Russia’s hand in the Middle East has been dramatically weakened by the departure of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, while Turkey’s has been strengthened.
Russia looks to be staying put on Syria's coast despite efforts by its enemies to boot it out of the country.
One the eve of the Russian antiwar and anti-Putin march in Berlin held on November 17, Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Oleksiy Makeiev published an op-ed in Die Zeit in which he dubbed it as “a walk without dignity and consequences”.
New research shows both foreign and local investors are currently active in Ukraine.