Sans minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l'intervention américaine – réaffirmer la doctrine Monroe, asseoir des sphères d'influence impériales –, on ne peut comprendre l'enlèvement de Nicolas Maduro si l'on ignore les masses financières colossales associées à un changement de régime à Caracas.
Il ne s'agit pas de minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l'intervention américaine – réaffirmer la doctrine Monroe, asseoir des sphères d'influence impériales. (…)

“Russia can only win the war”, “Russia has never been defeated”, “How naïve to think one could vanquish a country that possesses nuclear weapons”... etc, etc. This refrain (which is inaccurate), originating from the Kremlin, is being broadcast insistently by the right, the far right, and a certain “radical” left.
We witnessed a recent illustration of this in Belgium when all parties represented in Parliament, from Vlaams Belang to the PTB, supported De Wever in the matter of Russian (…)

In the two years since its nationalisation, Ukrnafta has generated more profits than in the 20 years it was privately owned.
On 5 November 2022, the public limited company ‘Ukrnafta' was transferred to state ownership. Until 2022, Ukrnafta was owned by oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Between 2022 and 2023, Ukrnafta's profits reached nearly US$1 billion, exceeding the profits made by the company during the entire period it was owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Since its nationalisation, Ukrnafta has (…)