"System of accounting for greenhouse gas emissions to be formed in Russia by 2025"  Well this is welcoming news, and although we will need to wait to see what it actually means, the first concrete statement issued by the Russians possibly indicates the right attitude - "By 2022, it is planned to implement the first... Continue Reading →

It's kind of like archaeology, raking through the muck of a dead or dying society to gain some sort of relevance to today. I don't need to say anything more about this.  Just read it and weep about all the things you didn't know or pretended not to know before you started. Forget about the... Continue Reading →

"Ignore the hype — this is not an impeachment inquiry" There is no impeachment enquiry and will not be one this side (and likely not on the other side either) of next year's US presidential election. What we do have, as stated in this report from The Hill, is "...partisan theatrics, proceeding under the ipse... Continue Reading →

"Tokyo plans to bring peace treaty talks with Moscow to new level" Whatever has Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe been smoking? He is living in a dream world, far away from reality if he thinks that Russia is going to hand over to Japan the southern Kuril islands that were incorporated into the Soviet Union... Continue Reading →

Having moved a few months ago from a rambling old farm house that I lived in and rented for the past five years on a little more than 2/3 of an acre of land (which at age 74 I grudgingly acknowledged that I could no longer maintain properly - though I loved the isolation of... Continue Reading →

The US is a sick, sick puppy - if the US media is anything to judge by. More concerned with potential or alleged external interference in their over-esteemed democratic election process, for the protection of which they obviously possess very weak defences (or why would they still be voicing concern over it?), than in concentrating... Continue Reading →

"What’s Right About France’s Overtures Toward Russia?" There is much to like about this article from Dominique Moisi and, in general I approve.It is true for example that "the international strategic context has changed dramatically" in recent years, making foolish the nonsense of pursuing the same paths and alliances that have persisted from the previous... Continue Reading →

"UN to take measures at Russian request after US visa issues" The United States has put itself in an undefendable position by not issuing visas for ten Russian delegation members to enter the US, rendering them unable to attend the recent meetings of the UNGA First Committee. This is a totally unacceptable situation for which... Continue Reading →

"Donald Trump's phone call is now politically messy for Scott Morrison on two levels" This is just your everyday political cartoon story, in which the ABC News gets some things right and some things awfully wrong - for whatever reason.  They get things wrong here on rather more than two levels. The first thing that... Continue Reading →