Poland’s “Russian Influence Commission” Shows the Ruling Party’s Fear of the Opposition

Poland’s “Russian Influence Commission” Shows the Ruling Party’s Fear of the Opposition

It’s too early to tell whether the “Russian influence commission” will ban opposition leader Donald Tusk and his allies from politics, but it’s difficult to imagine any other practical reason why the ruling party created this unprecedentedly powerful body, let alone at this particular time in the months leading up to fall’s elections. Polish President…

The US, Poland, & Germany Are Responsible for Russia Formally Withdrawing from the CFE Treaty

The US, Poland, & Germany Are Responsible for Russia Formally Withdrawing from the CFE Treaty

The US, Poland, and Germany’s military buildup plans that were announced after the start of Russia’s special operation collectively leave no doubt about their intent to not even keep up the prior pretense of supposedly complying with the CFE. The Kremlin revealed on Wednesday that it’ll formally withdraw from the long-defunct Treaty on Conventional Forces…

Germany’s New Anti-Russian Role Is Partially Due to Its Regional Competition with Poland

Germany’s New Anti-Russian Role Is Partially Due to Its Regional Competition with Poland

Ideological motivations and shadowy US influence networks only go so far in accounting for Germany’s pivot from Russia’s top partner in Europe to one of its top opponents. The latest analysis for RT from leading Russian expert Fyodor Lukyanov would arguably have benefited by incorporating a geopolitical dimension with regards to Germany’s regional competition with…

Poland Wants to Provoke Russia into Being the First to Formally Cut Off Bilateral Relations

Poland Wants to Provoke Russia into Being the First to Formally Cut Off Bilateral Relations

The purpose behind provoking Russia into this is threefold: 1) PiS hopes to manipulate and subsequently exploit optics of this scandal in order to cultivate more support ahead of this fall’s elections; 2) Poland then plans to pressure the rest of the EU to formally cut off ties with Russia “out of solidarity”; and finally,…

Poland’s Temporary Ban on Ukrainian Agricultural Imports Proves That the Grain Deal Is a Scam

Poland’s Temporary Ban on Ukrainian Agricultural Imports Proves That the Grain Deal Is a Scam

The ruling party’s political interests in the run-up to the next elections later this year took precedence over all else, hence why Poland didn’t care that this unilateral move inadvertently extended credence to the Kremlin’s criticism that the grain deal was a scam all along and never meant to help the Global South. It’s unimportant…

Pay Attention to Rising Anti-Establishment Sentiment in Poland

Pay Attention to Rising Anti-Establishment Sentiment in Poland

The almost doubling of support for the anti-establishment Confederation party in recent months shows that Poles aren’t satisfied with their country’s political duopoly, both members of which share the same stance of unwaveringly supporting Kiev in NATO’s proxy war on Russia. That issue is of paramount importance to average people since it’s resulted in surging…