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Afghanistan
Russia’s Afghan failure: No allies, no leverage, no strategy
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s greatest weakness today may well be its lack of allies. Apart from a possible exception in...
Britain supports the Kiev regime to the detriment of Afghanistan
KABUL (Realist English). Britain's decision to reduce the amount of financial assistance to Afghanistan is not related to London's critical...
What caused the growing tensions in relations between Iran and Taliban Afghanistan?
TEHRAN (Realist English). Several sources in Iran and Afghanistan at once claim that the real reason for the increase in...
Afghanistan’s economy is on the verge of collapse, 85% of the population lives in poverty: UN
KABUL (Realist English). Almost 34 million Afghans live in poverty, and the country's economy is on the verge of collapse....
Russia’s policy towards Afghanistan is ineffective and devoid of initiative — Andrey Serenko
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia's policy towards Afghanistan is ineffective, devoid of initiative and results, Andrei Serenko, Head of the Center...
The elimination of Al-Qaeda’s* leader will strengthen the positions of ISIS* in Afghanistan
KABUL (Realist English). President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an...
The external recipes for the Afghan settlement have exhausted themselves
KABUL (Realist English). The situation in Afghanistan cannot be settled according to the recipes of the international or regional community,...
The US is forming a new balance of political forces in Afghanistan
ANKARA (Realist English). The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tom West, met in Turkey with the leaders of the united...
In Afghanistan, the eastern front of resistance to the Taliban is being formed
KABUL (Realist English). For several days, fierce fighting has been going on in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan between the...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Putin calls for deeper BRICS cooperation and new financial infrastructure at Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin called for stronger integration among BRICS nations and greater independence from...
Elon Musk announces launch of third party after fallout with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Saturday the formation of a new political force — the America...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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