BRICS

  • Rusland vol zelfvertrouwen over 'draai naar het oosten'

    Twee jaar na de inval in Oekraïne lijkt Rusland vol zelfvertrouwen over zijn internationale koers. Rusland kan prima zonder het

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  • As war crime suspect Putin is not welcome in South Africa

    At 17 March the International Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest against Vladimir Putin for alleged complicity in war crimes against Ukraine. Moscow shrugged it off, not recognising the ICC. But Putin failed the first litmus test: the South-African president Cyril Ramaphosa dissuaded him to come to the BRICS-summit in Johannesburg (22 till 24 August). It is a slap in the face for Putin and gives credit to ICC and South Africa, says legal expert Sergey Vasiliev of the University of Amsterdam. Elites might wonder what use is a leader who is isolated from the world.
    by Sergey Vasiliev
  • Poetin: ‘NAVO is gevaarlijker dan IS’

    Rusland wentelt zich in eenzaamheid. Volgens het Kremlin zelf heeft de nucleaire supermacht minder vrienden dan ruim een half

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