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By Rhod Macenkzie

With The US making bellicose statements about a number of countries is Cuba the next target.It appears that following Venezuela and Greenland , Cuba is poised to become the  next target for regime change ,well at least in Latin,Central America and the Carribbean region.
For many...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian Ambassador to Not So Great Britain Andrei Kelin, has made a statement that the Sir Wan Kier's  government intends  to forcibly detain any vessels it has sanctioned  that are reansporting carrying Russian oil that they claim are under their sanctionsThe ambassador  sai...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Finland has the highest unemployment rate in the EU which is a direct consequence of Helsinki's decision to join NATO,  impose EU sanctions and completely break its economic and business ties to Moscow. That said there still some are other factors to consider. 
In December, the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It has been reported that Finland has detained another merchant vessel in the Baltic Sea shrtly after it left a Russian port.
What justifications did the Finnish authorities use this time for the seizure of the ship,cargo and crew? What is the importance of the ships cargo desti...

By Rhod Mackenzie

One of the most striking political phenomena of 2025 in Poland is the growing popularity of forces advocating for the  improvement of  relations with Russia. To whom exactly does this development pertain, and what is the reason for its direct relevance to Poles' fatigue with the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Dmitry Kasatkin, Russia's Chargé d'Affaires in Riga, has started that the dismantling of the railway that links the ports of Latvia to Russia to the rail system across Russia to Central Asia and to China  is going to would have a seriously negative impact on Latvia's commericial...