The need for cooperation over Russia's exports of gas to the EU via Ukraine was an important reason for the tentative peace deal struck in Geneva yesterday. But as Jack D. Sharples writes, gas will also be a source of East-West tensions for a long time to come.
Russia, Ukraine, EU tied by gas dependency Jack D. Sharples | 18th April 2014 News Fossil Fuels Politics Russia Ukraine EU pipeline-repair.jpg The need for cooperation over Russia's exports of gas to …
Criminal gangs are increasingly smuggling Russian timber into China for manufacture into baby cribs, picture frames and toilet seats sold in the west. Those trying to thwart them face violence and corruption. Sebastian Strangio reports from Vladivostok
Siberian tigers under threat as 'timber mafia' devastate Russian forests Sebastian Strangio | 11th May 2011 News Politics And Economics Illegal Logging Deforestation Crime Timber Trade logging02.jpg …
They’ve a big new sign by the road announcing GROZNY, each man-sized Cyrillic letter fresh and neat. Only the city itself is no longer there.
… Sebastian Smith | 1st March 2005 News Russians War Chechnya Grozny Moscow War … said the wars were about protecting ethnic Russians: they’d left Chechnya in droves after … gangs. But it was precisely Grozny’s ethnic Russians, the least mobile section of …
Russia's seizure in international waters of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has provoked worldwide outrage. But what are the reasons for Moscow's heavy-handedness? And why has the official western response been so muted?
… Public Opinion) data shows that 60% of Russians approve of their government's action … it too lenient. Moreover, two-thirds of Russians are convinced that any attempts by …
As tensions grow between US-dominated NATO and Russia, former cold warrior William R. Polk hears the echoes of the Cuban missile crisis - only this time, it's Russia that feels forced to fight for its vital strategic interests. We must hear the lessons of 1962 Cuba - and negotiate a just and durable peace, before we sleep-walk into a world-destroying war.
… we were poised to do that by force if the Russians did not remove them. Previous to that … be destroyed before they could be fired. The Russians rightly regarded them as a threat. … do so in the Cuban missile crisis. We and the Russians worked out a solution. So what will …
Germany’s decision to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may cause long-term damage to Russia – but Putin doesn’t care.
The war, the Kremlin, its gas and the pipeline Simon Pirani | 1st March 2022 | Comment Russia Ukraine Gas Nord Stream 2 War Energy Editor’s Picks 2.65001168.jpg Germany’s decision to halt the Nord …
Thanks to an increasingly aggressive US foreign policy pursued over decades, NATO nuclear missiles and armed forces are poised on Russia's border, writes Conn Hallinan - forcing it to abandon its 'no first use of nuclear weapons' pledge in view of the massively asymmetrical threat it faces. The world must step back from the brink of nuclear annihilation.
… another round of warhead reductions, the Russians turned it down cold, citing the … a cold war to a hot war." In response, the Russians have also held war games involving up … Center, told the Financial Times - that the Russians have abandoned their 'no first use' …
The drums of war are beating on the BBC and other mass media, writes Oliver Tickell - naked propaganda about fictitious 'Russian aggression' intended to soften us up for a war that could wipe out life on Earth. We must refuse to fall for the endlessly repeated lies, and tell our politicians that our highest priority of all is peace.
Russian aggression and the BBC's drums of nuclear war Oliver Tickell | 30th January 2015 Comment War Nuclear WMD Politics NATO Russia shell-children.jpg The drums of war are beating on the BBC and …
2014 Goldman Prize winner Suren Gazaryan took on the Kremlin in trying to block illegal development at the Sochi Olympics and on the Black Sea coast, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. Forced to flee to Germany, he can finally get down to researching his beloved bats.
… rapidly become an important news source for Russians skeptical about government controlled …
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight.
Nuclear facilities targeted in war Dr Jim Green | 14th March 2022 | Comment Nuclear Nuclear Power Ukraine Chernobyl Energy Editor’s Picks zaporizhzhia_after_bombing.jpg Several nuclear facilities in …
Sanctions against Russian natural resource tycoons could be good for the environment, writes eco-campaigner Konstantin Rubakhin - if only they would target the right people. But so far, the EU has been turning a blind eye to powerful Kremlin insiders with an open licence to pollute and destroy.
Western sanctions could help Russia's environment - but will they? Konstantin Rubakhin | 19th September 2014 Comment Russia EU Mining Oil Finance Law konstantin-rubakhin-cut.jpg Sanctions against …
Western media have studiously ignored the far-right, violent and often outright Nazi politics of many of Ukraine's Euro-Maidan protestors, writes Robert Parry. But with the thugs now organized into Nazi brigades of the Ukrainian army, and waging war on Russian separatists, an unlikely British paper has dared tell the truth: the conservative Daily Telegraph.
… Ukrainian government and are killing ethnic Russians. The US-backed Ukrainian government … Ukrainian neighborhoods to attack ethnic Russians who are regarded by some of these … one of the remaining strongholds of ethnic Russians opposed to the Kiev regime that …
Why so few Russian representatives at the UN's World Conference on Indigenous Peoples? Officials prevented activists - some opposing Arctic oil development - from leaving the country, damaging passports and detaining them so they missed their planes.
Russia: officials block indigenous leaders from UN Assembly The Ecologist | 26th September 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Russia Human Rights Oil Arctic russia-indigenous-siberia-cut.jpg Why so few …
How much would you have to be paid for each bullet loaded into a gun in a game of Russian Roulette? A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition...
Carbon pricing is planetary Russian Roulette Andrew Hutt | 20th November 2009 Comment Essay Competition Politics And Economics Climate Change roulette.jpg How much would you have to be paid for each …
While mainstream media promulgate a fictitious message of Russian threats in the Baltic, Vladimir Putin's next big play lies far to the south, writes Oliver Tickell. The gross intransigence of the EU, the IMF, the European Central Bank and Germany are forcing Greece into a powerful new economic and energy alliance with Russia that will reshape Europe - and for the better.
NATO invents Russian threats in the Baltic - but Putin's next big play is Greece Oliver Tickell | 19th February 2015 Comment Politics Energy Finance EU Greece tsipras-cut.jpg While mainstream media …
Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons accused of filling up on Russian oil at Navigator Terminals, Essex.
Diesel for supermarkets 'directly funding war' August Graham | 23rd May 2022 | News Greenpeace Tesco Sainsbury’s Asda Morrisons War Ukraine Russia Russia Oil Activism Editor’s Picks …
The EU is in a unique position to save Ukraine from becoming a failed state, writes Michael Emerson, by creating a lightly armed tripartite peacekeeping force of EU, Ukrainian and Russian personnel. But it must act swiftly!
… and flagged with Ukrainians, Europeans and Russians, would escort bulldozers to demolish …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
… down of a Russian SU24 that was, so the Russians insist, a full kilometre inside …
The mainstream media are working hard to obscure NATO's hideous plot to rekindle the Cold War in Ukraine, writes Diana Johnstone, as they seek to engineer our 'consent' for yet more heinous acts to come. To prevent the horror of a full scale war, first we must grasp the truth.
… them in their hour of need, and among some Russians, who feared the President was backing … could nevertheless be taken seriously by the Russians. "The plan would be to simulate an …
Russia’s zapovedniks are some of the world’s most pristine wildernesses. For 70 years they were protected ruthlessly by the Soviet system, but recently they have fallen prey to Putin, the World Bank and ecotourists. Paul Webster reports on their plight
The Wild Wild East: Russia's Zapovedniks Paul Webster | 1st February 2003 News Russia Wilderness World Bank Ecotourism International Development International Development Consumerism World Bank …
The UK is fuelling Russia's attack on Ukraine by buying gas to heat our homes. It doesn't have to be this way.
Gas dependency fuels Russia's war Brendan Montague | 3rd March 2022 | News War Russia Gas Renewable Energy Energy 2.65625441.jpg The UK is fuelling Russia's attack on Ukraine by buying gas to heat …
The official investigation into the downing of MH17 is without precedent in the history of aviation, writes James O'Neill, as it gives one of the prime suspects, Ukraine, a veto power over publication of the report. Grieving families of the victims may never know know the truth, as geopolitics triumphs over justice.
… the verdict ... and hide the evidence The Russians produced an initial denial of … was either ignored or misrepresented. The Russians disclosed, inter alia, their radar … flown by the Ukrainian air force. Again the Russians asked why this had happened. The main …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
Russia aims 'foreign agent' law at green NGO Oliver Tickell | 15th September 2015 News Law Russia Conservation Finance dmitry-cut.jpg The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch …
For Indigenous peoples climate change is not a political slogan but an inescapable reality of their daily life. In a new series for the Ecologist, Gleb Raygorodetsky explores how different communities are responding to the challenges of climate change
Healing the Earth: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Gleb Raygorodetsky | 21st June 2013 News Society Climate Change gleb.jpg Maria Amanchina, a local kam or shaman, conducts a ceremony on Ukok …