https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2o82LxFaEE An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of more than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi) primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Similarly conventional, chemical and biological weapons can also …
UKIP’s appeasement of Russia
MEP @Nigel_Farage : "If we want a war with #Putin then we are going the right way'. debate on #Ukraine & #Russia live http://t.co/sVeSegVEOe — AFET Committee Press (@EP_ForeignAff) September 16, 2014 Ukip describe EU support for #Ukraine as …
New EU Russia sanctions published
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP As foreshadowed, the European Union has today published its new sanctions relating to Russia. They take the form of: (a) expanded criteria for including people and entities on the …
Europe moves ahead with increased Russian sanctions
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP On 8 September 2014, new European sanctions were agreed against Russian interests. Despite their formal adoption, the sanctions are only due to take effect “in the next few …
The Real Threat to our Way of Life
Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow, Centre for European Policy Analysis (Washington DC) and Senior Editor, The Economist Written testimony to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, September 3rd, 2014 I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty …
Ukraine – Time for Real Action
Michael Sonenshine is based in Prague and has lived and worked in Central and Eastern Europe since 1992. He is CEO of Symfonie Capital, LLC. The Ukrainian government faces a serious dilemma in Eastern Ukraine. The pro‐Russian forces operate a …
EU ‘stands ready’ to impose further sanctions on Russia
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP The Council of the European Union held a special meeting on (inter alia) Ukraine yesterday. Its conclusions state that it “stands ready” to take “further significant steps in the light of …
Serbia & Montenegro Russia’s Trojan horse into the EU?
Dimitar Bechev (D.Phil, Oxford) teaches international politics at Sofia University and is affiliated with the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia. His former posts include the directorship of the European Council on Foreign Relations’ office in Bulgaria and lectureships at …
EU considers response to Russia’s agricultural sanctions
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union issued a Press Release today concerning its Russia sanctions, stating that: 1) The grounds for the imposition of restrictive measures against the Russian Federation “remain valid”. …
One Russian’s reaction to economic sanctions
At the EU Bubble we have reported a lot about western side of economic sanctions, but little about Russia’s reaction to the sanctions. One russian man was so furious by the economic sanctions imposed upon his nation that he smashed an …