Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil
For many years, Tajikistan has been gravely affected by drug trafficking. At least 15-20 tons of opium and between 75 and 80 metric...
Russia
Is Diplomacy dead?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said it is time to rekindle diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine. But...
Top Russian defense official in Tehran to cultivate stronger security ties
Ex-defense minister and head of national security council Sergei Shoigu to meet Pezeshkian, counterparts; Moscow condemned Haniyeh killing, relies on...
The Economic Collapse of “The Putin System”
Moscow/Washington (13/6 – 29) We took a holiday from reality. Immanuel Niven, a mathematician and philosopher, has long been scrutinizing...
Russia-Iran Military Alliance Gives Israel Cause for Concern
Israel’s trading of missile attacks with Iran this month may be on hiatus, yet the unprecedented direct clash between the...
Russians eavesdropped on secret conversations between German general’s German chancellor promises “meticulous investigation”
Berlin/Singapore (1/3 – 38.46). Russian propagandists have published a recording of a "conversation between four senior German officers". In it,...
German army chief wants more money for equipment.
Berlin (2/3 – 62.50). Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais says the €100 billion committed by the government last year is insufficient....
Can Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan Consign Their Deadly Border Conflicts To The Past?
On the first anniversary of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s deadliest border war, marked in September, irascible Kyrgyz national-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev...
Russian Private Jet Owners Switch Italy and Germany for Turkey and Kazakhstan as Sanctions Bite
In the two years before the war in Ukraine, a private Boeing 737 linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov criss-crossed...
Russia, China and Iran Are Backing Hamas Online
Iran, Russia, and China are reportedly using state media and social media to undercut Israel and the US and support...
