The secretary-general did not directly endorse the ceding of Ukrainian territory, but he did bring up the example of Finland, which gave up Karelia to the Soviet Union as part of a peace deal during the Second World War. Stoltenberg’s statement comes amid growing sentiment that Ukraine may ...
Others, however, are said to prefer reducing the billions of dollars in assistance the US gave to Ukraine in the Biden administration as a way of forcing a swift end to the conflict. Critics of that approach say it would disarm Ukraine and effectively prompt a capitulation to Russi...
Powerful as they were, these lords controlled too much territory to manage on their own. They would name vassals, lower-ranking nobles who were granted some property and whatever income it generated (usually through rents paid by commoners or profits from farming). In return, the vassal would...
Currently, Russia has established de facto control over all local state structures on the peninsula. From 1954 until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Crimea was part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. When Ukraine gained independence in 1991, Crimea became an “autonomous republic...
The combination of these two events pushed prices briefly into negative territory.11 In response, OPEC and its OPEC+ collaborators (chiefly Saudi Arabia and Russia) reached an agreement to cut production by about 10 million barrels per day (B/D) for two months with a gradual return of the...
Ukraine This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Technical details : This video is currently unavailable Deborah Haynes looks at the state of Ukraine's invasion into Russia's Kursk region, amid reports Kyiv is not interested in "taking over" territory. ...
It’s easy to believe the fate of Imperial Russia or China has little application for modern citizens of the rich world. But just look at France again. That was a society as advanced as any on the planet, yet deliberate government policy choices ruined its stock market. The same could hap...
Space may be the final frontier, but by now, the station's orbital domain has become familiar territory. Once again, NASA is setting its sights on the moon: The ongoing Artemis program is supposed to land "the first woman and the next man" on Earth's natural satellite by the year 2024...
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Ukrainian theology professorYuriy Chornomoretsgained sniper skills at a young age, and after Russia’s invasion enrolled in the territorial defense with his own sniper rifle. Soon he found himself fighting off prevailing Russian forces in the northeast of Kyiv and in the Chornobyl ...