Pro-Russian President Igor Dodon took heat this week for welcoming with open arms a North Korean delegation. An official delegation of the North Korean Worker’s Party came on Saturday to participate in the 20th anniversary festivities of the Moldovan Socialist Party, reports Balkan Insight. “[North] Korea has an enormous potential…
Image by kremlin.ru Vadim Krasnoselsky, the leader of the unrecognized republic of Transdniester, a breakaway, Russian speaking region, recently declared that there is no other option but for Moldova to recognize the area. The new Moldovan president, who is tied to the Kremlin, said that Transdniester must be integrated back…
Image by kremlin.ru President Lukashenko of Belarus, notoriously called ‘Europe’s last dictator,’ says his armed forces need to be modernized. It seems the American missile defense systems in Eastern Europe, and of course Moscow, is pressuring the president of ‘White Rus’ to spend money on his military. “There is an…
Image by Cimmerian praetor With the European Union breathing down their neck to accept more migrants, who have destroyed security in other European countries, the Czech Republic has begun the process to enshrine the right to bear arms in their constitution. The lower house of the Czech Parliament passed the…
Image by President.gov.ua Ukrainian President Petroshenko went to Washington this month to meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and it seems the former candy maker came away with some goodies. Two defense deals were signed but the details remain unclear. The main result seems to be that…
Five men were convicted in Moscow of killing Kremlin opponent Boris Nemtsov. He was shot in the back six times while walking along a bridge near the Kremlin with his girlfriend. Zaur Dadayev, Temirlan Eskerhanov, Khamzat Bakhaev and brothers Anzor and Shagid Gubashev were found guilty at Moscow’s Military Court…
Image by Arcturus~commonswiki As a major cyber attack swept across former Soviet territories and Europe, it seems Ukraine was especially hard hit as the National Bank, the country’s largest airport, and state power firm all suffered severe computer outages. The virus also hit government computers for many officials and various…
Geneva International Discussions The 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) was held on June 20-21 in Geneva. The GID is a multilateral mediation forum co-chaired by the EU, OSCE and UN. The GID format was designed after the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 to address security and humanitarian…
Image by kremlin.ru Moldova has seen a tug-of-war between a pro-EU government and efforts by Russian security services to bring the country back into Moscow’s fold. A multibillion dollar heist of Moldovan assets from its treasury has brought the conflict out into the open. Currently President Dodon wants closer ties…
WARNING: In this column, the Hi-Tech Traditionalist compares (not necessarily unfavorably) Joseph Stalin to Abraham Lincoln. This comparison is in no way designed to whitewash Stalin’s record of inflicting atrocities on his own people; neither is it our wish to tarnish Lincoln’s reputation as one of America’s most transformational presidents….