Author: Xavier Prats Monné, former director general of DG SANTE

1. Make America Great Again (MAGA) Republicans embrace anger, they thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies. Trump and his followers are threatening the entire American experiment. 

1. AFAAD (Oeuvre exclusivement sur le sujet des abattoirs) www.afaad.net
2. Alliance Anticorrida (Lutte contre toute activité tauromachique contraire à la législation en vigueur) www.allianceanticorrida.fr
3. Antidote Europe (S’oppose à l’expérimentation animale pour des raisons strictement scientifiques). www.antidote-europe.org

From the very beginning, perestroika had an overarching theme, a guiding idea that defined it at every stage and provided the framework for our thinking. Perestroika was meant for the people. Its goal was to emancipate the human being, to give people ownership of their lives and of their country.

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Putin's theory of victory is that he can outlast everybody. Throughout the war in Ukraine, however, Russia has maintained a singular objective. The objective Putin seeks is the subjugation of the Ukrainian people, and the extinguishment of their sovereignty.

What we are seeing now is a Moscow-orchestrated effort to reduce the supply of Russian gas to Europe as part of the broader geoeconomic standoff between Moscow and the West.

European countries are putting plans in place to manage gas supply and even ration power in case Russian gas flows stop completely or a planned outage at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline is extended.

The European Union has rules to prevent and respond to a disruption in gas supplies. It sets out three levels of crisis: an early warning, alert and emergency.

1. Moscow’s assault on Ukraine is broadly opposed by rank-and-file soldiers. Just 10 percent of Russian soldiers support the war, with the remainder fearing to speak out. Those who are against the war are afraid of the consequences of leaving
2. There is a culture and resentment in the Russian army that tears down the façade of total support for the war portrayed in the Russian propaganda.