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COMMENTARY: Trump Presses Moscow to Make Peace—But How Far Will This Pressure Go?
On June 16, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Donald Trump uttered four words that surged through diplomatic chancelleries
COMMENTARY: Brussels Bares Its Teeth — The EU Wants to Sanction Putin’s Chinese Banks
The information circulated discreetly, almost drowned out by the deluge of geopolitical news in mid-June 2026: according to a report by Bloomberg,
COMMENTARY: Trump, Russian Oil, and the Silent Betrayal of Ukraine
On June 16, 2026, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, U.S. President Donald Trump uttered the words that
COMMENTARY: Lavrov and the Ghost Accords of Alaska — Russia’s Diplomacy of the Invented Lie
On June 19, 2026, Sergey Lavrov stood before the cameras in Moscow and claimed, with his usual poise, that Russia is seeking
COMMENTARY: Trump Thanks Xi and Putin — The Necessary Evil That Flatters the Wolves
On June 17, 2026, at the closing of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, the President of the United States, Donald Trump,
COMMENTARY: Ukraine, NATO’s De Facto Second Army — Zelenskyy’s Shocking Gambit
On June 19, 2026, following the Brussels summit and the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format, Ukrainian
COMMENTARY: Zelensky’s Ultimatum to Lukashenko — One Week to Pull the Drone Relays
On June 19, 2026, during a joint press conference with Honduran President Nasry Asfura in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky uttered words that allow
COMMENTARY: Tver rations gasoline — when war returns to Russian gas stations
On June 20, 2026, in the Tver region, a few hundred miles northwest of Moscow, gas stations belonging to Surgutneftegaz and Tatneft
COMMENTARY: Trump's $70 Billion Deportation Machine — Sovereignty or Authoritarian Drift?
On June 10, 2026, Trump signed the Secure America Act — nearly $70 billion for ICE and CBP, funded through 2029 with no meaningful…