STORY: When asked about a $60 per barrel cap imposed by the Group of Seven states and the European Union on Russian seaborne oil over Russia’s war in Ukraine, he said: “Up until now we actually haven’t received nor are Read more…
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is trying to find excuses for his own failures, the Russian Foreign Ministry has suggested on Wednesday. Moscow was responding to the speech Scholz delivered earlier this week, criticizing Russia’s foreign policy and speculating about the Read more…
Baltic states and other European nations upset at comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding security guarantees for Russia formally lodged disapproval and explained their position to France on Monday, diplomats said. In an interview with French TV station Read more…
Russia is boosting efforts to produce sophisticated weaponry for its military to deter Western countries that are supporting Kiev in its fight with Moscow, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. His comments were apparently a response to Aleksey Read more…
A confession by former German chancellor Angela Merkel about the Minsk peace agreements could be used as evidence in a tribunal involving Western politicians responsible for provoking the Ukraine conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Read more…
Call it what you will, what happened at Chatham House London yesterday was a complete charade… The Bola Tinubu handlers fumbled, and bungled it big time… They showcased him like a packaged invalid. It would have been better to present Read more…
The impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is harsher on the EU than on the US, European Council President Charles Michel has said. According to Michel, security ties between Brussels and Washington have strengthened since the outbreak of Read more…
Any tribunal formed by the West in an attempt to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine would not have any jurisdiction over Moscow, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. It went on to slam France for backing the idea. “The current Read more…
A man who helped organize the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and survived the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown says Chinese President Xi Jinping is showing a “rare display of weakness.” Zhou Fengsuo told Newsweek that Xi’s willingness to walk back Read more…
The Russian Defense Ministry has acquired a new space asset, launched on Monday on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country’s far north. The Russian military did not specify the nature of the craft, stating only that Read more…
Chechens, Buryats and others who are “of Russia but are not of the Russian tradition” are acting with “cruelty” in Ukraine, the head of the Roman Catholic Church told the Jesuit magazine America in an interview published on Monday. Russian Read more…
Protests broke out in China this weekend, with demonstrators in Shanghai, Wuhan, Beijing and other locations demanding an end to the government’s stringent Covid restrictions. Videos shared on social media purportedly show some protesters calling for the downfall of the Read more…