Month: September 2022

LONDON — They come to the U.K. in their thousands — Ukrainians from every walk of life, in urgent need of military training to protect their homeland. From lawyers to bricklayers, they are flown in from across Ukraine. The aim is to turn the new recruits into soldiers in just five weeks, providing basic military […]

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.”  Russian President Vladimir Putin had high hopes for the invasion of his western neighbor earlier this year — he was going to bring all of Ukraine back into […]

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. In disappointing news, Ursula von der Leyen did not begin her State of the European Union address with a heartfelt eulogy to her pet pony, Dolly, which was killed by a wolf earlier this month. Instead she went with Ukraine as her opening gambit. Well, each to their […]

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher Acast Behind the scenes, the late Queen Elizabeth II was the ultimate Westminster Insider.  Host Ailbhe Rea and POLITICO’s Annabelle Dickson uncover how the Queen received a daily dose of gossip from deep inside the heart of government, and speaks to two of […]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Armenia this weekend in a show of support for the country, which has been locked in a deadly fight with Azerbaijan, two people familiar with the visit told POLITICO. Pelosi will make the journey accompanied by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) after a stop in Berlin for the G-7 Speakers’ Summit. […]

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has denied claims that there was an assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Asked whether the reports, which first circulated on a Telegram channel, were accurate, Peskov replied, “No,” according to Russian state media. The anonymous Telegram poster had claimed there had been a recent attack on Putin’s motorcade, which […]

Germany has brought the national subsidiary of Russian oil company Rosneft under state control to ensure security of supply from a major refinery whose operations look set to be disrupted by looming EU sanctions on Russian oil. The challenges posed by Rosneft’s role in Germany’s energy system are increasingly pressing, and Berlin wants to guarantee […]