February 2, 2023
In an unparalleled victory over cyber-criminals and the infamous Wagner group,
Z-Lib.id has emerged victorious, reclaiming its digital territory previously held by Z-Library. This move is speculated to have repercussions on the funding of the Wagner group, widely accused of fueling conflict in Ukraine.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/02/Z-Lib-Triumphs-Over-Russian-Hackers-and-Wagner-Group-Amidst-Rising-Cyber-War/
January 31, 2023
Next month (February 24) will mark one year since Russia began its full-scale war on Ukraine. This large-scale land invasion has had
repercussions across the geopolitical,
humanitarian, financial, and even food and energy domains. It has also had devastating ecological impacts.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/01/environmental-accountability-justice-reconstruction-russian-war-ukraine/
January 2, 2023
A US Senator once described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, perhaps facetiously, as “a Winston Churchill in a tee shirt”.
And last month, when he addressed the US Congress – with the presence of about 100 Senators and 435 Congressmen – he tried to re-live that moment.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/01/us-proxy-war-russia-doles-100-billion-dollars-aid-arms-ukraine/
December 19, 2022
Since the beginning of the high-level segment, tensions have been steadily rising at the 15th meeting of the conference of the parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) among all participants, including members of country delegation teams, NGOs, observers, monitors, and media. At the press events held daily at the media center and various other events in the Montreal Convention Center, an outburst of anger and frustration have become a common sight.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/gender-target-cop15-russias-single-word-objection-holds-process/
December 16, 2022
A new law banning LGBTQI ‘propaganda’ in Russia will further stigmatise LGBTQI people in the country and could worsen what is already one of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemics, critics have warned.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/12/russias-lgbtqi-propaganda-law-imperils-community/
November 16, 2022
Like most armed conflicts the Ukrainian war intends to establish hegemony over a certain area, in rivalry with other usurpers. Russian propaganda pinpoints the US and EU as Russia’s main adversaries, while Ukraine is portrayed as a pawn in these nations’ international yearnings. Such a scenario is not new.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/11/united-kingdoms-usas-russias-great-game-history-lesson-war-greed/
October 31, 2022
A war of words between Russia on the one hand, and the US, Britain, France and Germany on the other—specifically on the deployment of drones in Ukraine -- has triggered an unintended consequence: a new world food crisis.
The Western powers last week asked the UN to verify whether Iranian drones were being used “illegally” in violation of the 2015 Security Council resolution 2231 which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/10/russian-dispute-drones-threaten-escalate-world-food-crisis/
October 28, 2022
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen walks into a diplomatic minefield these days. He supports UN resolutions against Putin but does not want to jeopardize the long-standing friendship with Russia. At the same time, he tries to be less dependent on the West, both economically and politically.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/10/cambodia-ever-squeezed-russia-west/
October 12, 2022
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military draft on September 21st aiming to mobilise around 300,000 Russian men to fight in the war in Ukraine, an
estimated 400,000 Russians have fled the country, possibly even more.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/10/europe-respond-russians-fleeing-military-mobilisation/
September 15, 2022
Can a pitiless, offensive war waged against a sovereign state be justified? In my opinion the answer is an unequivocal “No!”. Ukraine has the right to defend itself against Russia’s reckless and extremely destructive invasion and EU’s support to a neighbouring country attacked by a superior enemy is definitely correct. However, several Latin American intellectuals and leaders are willing to accept Putin’s narrative, instead of Zelensky’s, namely that the war in Ukraine is actually a war between Russia and USA, which by stalling Russia’s and China’s ambitions intends to maintain its supremacy as a superpower, while using Ukraine as a pawn in its power game.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/09/usa-russia-pursuit-global-hegemony/
August 11, 2022
On August 3rd residents of the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw were suddenly awakened by the sound of military helicopters in the air. The helicopters hovered over the city all day. The way to the regime's foreign ministry was also blocked for hours.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/08/pariah-solidarity-myanmar-russia/
July 20, 2022
For years, Russia's relations with the European Union and the United States have been one of the main areas of conflict in the media. Washington and Brussels accuse Moscow of manipulation and disinformation and, after the invasion of Ukraine, decided to close their media outlets to Russian companies.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/07/vision-world-divided-two-blocs-china-russia-vs-europe-united-states/
June 3, 2022
Warfare and misinformation are intimately connected. The 29th of May was globally observed as
The Day of Communication and due to the ongoing war in Ukraine it was difficult to avoid thinking of affiliated propaganda campaigns, carried out by warring factions and far from indifferent bystanders.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/06/animal-farm-ukrainian-resistance-russian-propaganda/
May 31, 2022
While Africa is yet to fully recover from the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict poses another major threat to the global economy with many African countries being directly affected.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/05/russia-ukraine-conflict-impacts-africa/
May 20, 2022
Moscow’s decision to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015 effectively preserved the Assad regime in Damascus. Russian air power and intelligence support, along with Iranian-backed militias on the ground, allowed the regime to beat the opposition and brutally reassert its control over much of Syria.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/05/russian-invasion-means-syria/
May 13, 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine last February has triggered multiple crises in several fronts: the deaths of thousands of civilians, the destruction of heavily populated cities, the rise in military spending in Europe, a projected decline in development assistance to the world’s poorer nations; the demolition of schools and health-care facilities — and now the threat of hunger and starvation.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/05/russian-invasion-blamed-44-million-people-marching-towards-hunger-starvation/
May 4, 2022
The Russian Federation, which invaded Ukraine last February killing scores of civilians and destroying entire cities, has been condemned, vilified and ostracized by the international community.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was emphatic last month when he remarked: “The use of force by one country against another is the repudiation of the principles that every country has committed to uphold. This applies to the present military offensive. It is wrong. It is against the Charter. It is unacceptable”.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/05/un-continues-financial-ties-vilified-russia-isolated-international-community/
April 25, 2022
Soon after Russia invaded her country, Anastasiia Yeva Domani found herself forced to abandon the regime of vital medicines she was taking.
The transgender activist could no longer get hold of the hormone medicines she needed to regularly take in Ukraine as supply chains were disrupted and the vast majority of pharmacies were closed.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/04/transgender-ukrainian-refugees-impacted-war-russia-continues/
April 12, 2022
While the West has closed its ranks in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the response in Africa has hardly been uniform.
Following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, various constituencies within the international community have reacted with a mixture of shock, anger, and trepidation as they ponder the invasion’s implications for international security.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/04/africa-divided-russia-ukraine-war/
April 8, 2022
A legendary quote attributed to Joseph Stalin most likely applies to the United Nations too. “How many divisions does the Pope have?” asked the Soviet leader, interrupting a speech by Winston Churchill in a bygone era.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/04/ukrainian-presidents-plea-expel-russia-ready-close-un/