I was very privileged to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Houston, Texas. He was kind, gentle and possessed a mischievous sense of humor. When he looked into your eyes you immediately felt his love.

" A man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was also tender and vulnerable in his compassion for those who had suffered oppression, injustice and violence under apartheid, and oppressed and downtrodden people around the world." South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state.

The Soviet Union was once the largest country in the world, covering more than 22 million square kilometers. It consisted of 15 Soviet socialist republics but was highly centralized for most of its history. Although the U.S.S.R.'s official language was Russian, more than 200 other languages and dialects were spoken, and it was home to more than 290 million people of various ethnicities.

Source: InfluenceMap’s 2021 Climate Policy Footprint

Most obstructive corporate holding back Paris Agreement-aligned climate policy.  

Alpha Listing

Positive Scenario 

Transnistria

1st Sphere

• Russia
• Belarus
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Ukraine

2nd Sphere

• Georgia
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Moldova

3rd. Sphere

• Estonia (NATO member)
• Latvia (NATO member)
• Lithuania (NATO member)

4th Sphere

The demands form a package that Moscow says is an essential requirement for lowering tensions in Europe and defusing a crisis over Ukraine.

Key points of Moscow’s proposals 

The European Union (EU) and Russia remain closely interdependent despite strained relations since 2014. Russia and the EU share longstanding historical, cultural and economic ties and the EU continues to engage Russia in selected areas of EU interest. The EU is Russia’s first trading partner and Russia is the EU’s fifth trading partner. In 2019, EU imports from Russia reached €144 billion and EU exports to Russia €88 billion.

Political relations

EU sovereignty

• Move from a Europe of cooperation within its borders to a powerful Europe in the world, fully sovereign, free to make its own choices and master of its own destiny.
• Better “control” of Europe’s borders for taking up the challenge of migration, facing up to hybrid wars and avoiding human dramas..

Reform of Schengen

Ukraine should adopt some form of non-alignment or neutrality as the basis for its foreign and defense policies. An essential step in this process is for the United States to formally put an end to the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine. The sustained false hope of NATO membership discourages Ukraine from examining more pragmatic and necessary options.