World in 60 seconds (Ian Bremmer)

wp:image –> With evidence of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine mounting, how will the West respond? With further escalation, yes, but natural gas is still a bridge too far, says Ian Bremmer. Is Imran Khan done in Pakistan? Not yet, but he’ll likely be ousted...

Kicking the Russian gas habit. The Graphic Truth. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia lead the way and say No to Russian gas, unlike Viktor Orban, yet again elected as PM in Hungary who is prepared to accept Roubles. Source: GZERO.

The Graphic Truth Lithuania made headlines in recent days, announcing that it’s ending all imports of Russian natural gas. Indeed, this shift has been seven years in the making. Spooked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Lithuania – which at the time got almost...

War hideous war be it Afghanisation, Mali, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Ethiopia, to name so few countries impacted by same. 24th February 2022 Russia under its autocratic leader Putin invaded Ukraine, a country with a large territory; wheat production puts it as fifth largest supplier in the world. What we do know now is that the war on Ukraine will impact on the countries mentioned above, resulting in unwanted FAMINE, again a tool of war. Ask Ukrainians about Stalin Holodomor. 3.5 million, maybe even 4 million starved to death.

Le Monde Dipolmatique in English  @LMdiplo  6th April 2022 Amnesty International has released a report denouncing crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Western Tigray, Ethiopia. Horn of Africa’s vicious guerrilla war Ukraine…wars can...