Bahrain
30.11.2022 Viktor Mikhin

The fraudulent parliamentary elections in Bahrain (a small kingdom in the Persian Gulf) were roundly condemned in many countries, as all opposition parties were officially banned from participating. Those who could have stood for election and competed with the ruling regime were instead sentenced to death sexual violence, beatings, sleep...

30.01.2021 Valery Kulikov

Although the legacy of foreign policy has not been easy for Biden, there is no doubt that the problems of the Middle East, one way or another, will remain at the top of his agenda, and there’s many reasons for that. First of all, it is a very strategically advantageous region for manipulating the whole world through energy prices...

16.10.2020 Viktor Mikhin

Bahrain, a small emirate located in the Persian Gulf, became the next country following the UAE to establish peaceful relations with Israel, after heavy pressure from the US. Of course, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa called this step a “historic achievement” designed to serve not only the interests of his kingdom, but also to help establish peace in this turbulent region of the world...

13.08.2020 Viktor Mikhin

The situation in the small emirate of Bahrain, situated in the waters of the Persian Gulf, has once again caught the attention of media outlets worldwide. The matter at hand is that the country’s Supreme Court upheld the death penalty against two people accused of killing a police officer, despite international concerns about their confessions...

31.08.2019 Viktor Mikhin

Donald Trump’s administration has, through its diplomacy, achieved a “resounding success” in the Persian Gulf. Bahrain, a small emirate with a tiny population which US diplomats could scarcely even find on the map, even after repeated attempts, has, under US pressure...

06.07.2016 Viktor Mikhin

The Persian Gulf is a turbulent region where something happens on a daily basis that can have a negative impact on world politics. This time, it was the small Emirate of Bahrain in the thick of things: in the midst of the "revolutionary"...

29.11.2015 Caleb Maupin

US and British leaders love to invoke the concept of human rights when promoting their latest neoliberal crusade. UN Ambassador Samantha Power’s career has consisted almost entirely of this strategy...

26.06.2015 Valery Kulikov

Recently Bahrainis filled streets across the country to protest the sentencing of the Al-Vafak opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman. It’s reported that civil unrest broke out in some neighboring countries. It should be noted that since the events of the Arab Spring, all across...

03.12.2014 Viktor Mikhin

The first parliamentary and municipal elections since 2011 on the small island nation of Bahrain were just recently held. A total of 419 candidates was registered for this year’s campaign226 of which (including 22 women were running for parliament...

12.05.2014 Viktor Mikhin

The current administration of Barrack Obama, considering itself the new ruler of the world à la Napoleon, in an attempt to subsume the remaining governments under itself, is crossing every conceivable border and acting with completely unfettered audacity....

04.04.2014 Natalya Zamarayeva

Relations between Pakistan and Bahrain are developing in the direction of overall revitalization and further diversification, by the current administration in Islamabad, of relations with...

01.03.2014 Vladimir Simonov

Almost three years after the mass unrest in Bahrain, the situation in the kingdom has become strained once again. The ruling royal family has itself initiated this tension, by deciding to celebrate, as a national holiday, the 13th anniversary...