The escalation of the Ukrainian conflict is explosive

Frankfurter Rundschau

7 years, almost to the day, after the start of the Donbass War, Ukraine and Russia have never seemed so close to a large-scale military conflict

Le Temps

since December, the truce passed last summer has been constantly torn apart

It seems that Moscow wants to impose a standoff on Kiev 

and a first major test for the new American administration

Guardian

Moscow undoubtedly wants to show the Biden administration that it remains a formidable power

And the message seems to have been received

while the American command for Europe has raised its level of threat, from possible crisis to potential imminent crisis

Nobody should doubt the will of the Russian president to complete what he started in 2014,

Suddeutsche Zeitung

Putin could also judge that the moment is opportune, while the world is in the grip of the Covid pandemic and the countries of the European Union are only concerned about themselves

the reduction of presidential terms to zero

Kommersant

a reset

in power until 2036

Guardian

the oldest ruler of Moscow since the Russian Empire

Vladimir Poutine 68 years old has not yet specified if he really intends to serve his 2 additional terms

Die Welt

Guardian points out

that Putin has made a habit of staying in power whenever he could have bowed out

even if the new law gives him lifetime immunity from prosecution

”, the Russian President has probably“

always

not found a way to transfer power and ensure that he and his family would stay safe after retirement

to protect our athletes from the global health crisis caused by a malicious virus

It destroys hopes of renewing relations with South Korea and relaunching nuclear negotiations,

Financial Times

New York Times

that Seoul had hoped that the Olympics next July could allow high-level delegates from the 2 Koreas to discuss issues other than sports

The Winter Olympics of 2018 in South Korea had thus allowed the resumption of a dialogue between the 2 countries and also with the United States

that since the end of the contacts in 2019, the pandemic has worsened the diplomatic isolation of North Korea and revived concerns about its nuclear ambitions

A 1st for a large economy 

that a thousand years ago when money meant coins, China invented paper money

Chinese government strikes digital money

A cyber yuan 

have a currency that is not linked to the global financial system dominated by the dollar

Digitization will not be enough to make the yuan a rival to the dollar in bank transfers

Wall Street Journal

the inhabitants of poor countries the possibility of transferring

. money internationally, and will also mitigate the bite of US sanctions against Chinese businesses and individuals