Tag: Russia
GEORGIA – WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
Today - elections in Georgia. The outcome of the elections in Georgia will be a milestone for the future...
Wars, Shifts and Changes
While most attention is drawn to Israel these days, and even the agressive war of Russia in Ukraine does...
Am Bahnhof….”…from Russia!”
Kleine aktuelle Geschichte: Ein kühler Wind weht durch den Bahnhof. Der Fern-Bahnsteig im Berliner Hauptbahhof ist gut gefüllt. Die einen...
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling: EU – China
The middle corridor of the new Silk Road handles much freight that was subtracted from the Northern Route via Russia. New train routes are planned.
Ukraine
Today, the civil citizens of several cities in Ukraine were heavily bombed. No words seem sufficient to describe the suffering...
SCO Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. September 15-16, 2022
The sun will be shining, but the topics are dark. Heads of State from Russia and China, Turkey and...
Kazakhstan. Challenges ahead
Kazakhstan is facing great challenges. Internal and external challenges. But, as often quoted, a challenge is also an opportunity,...
Ukraine 2014/15 – Donbas, Luhansk – Refugees.
https://www.birgitwetzel.de/ukraine-momente-einer-reise-kiew-charkiv/ In 2015 I had the chance to visit Ukraine with a humanitarian aid organisation (ASB - Arbeiter Samariten Bund)...
The EU in Central Asia
Abstract: It was the need for energy, independent from Russian sources, that started the Central Asia Initiative of the European...
War in Caucasus: A chessboard of interests
War - not unexpected, but surely a situation all sides of the conflict had tried to avoid. Another tragic...
Energy from Caspian: Aktau Agreement
I had the great pleasure to speak at the IV International Scientific Conference at Tbilisi State University, Faculty of...
Georgia War and Peace
Greetings to all my friends in Georgia! Exactly ten years ago Georgia was invaded by Russia, involved in a conflict...