Ukraine and Russia at the top of the head of state’s international priorities. During his press conference on Tuesday evening (January 16, 2024), Emmanuel Macron reiterated his support for kyiv. We cannot let Russia win and we must not do so because then the very security of Europe and the entire Russian neighborhood would be called into question “. A security agreement between Paris and kyiv should also be announced during the head of state’s visit to Ukraine next month (February 2024).
Almost two years after the start of the war, it is an understatement to say that the conflict is at a turning point. President Volodymyr Zelensky fears being abandoned by his Western allies, and is increasing his travels. This is the whole subject of the biography of the Ukrainian president signed by the correspondent in Ukraine of Time Magazine, Simon Shuster. Its title is “ We will overcomes” in French, “ The Showman ” in English.
“ We will vanquish » by Simon Shuster, published by Harper Collins, will be released in France on January 24, 2024.
This is one of the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, and not the least: the cessation of cooperation between Europe and Moscow on the collection of nuclear waste in the Arctic.
Yes, it was nevertheless one of the most ambitious cooperation projects between Russia and European countries: the dismantling of radioactive waste abandoned in the Arctic during the Soviet era. The Europeans froze funding, and the main Norwegian NGO, the Bellona Foundation, very involved in this project, was declared a “foreign agent” and therefore left Russia. This is the report from Oslo by Carlotta Morteo.
In Russia, the hunt for dissidents and opponents even reaches the Orthodox Church
A free figure in the Orthodox Church, Father Alexis Ouminsky was outspoken. After he was removed from his post as rector of the Trinity Church in the very center of Moscow, an ecclesiastical court removed him from his post. This is the signed portrait Anastasia Becchio.
It’s a subject that mobilizes environmentalists as much as farmers in Ireland and for once, they agree to say that there are too many deer in Ireland. The deer population has exploded with an impact on biodiversity, but also agriculture and road safety. We find in Dublin Clémence Pénard... the government published, at the start of 2024, new recommendations to bring them down.