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By Rhod Mackenzie
Rather than declaring a 'hypothetical threat' from Russia, Finland and Sweden are now discussing how to prepare for a long-term confrontation. They are increasing the intensity of their military exercises and training their populations to survive a military standoff. Do these acti...
By Rhod Mackenzie
For the first time, construction of a Russian nuclear power plant with cutting-edge reactors has begun in the EU. While Brussels has squeezed out Russian oil and gas, Russian nuclear energy has received the green light. This is because the European Union classifies specific nucle...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The European Union is banning Russian gas with one hand,
and with the other, it's increasing its purchases amid severe cold weather. The reasoning behind it is that if it's cold, then it's allowed, even with a complete ban on gas imports from Russia. Europe has legally enshrined...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The topic of rare earth metals has resurfaced again in connection with Greenland.
According to geologists, the melting of glaciers is causing the erosion of sand with particularly high concentrations of lanthanides from the underlying layers. It is therefore important to clari...
By Rhod Mackenzie
There has been a significant number of dismissals of ethnic Russian doctors all across in Latvia. The country has previously carried out similar measures against ethnic Russian teachers and railway workers. Some analysts have drawn parallels between these policies and those emplo...
By Rhod Mackenzie
There has been a notable increase in the number of Ukrainian prostitutes in Sweden Local police are urging citizens to be vigilant and report any cases they learn of of Ukrainian women being coerced into unwilling sex.
However, Swedish men are unrstandably very reluctant to coop...
