Russian President Vladimir Putin kept a large distance between himself and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu due to coronavirus restrictions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed late on Monday. Russia’s president was spotted keeping a very pronounced gap Read more…
Russia has moved some long-range artillery and rocket launchers into firing position, threatening Ukraine, according to a U.S. official. Some Russian units have left their assembly areas — the bumper-to-bumper formations seen in satellite photos — and are beginning to Read more…
Vladimir Putin “doesn’t give a s***” about the threats of sanctions being imposed by the UK and other Western countries, according to a senior Russian diplomat. Viktor Tatarintsev, Russia’s ambassador to Sweden, said his country was already under a raft of sanctions and claimed that these measures were Read more…
Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has summoned officials of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over contracts scandal worth over N100 billion. The Committee relied on special periodic checks on the activities and programmes of NDDC for the period between 1st Read more…
China, in addition to being Africa’s largest trading partner, is almost single-handedly building the future of the continent’s cityscapes. And despite rhetoric from US President Joe Biden and other wealthy country leaders about the urgent need to improve infrastructure on Read more…
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken by phone on Saturday as tensions remain at boiling point over Ukraine. According to a White House readout of the call, Biden warned Putin that the US and its Read more…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian naval vessel chased away a U.S. submarine in Russian waters in the Pacific after the submarine ignored a Russian order to surface, Interfax news agency cited the defence ministry as saying on Saturday. The Russian Read more…
A Russian military invasion of Ukraine could happen before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics, prompting a stark warning from the White House that Americans still in Ukraine should leave in the next 24 to 48 hours. And Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Read more…
In the face of strained relations between East and West, Russia is depending on China more than ever to help establish an equal playing field between global powers, one of Moscow’s most senior envoys has revealed. Speaking as part of Read more…
Russia and Belarus are escalating the crisis on the Ukrainian border by holding large joint military exercises, the White House spokesperson claimed on Wednesday. Speaking at a press briefing, Jen Psaki called the drills “concerning,” while noting that she would not be Read more…
The U.N. Security Council has refused to condemn the military takeover in Burkina Faso last month or call it a coup, instead adopting a weak statement expressing “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in the West African nation. Read more…
Washington is bracing itself for an exodus of refugees fleeing Ukraine in the event of a Russian incursion, the White House has announced as tensions remain high in Eastern Europe. Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman Read more…