Another global recession?

The world is facing a global recession, writes Project Syndicate. Former British Finance Minister Jim O'Neill is confident that the strength of this recession and measures that can minimize its scale and severity will largely depend on the Fed, the Chinese authorities and Putin.

Conflict in Ukraine: the whole world is divorced from itself, emotions take over

The well-known analyst Dominique Moisi on the pages of the Parisian "Les Zko" does not go so far as to support Russia's operation in Ukraine, but asks a dangerous question for a Western thinker. Here it is: why did the countries of the Middle East, Asia, Africa refuse to condemn Russia? And this is despite pressure and bribery from the West.

The NYT newspaper called Ukraine's victory over Russia with the return of territories unrealistic

The New York Times newspaper published an article in which it called Ukraine's military victory over Russia unrealistic with the return of territories that Kiev has lost since 2014.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that in response to the next anti-Russian sanctions announced by the Canadian authorities, which affected not only representatives of the leadership, military and business circles, but in some cases the closest relatives of those who became involved in the "blacklist", entry to Russia is permanently closed for a similar category of Canadian citizens.

President of Ukraine Zelensky said that 700 thousand people are in the Ukrainian army

The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, expects to exchange the surrendered military with Azovstal. According to him, everything depends on the commitments of Russia, the UN and the Red Cross - they promised the Ukrainian soldiers the preservation of life and security. The head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, in turn, offered to send captured Ukrainians to restore the destroyed Donbass. The Russian authorities have not yet abandoned the idea of a trial of "Nazi criminals".

The military conflict in Ukraine is becoming more complicated, and America is not ready for this

The Ukrainian crisis is a test of Biden and the United States for strength, writes NYT. The White House will have to explain to Americans, who are increasingly concerned about their own well-being, why they need to support Ukraine. At the same time, the aggravation of the conflict with Russia should not be in the interests of the United States, the author notes.

There is no innovation in the possible provision of Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine by the Americans, the Russian military is carefully monitoring the supply of weapons and taking measures, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

And Russian fighters and air defense systems shot down two Su-25 attack aircraft in the DPR and the Kherson region during the day

On May 21, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a strike on the Ukrainian special forces training camp near Odessa and military fuel reserves at the Odessa port plant, as well as an air battle over the DPR, in which Russian fighters shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft. On the same day, a large batch of military equipment from the United States was destroyed at a railway station in the Zhytomyr region. Experts believe that the liberation of other cities of the DPR and LPR will accelerate the complete surrender of the garrison from the "Azovstal" in Mariupol, which ended a day earlier

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on May 20, 2022, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu. Opening the meeting, the Defense Minister spoke about the course of the special military operation in Ukraine.

The special military operation has become a giant testing ground for the latest Russian weapons. Another example of this was the reports about the beginning of the use of Su-57 fighters in Ukraine. What kind of weapon was first used during the special operation and what results did it show?

The website of the magazine "Russia in Global Politics" published an article by Dmitry Trenin, a well-known Russian political scientist, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, "Politics and Circumstances" about the prospects of Russia's foreign policy in the light of a special military operation in Ukraine.

Between the hammer and the anvil. Algeria is facing a difficult choice — Russia or the West? What will be his final decision?

The gas crisis in Europe and Moscow's special operation in Ukraine not only attracted international attention to Algeria, but also put it before a difficult choice — Russia or the West, Rai Al Youm writes. The author of the article tells how this choice is complicated, and what are the real possibilities of the country to provide an alternative to Russian gas.

The West is trying to reach Russia through Central Asia

Kazakhstan for the first time refused to hold this year's traditional Victory Day parade on May 9. The explanation is banal – lack of funds. But it is unlikely that it is justified for a country that has huge reserves of oil, gas, rare earth metals and actively supplies them abroad.

Servicemen of the internal troops have been granted the right to carry and use weapons and military equipment

In Belarus, the scope of use of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the conditions for the use of weapons and military equipment by military personnel have been adjusted.

At the meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS member countries, which took place yesterday, May 19, the Chinese authorities stressed the importance of deepening cooperation within the organization, as well as the desire to normalize international relations in a period of geopolitical turmoil.

China and Russia are not allies, but their relations have not deteriorated due to the Ukrainian crisis

China cannot attend the summit of the CSTO military alliance, which was convened by Vladimir Putin on May 16. China is not in a military alliance with Russia. He has not signed military agreements with any country other than the DPRK. It is militarily neutral and has nothing to do with NATO.

Beijing makes it clear that the world needs a new union of states capable of "introducing stability into international relations experiencing an era of radical changes." These words of Chinese President Xi Jinping refer to the BRICS organization, which also includes Russia. But will the BRICS members be able to overthrow the collective West from the pedestal of the world leader?

On May 20, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri reported that on May 17, 2022, an official ceremony of laying a landing helicopter dock ship under construction for the Qatar Navy took place in the construction dock of its shipbuilding enterprise in Palermo.

The web resource "Naval News" published an interesting material by Daehan Lee "Prospect: CVX And K-SSN In South Korea's New Administration" ("Perspective: CVX and K-SSN under the new South Korean administration"), in which it is reported that after the election of the new president of South Korea, Yun Sokel, his administration, apparently, will review the ambitious design and construction program initiated by the previous leadership for the CVX light aircraft carrier for the South Korean Navy.