US, NATO allies concerned by Russia, but need its helpBy BRADLEY KLAPPERJAMEY KEATEN
In recent years, Russia has emerged as the security partner of choice for a growing number of governments in the region, displacing traditional allies such as France and the U.S. Moscow aggressively expanded its military cooperation by using mercenaries like Wagner, who have operated ...
But allies are trying better to identify attempts, in particular by Russia, to target member states with information campaigns aimed at meddling in elections to assist politicians and political parties that are sceptical of NATO and more favourable to...
four-year €50 billion ($53.86 billion) aid package to Ukraine last week, it was widely regarded as only being a matter of time before the US Congress would give the nod to the new military aid that the Joe Biden administrat...
Ukraine is not a member state of NATO, which means a Russian invasion would not trigger the bloc’s Article 5 pact that considers an attack against one Ally as an attack against all Allies. However, Ukraine does maintain normalized relations with NATO and has joined NATO’s enhanced opportunit...
allowed the United States to act preemptively against states and non-state actors that it considered to be threats to its national security. The idea was that the US could use military force to eliminate potential threats before they had a chance to attack the United States or its allies. ...
In addition, the EU condemned the involvement of Belarus, which has abetted Russia’s invasion, and said sanctions would extend to that nation. It was not immediately clear which specific companies, goods or individuals the measures would target. ...
Sberbank and Alfabank said the new sanctions would not have a significant impact on their operations. Also among those sanctioned were Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and ex-prime minister and one of Putin's closest allies. Others included Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Ju...
The reputation of this great army of Russia has been trashed. He has not only got to live with the consequences of what he is doing to Ukraine, but he has also got to live with the consequences of what he has done to his own army,” Wallace said. Share $International allies agree ...
Levi Strauss does not expect to be able to reopen in Russia this year, its chief executive said on Wednesday, a month after the California jeans maker suspended operations there “temporarily” in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “The way things are going now, I’m not...