Tag Archives: Russia

MOSCOW | TASS | Vladimir Zelensky will put US President Donald Trump’s peace plan to a referendum, if Kiev fails to negotiate a better position on Donbass during his upcoming talks with the US leader on Sunday, the Axios news portal said. The portal wrote, citing a phone interview with …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia opposes the deployment of weapons in space, stressing that Moscow sees no threat related to recent discussions about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. During his annual press conference, Putin dismissed speculation surrounding the 3I/ATLAS comet. “This is our secret …

BRUSSELS | Xinhua |  Guarantees proposed by the European Union (EU) for using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine were “still insufficient,” said Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Thursday, warning that Belgium would not bear the risks alone. Addressing the Belgian parliament ahead of an EU summit, De …

ANKARA | Xinhua |  The Black Sea should not become “an area of confrontation” between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. “The Black Sea should not be seen as an area of confrontation. This would not benefit Russia or Ukraine. Everyone needs safe navigation in the …

Kenya’s foreign minister said some 200 Kenyans were known to be fighting for Russia and acknowledged that recruitment networks were still active NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | David Kuloba’s mother warned him about going to Russia after he accepted a job as a security guard advertised by a recruitment agency in …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | The North Atlantic Alliance has already destroyed all normal contacts with Moscow, so statements about abolishing the Russia-NATO Council are irrelevant, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS. Earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said the bloc was preparing a decision to dissolve the …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Moscow welcomes the readiness of the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to continue working together to return the region to peace and stability, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The statement said that Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi …

MOSCOW | Xinhua) |  Russian air defense shot down 164 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. According to the ministry, 39 drones were destroyed over the Black Sea and 32 over southern Russia’s Krasnodar region. The drone attacks caused damage to port infrastructure and an apartment building …

Kampala, Uganda | TASS | Russia has handed over to Uganda various military equipment worth $53 million, the Russian Embassy in Kampala said on Telegram. The embassy said the ceremony took place on October 26 and was attended by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Jacob …

As countries around the world push to forge strategic partnerships to advance their nuclear power goals, Africa’s critical role is expanding. Several African governments have signed nuclear energy deals with Russia, which aims to expand its nuclear ambitions across the continent through state-backed finance and technology that could reshape energy …