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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Western policy of containing Russia is extremely dangerous and fraught with risk of a direct armed clash between nuclear powers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. “Irresponsible speculation” that Russia is about to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine is unceasingly unfolding in the West, …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The combat capability of the Russian armed forces is “increasing day by day” and Russia will certainly step up this process, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. “Today, our goal is to implement the entire scope of necessary measures to achieve a qualitative renewal and improvement …

They are a shot to the foot as there shouldn’t have been an abrupt transition from Russian energy supplies COMMENT | Brahma Chellaney | It seems obvious that sanctions – an increasingly important tool of Western foreign policy – should inflict significant pain on the target without exacting unsustainably high costs from …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission on Wednesday proposed the ninth package of sanctions against Russia that will include almost 200 individuals and entities and cut Russia’s access to drones. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that the eight packages of sanctions introduced so …

Russia has made it clear that it will not export oil to countries that enforce price caps Rome, Italy | Xinhua | A price cap on Russian seaborne crude recently agreed by the European Union (EU), the Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia came into effect on Monday. Whether the …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday warned Iran of the “consequences” of the arms supplies to Russia, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported. “Our signal to them (the Iranian side) was very clear: first, either you stop or you will face a set of …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow is ready to expand the supply of fertilizers and work with all partners in this area. There are artificial barriers created by some countries to the export of Russian fertilizers, which are negatively affecting global markets, Putin said …

COMMENT | NANCY QIAN – PROJECT SYNDICATE |  Nine months after Russia invaded their country, Ukrainians are seizing back their territory and giving their people hope of a military victory. But when it comes to long-term peace and prosperity, a military victory would be only the end of the first …

Why efforts to export liberal democracy abroad are likely to undermine it at home – in the West THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | On September 25th, Italy held an election, which was won by the center-right coalition led by Giorgia Melon’s Brothers of Italy, a radical right-wing political …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | A deal for the export of Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea has been extended for 120 days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Thursday. “As a result of the four-way talks hosted by Türkiye, the Black Sea Grain Corridor Agreement is extended …