Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a war that is now in its third year, officials said on June 20. With no … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on June 14 to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Such a deal appears a nonstarter for Kyiv, which … Read more
Russia on Sunday wrapped up widely denounced regional and municipal elections, including in regions annexed from Ukraine, delivering strong support for President Vladimir Putin amidst criticism of vote rigging and Kyiv’s push to reclaim its land. The Council of Europe, Europe’s leading rights group, called the week-long vote a flagrant violation of international law, and … Read more
On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations about global economic challenges like the increased threat of debt defaults facing low-income countries. Yellen will use her time … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets 8-year-old Raisat Akipova, from Derbent, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on July 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted an eight-year-old girl in the Kremlin on July 4 and got her to join him in a bizarre phone call to his Finance Minister to ask … Read more
Russian traffic police officers block off a road as part of a counter-terrorist operation declared after an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group on the outskirts of Voronezh, Russia on June 24, 2023. A fuel depot was on fire in Russia’s southern city of Voronezh, the local governor announced after Moscow said the army … Read more
The Kremlin said that a blast which damaged a pipeline that used to transport ammonia fertiliser from Russia via Ukraine which Moscow wants restarted would have a negative impact on the Black Sea grain deal. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin said on Thursday that a blast which damaged a pipeline that … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine‘s biggest ever drone strike on Moscow was an attempt to scare and provoke Russia, and air defences around the capital would be strengthened. Russia said eight drones targeted civilian areas of Moscow and the Moscow region – with a population of over 21 million – in the … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to announce a ban on Russian diamonds and imports of metals from Russia including copper, aluminium and nickel in support for Ukraine, his government said in a statement. Britain is also targeting an additional 86 people and companies from Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s military industrial complex, in addition those … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping at the Kremlin, has said his country is “always open for a negotiation process”. Putin made the remarks on Monday in response to China’s “plan settle ongoing Ukraine crisis”. The plan aimed to “end the Russia-Ukraine war” was released by China in … Read more