By sacking one of his best generals and replacing him with a ‘woke chic’ scholar when the country is already suffering from racial tensions, Macron gives the unsettling impression that France’s decadence is a settled issue.

Bookmakers are touting Penny Mordaunt as the woman most likely to be the next prime minister.

Le Pen highlighted the absurdity of Europeans purchasing oil and gas from India, which itself purchased them from Russia.

“We want to allow the expulsion of any foreigner found guilty of a serious act … regardless of their condition of presence on the national territory,” Minister Darmanin said.

Canada’s return of a repaired gas turbine to Russia has left Germans relieved that the gas flow through Nord Stream 1 may soon resume. But Ukrainian officials are disappointed about the circumvention of sanctions.

There are concerns that the Ukrainian situation will become like that of former Yugoslavia, with weapons being trafficked to be distributed in the EU.

In the first quarter of this year, the euro area ran a combined trade and financial deficit vs. Russia of €-26 billion. Only the deficit vs. China was bigger, at €-38.8 billion.

Billboards claiming “Alaska is ours!” have been spotted in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. While part of a marketing campaign of a company called ‘Alaska,’ some Duma members are openly considering reclaiming Alaska for Russia.