Russia’s FSB security service on Tuesday accused Ukraine of organising an attack on a gas pipeline in Russian-annexed Crimea, an allegation rejected by Kyiv which said Moscow was trying to punish prominent Crimean Tatar figures. The FSB accused the Ukrainian Read more…
Years of economic sanctions and political efforts from Washington have come to nothing, and work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is now nearing the final stages of completion, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at a Read more…
Laurence ReismanMon, September 6, 2021, 1:00 PM Bobby and Billy Ford hung out together even before they were born one after the other Jan. 21, 1962. The identical twins were inseparable as youngsters growing up in Williamsburg, Virginia, where their Read more…
Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge of Guinea after he led a unit of elite soldiers to seize power on Sunday. Announcing the military takeover, the 41-year-old former French legionary said the army had little Read more…
Aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu have approached the Federal High Court seeking the nullification of the ward and local government congresses of the party in the state. Read more…
An apparent coup is underway in Guinea, with heavy military presence and gunfire reported in the country’s capital of Conakry. Guinean President Alpha Conde has seemingly been detained by the military. The ongoing unrest broke out in the capital city Read more…
A furious war of words between the US and UK over the chaotic troop withdrawal from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has seen a British cabinet minister call President Joe Biden “doolally” and the US president ignore the prime minister’s calls. It exposes Read more…
The Taliban has dispersed women’s rights protesters who wanted to march to a presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Activists said the militants used tear gas and batons against them, injuring at least one woman. Organizers and activists told local media Read more…
More than 50 Crimean Tatars have been detained by Russian law enforcement officers in Crimea, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, detained five minority Crimean Tatar activists, including Nariman Read more…
By Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal. Follow him on Twitter @glenndiesen.The two-decades long US occupation of Afghanistan has ended in humiliating defeat, with President Joe Biden seemingly betraying Read more…
Celebratory gunfire has erupted over Kabul amid reports that the Taliban has defeated the Panjshir Valley ‘resistance’. The latter’s commander earlier rejected the claims. Footage of gunfire in #Kabul by RT’s Murad Gazdiev pic.twitter.com/rLpoSqjaMk— RT (@RT_com) September 3, 2021 Tracers streaked across the night Read more…
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian at Koç University in Istanbul working on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory. He tweets under @tarikcyrilamar. The Ukrainian President’s trip to Read more…