago | 
eurotopics.net | Andrea Lavazza |Abbas Gallyamov |Stefan Kornelius |Wolodymyr Fessenko
Despite its good negotiating position Russia shouldn't overstretch Trump's goodwill, Capital comments: “Moscow is feeling confident after the recapture of almost all the territory occupied by Ukraine in the Kursk region and the slow but steady advance in Donbas. ... Putin is no doubt determined to exploit Trump's 'empathy'. In this sense, his strategy could be to appear intransigent on the key points in order to achieve a peace agreement that favours Russia's demands. ...
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2 months ago | 
eurotopics.net | Abbas Gallyamov |Moritz Baumstieger
Writing on Facebook, political scientist Abbas Gallyamov, who lives in Israel, considers the proposal to be an unconventional but productive approach: “I'm not saying that this is a good solution, but I don't rule out the possibility that it could end up being better than others. Because everything that has been tried so far - Israeli occupation, segregation and Israel's complete withdrawal from the sector - has ended very badly.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
eurotopics.net | Christian Z. Jensen |Tom Jensen |Stefano Stefanini |Abbas Gallyamov
Trump's words should not be dismissed as exaggerations, warns La Stampa: “Exuding supreme confidence, speaking off the cuff, he said many things that must be taken seriously even though they go against common sense and the international normality. They must be taken seriously because Trump has the conviction, the will and the means to implement them. There are few domestic institutional constraints, he has no personal inhibitions and needs to act fast. ...
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Federico Fubini |Maxim Katz |Abbas Gallyamov
In a Facebook post, political scientist Abbas Gallyamov compares the current situation with the chaotic 1990s: “The dramatic plunge in the rouble's exchange rate and the soaring dollar are forcing Russians to recall the 1990s. This reduces a significant portion of Putin's achievements to zero. ... This is already the third shock in this category. The first is the war, the second the crime rate of his 'heroes'.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Julia Latynina |Nathalie Tocci |Abbas Gallyamov |Reinhard Veser
08 August 2024Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in tanks have reportedly launched an incursion into the Russian border area of Kursk, penetrating several kilometres into the region. Russian authorities have evacuated several villages. In contrast to previous attacks, this advance was not led by Russian militias fighting on Ukraine's side, but by the Ukrainian military. Commentators take stock of the offensive, which has not yet been officially confirmed by Kyiv.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
newsukraine.rbc.ua | Kateryna Danishevska |Abbas Gallyamov
Putin will not stop the war until he achieves a result he considers convincing enough to show all Russians - both the elite and the ordinary people - that he has won. His legitimacy is entirely based on the confidence of his subjects that he is strong and always victorious. He has no other sources of legitimacy. If the war ends with evidence of his inability to win, that legitimacy will quickly erode, which would be disastrous for him.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Abbas Gallyamov |Anna Zafesova |Maxim Katz
La Stampa suspects an internal power struggle is playing out: “A sensational arrest which, according to many Moscow commentators, points to an internal dispute within the Kremlin, and perhaps also an attack on Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who had promised Putin quick and painless victories. In any case, Ivanov and Shoigu don't seem to be up to the task of conducting the 'existential' war that Putin has set as the mission of his new Kremlin mandate.”
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Abbas Gallyamov |Alexey Kovalev |Reinhard Veser
In a Telegram post picked up by Echo, journalist Alexei Kovalyov describes a full-blown anti-Navalny machine: “Putin's irrational and therefore counterproductive hatred of Navalny had become one of the less explicitly articulated foundational pillars of state ideology. With an entire propaganda department dedicated to it. ... Judging by the number of staff working there, it is a full-blown ministry with a number of sub-departments: security, espionage, ideology, etc.
