There are apparently 28 European football teams who are ignoring sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine by buying and selling players to Russian clubs. These also include four Italian clubs: Bologna, Salernitana, Torino and Udinese. A total of 30 suspicious transfers were detected in the international investigation conducted on non-compliance with the bans imposed […]
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How European football clubs did business with Russia (bypassing sanctions)
There are apparently 28 European football teams who are ignoring sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine by buying and selling players to Russian clubs. These also include four Italian clubs: Bologna, Salernitana, Torino and Udinese. A total of 30 suspicious transfers were detected in the international investigation conducted on non-compliance with the bans imposed […]
Russia will hold presidential elections in the Ukrainian regions it annexed
Russian elections in Ukrainian regions annexed by the Kremlin. This is the decision taken by the Central Election Commission of Russia, which on December 11 adopted a decision allowing presidential elections to be held on March 17 in all four regions of Ukraine. These are Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. The vote will take place […]
“Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world”: Attack on Kiev at the EU summit
“Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world” and the EU’s financial support “must be conditioned on guarantees that money, including Slovak money, is not used improperly”. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said this in a post on Facebook during the EU summit proceedings. In Brussels, leaders of 27 countries are discussing […]
The demolition of the dam and the symbolic city: why Kherson became the basis for the war The city and its associated region, in preparation for the devastation caused by the floods of the Dnieper River, are, at a strategic level, essential for the region. all the conflict and Moscow knows perfectly well that the Ukrainian advance must be stopped at all costs on the Black Sea coast
Battles are also fueled by symbols and trenches. Like Mariupol at the initial stage of the war, the city of Kherson became the main strategic point of the Russian offensive, which devastated Ukraine for more than a year and a half. And with the relative transfer of responsibility between the attacked and the aggressors, the […]
Italy and 8 other member states call for the abolition of the veto in EU foreign policy
There is no longer any unanimous decision on the foreign policy of the European Union. A group of nine member states, including Italy, wants to transform the current voting method to facilitate the adoption of measures under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). For these countries, in the ever-transforming geopolitical context, the EU cannot […]
Austrians want to remain neutral and oppose NATO membership
Most Austrians want more security internationally, but not in NATO. A recent poll revealed that only two out of ten citizens would vote in favor of a possible referendum on joining the Atlantic Alliance. The months-long war in Ukraine did not affect Vienna’s desire for neutrality. This is evidenced by the survey conducted by the […]
Arrest warrant for Putin: He is a war criminal
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the grounds that he is “responsible for war crimes of illegal deportation of population (children) and illegal transfer of population (children) from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia”. “. This can be read in the press […]
“Italian vehicles are burning in Ukraine”: video from the Russian embassy
The Russian Embassy posted a video on its social networks that shows Italian vehicles burning in Ukraine. As in the past, the posts have a singular timing and come in while war-related topics are being discussed elsewhere. The profile of the Russian Embassy in Italy actually posted the video just as the House of Representatives […]