by Dr. David Marzak | Nov 16, 2016 | Eastern Europe, Uncategorized
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13, BULGARIA AND MOLDOVIA elected new presidents overtly friendly toward Russia. Rumen Radev, the new Bulgarian president decisively defeated the pro-Western candidate. Radev not only called for the EU to cease sanctions against Russia, he also...
by Dr. David Marzak | Nov 16, 2016 | Eastern Europe, Uncategorized
THE EU AND NATO have been vigorously courting Estonia, the North Baltic State of that borders Russia, into their liberal sphere of influence. Given the fact that ethnic Russians comprise roughly a quarter of Estonia’s population, the move toward Western...
by Dr. David Marzak | Nov 16, 2016 | Russia, Uncategorized
ON NOVEMBER 16, VLADIMIR PUTIN signed an executive order withdrawing Russia from the 124 member International Criminal Court (ICC), the international war times court situated in the Hague, Netherlands. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement explaining...
by Dr. David Marzak | Nov 16, 2016 | France, Western Europe
EMMANUEL MACRON, former French Minister of Economy has announced his candidacy for president. Because Macron plans to compete as an In dependent supported by En Marche, a movement he founded in 2016, he will likely receive votes from both opposition parties,...