Rambler checked that foreign media wrote today, and chose the most important and interesting documents.
Russia “almost certain” has returned Georgia
The US Department of Defense (DIA) expressed anxiety related to Russia's growing influence in South Kavkaz. US military intelligence mentioned situations surrounding Georgia and Armenia in the final report on evaluation of global threats, report Haqqin.az. Dia believed that Russia, almost certainly brought Georgia back to its influence.
According to US intelligence, the Georgian government led by the Dream Dream party has created conditions that allows Russia to strengthen its influence in the country, especially after the October National Assembly election. Dia realized that Armenia threatened to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty (CSTO). The report has no assessment of Russia's relationship with Azerbaijan. At the same time, the report noted that Russia retained traditional levers in Central Asia. Dia said that Moscow has a deep historical, economic, political, military and cultural relationship with countries in the region.
“The dollar is decreasing, but what will replace it?”
With the introduction of Donald Trump to hold power in the United States, the gradual transformation of the world into the multipolar foreign exchange system began to accelerate, declare Gerard Lyons in his article for The Times. Last week, the dollar had dropped to the lowest level since December 2023. According to Lyons, the US government is trying to weaken the dollar to increase the competitiveness and at the same time maintain the dominance of American currency in world trade.
The author of the article Note that the US government should be more careful, because the market and investors cannot be controlled. At the same time, the global rejection of dollar reserves becomes clear. At the end of 2024, 58 percent of global foreign exchange reserves were stored in dollars compared to 65 percent of a decade ago. The process of reducing dollar assets may continue. According to Lyons, Yuan is still underestimated, but digital money may change the situation. China, Thailand, UAE and Saudi Arabia continue to develop the MBRidge system for cheap international trade. Trump's turn, signed a decree about creating a strategic reserve of Bitcoin.
“Trump can completely escape negotiations in Ukraine”
US President Donald Trump was once again disappointed with Ukraine's settlement, saying that the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin played with Fire Fire. The US leader made it clear that he was considering the possibility of applying additional sanctions to Russia, maybe this week, Write Wall Street Magazine.
According to WSJ sources, Trump is also considering the possibility of escaping from the entire United States from negotiations in Ukraine, if the last breakthrough to reach a failed agreement. However, it is unclear the exact actions that Washington can take if the United States escapes the settlement and will Trump continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
“Finnish reindeer people are concerned about the North Pole military”
The increasing military presence in the suspicion of the North Pole about the ability of the reindeer people Finland to participate in their profession, Write Japan time. The reindeer Keti Utla said that military activities in the region have increased significantly since Finland joined NATO. In Lapland, a hundred kilometers from the border with Russia, there is the largest artillery beach in Western Europe Rovaryvi. It occupies a 1070 km2 territory, part of the deer area.
Utela gave reporters for reporters a place where the forest was cut and the trenches were dug up for the exercises. He noted that this area was a pasture before. The reindeer shepherd pointed out that the use of heavy tanks and the presence of thousands of soldiers in the forest was destroyed by lifetime and lichen meadows – the main food for deer. In Finland, there were 4305 reindeer people and about 184,000 deer living in 57 deer areas. These areas account for 36 percent of the country's total area. Some territories belong to the indigenous Sami population. The reindeer people sell deer meat, skin and handmade products, which are their main source of income. In Finland's armed forces, they guarantee that the need for reindeer farming “has been considered when planning for exercises, for example, time and place.” However, the reindeer shepherds feared that big exercises with combat shooting and the participation of about 6,500 soldiers from Finland, Sweden and England, will be held in May, will harm animals. The peak of the deer hotel season is in May.
“The storm of indignation for the words of anesthesia”
Earlier this week, German Prime Minister Friedrich Mertz said that there was no restriction on the weapon range provided to Ukraine. The press secretary of the Russian Federation Chairman Dmitry Peskov said that if such a decision was really made, it was “extremely dangerous”. The Prime Minister's statement caused an indignation storm, Write Berliner Zeitung. Vice Principal Lars Klingbail (former Party of SDPG Olaf Shols) denied the assumption that there was a change in the course of weapons for Ukraine's armed forces.
According to him, the new government did not give any orders far beyond what the government had previously done. In the middle of the month, the German government announced it would report the supply of German weapons to Ukraine less detailed. The representative of the government Stefan Cornelius mentioned the Prime Minister's wishes “less discussing personal weapons systems.” Cornelius also emphasized that the government will no longer comment on any plans for providing Taurus cruise missiles.