Nathan Hodge

1 month ago | slobodnaevropa.org | Nathan Hodge

U svojih prvih 100 dana na dužnosti, jedan ključni cilj vanjske politike izmicao je američkom predsjedniku Donaldu Trumpu: okončanje rata protiv Ukrajine. Trump se kandidirao za predsjednika obećavajući da će brzo okončati rat. U intervjuu za NBC News emitiranom 4. maja izrazio je nadu da se mirovni sporazum još uvijek može postići, a istovremeno je sugerirao da je njegovo strpljenje i s Ukrajinom i s Rusijom ograničeno. "Doći će vrijeme kada ću reći: 'U redu, samo naprijed.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Nathan Hodge

In his first 100 days in office, one key foreign policy goal has eluded US President Donald Trump: ending the war on Ukraine. Trump ran for president on a promise to end the war quickly. In an interview with NBC News that aired on May 4, he expressed hope a peace deal could still be reached while also suggesting his patience with both Ukraine and Russia was limited. “There will be a time when I will say, ‘Okay, keep going. Keep being stupid and keep fighting,’” he said.

1 month ago | romania.europalibera.org | Nathan Hodge

Legenda rusă a hocheiului Alex Ovechkin a intrat în istorie în momentul în care l-a depășit pe Wayne Gretzky în topul celor mai buni marcatori din Liga Națională de Hockey (NHL) din Statele Unite. În același moment, recordul a început să fie util și mașinăriei de propagandă a Kremlinului.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Ray Furlong |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan

In a rare moment of international visibility, Belarusian strongman Aleksandr Lukashenko welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for an official visit to Minsk on April 10, hailing it as a significant milestone in bilateral relations. The visit, which continued on April 11, resulted in multiple agreements spanning military cooperation, food security, and trade. Most notably, Lukashenko offered to accept up to 150,000 Pakistani workers to help address Belarus's deepening labor shortage.

1 month ago | rferl.org | Ray Furlong |Nathan Hodge |Merhat Sharipzhan

A senior aide to US President Donald Trump has landed in Russia amid a flurry of diplomatic activity around the war in Ukraine that includes US-Ukrainian talks in Washington and a meeting chaired by Britain and Germany in Brussels. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff had arrived on April 11. He stopped in Moscow on his way to high-level talks with Tehran over Iran's nuclear program scheduled for April 12 in Oman.