Rasa Juknevičienė MEP
European Union

Juknevičienė: “It would be much worse if the infection of Putinisation were to take over a large part of Europe”

Presenting her group’s priorities in the field of foreign affairs and security to her colleagues in Crete on Wednesday, European People’s Party (EPP) group vice-chairwoman Rasa Juknevičienė reviewed the situation on the European continent and […]

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko
Central/Eastern Europe

Laurinkus. Poorly thought out steps could accelerate Belarus’ descent into Russia’s grasp

Secretly, Alexander Lukashenko’s inauguration became the reference point for the next events in Belarus. The opposition was unable to find out the date for the “ceremony” ahead of time. Protesters planned to meet the “ascent […]

Mateusz Morawiecki Prime Minister of Republic of Poland
Central/Eastern Europe

Polish PM Morawiecki: President Putin has lied again

The 20th century brought the world inconceivable suffering and the deaths of hundreds of millions in the name of twisted, totalitarian ideologies. The death toll of Nazism, fascism and communism is obvious for people of […]

Vladimir Putin
Opinion

Russian politics in Putin’s new term

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the great survivor of European politics. Western leaders come and go, but Putin has persisted. He has managed to hold on to power for nearly two decades, through three foreign wars, two economic crises, multiple presidential and parliamentary elections (of varying degrees of fairness), a series of leadership reshuffles, the rise and fall of oil prices, and successive waves of economic sanctions. […]