Interview with Rostislav Ishchenko, President of the Center for System Analysis and Forecasting. What could you say about the recent statement by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the recent de-escalation of the conflict in Donbass? Is this really happening? Will Kiev fully comply with the Mi

Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the checkpoint" Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, on Nov.... In the almost two-hour talk, they also agreed upon the" need for a humanitarian effort for the migrants" but did not announce any concrete steps, according to the Elysee statement.... Also Monday, Lukashenko spoke on the phone with Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel for 50 minutes about" the situation with refugees on the Belarusian-Polish, Bela

The evolving crisis in Ukraine has generated much discussion about whether Moscow would escalate the conflict, whether in frustration at the slow progress of its military operations, or in response to actions of other states, even possibly resorting to nuclear weapons.... But what do Russian sources suggest about escalation?... While Kahn presented 44 rungs in his escalation ladder, Kokoshin reduced that number to 10, beginning with crisis and ending at strategic nuclear exchange....

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.... My message again was consistent: calm, steady, deescalate....

to grow.... Why is Russia threatening to invade Ukraine?... We have nothing to deescalate from

International relations expert discusses Russia's claim about deescalating forces around Ukraine on

Copenhagen said it had “ not withdrawn from Iraq ”.... Appeal to all to deescalate — violence must

“ Russia must deescalate and engage with Nato proposals," she said. Ukraine’s foreign ministry

deescalate the protests....