Tag Archives: Russia

Beijing, China | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sent a message to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, warmly congratulating him on his election as Chinese president. Putin said he would like to extend his warm congratulations to Xi on the occasion of his election as president of …

It is obscene to blame Ukraine for Russian acts of destruction or its resistance as a rejection of peace COMMENT | Slavoj Žižek | Last May, before being newly re-elected as president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bear …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident that happened earlier in Russia’s southern Bryansk region a “terrorist attack,” adding that the perpetrators had targeted civilians, the Kremlin said Thursday. The Russian president gave his assessment of the incident in the Bryansk region during a video address …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a law officially suspending Russia’s participation in the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the United States. The law comes into force immediately and the decision to resume Russia’s participation in the treaty is up to the …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Purchasing power in Italy fell by 54 percent over the last year, as high inflation, reduced trade and slower economic growth caused in part by the Russia-Ukraine crisis took their toll on the daily life of Italians, according to a new report published by Italian think-tank …

How all sides to this conflict made strategic miscalculations that will reshape the world order THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Today (February 24th) marks one year since Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine in what President Vladmir Putin called a “special military operation.” Since then, the war has only proved …

The Nord Stream pipelines, which transported natural gas from Russia to European markets via Germany, were severely damaged last September after blasts in the Baltic Sea Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Three European countries looking into the details surrounding last September’s Nord Stream pipelines explosion said on Tuesday they are not …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian economy has withstood Western sanctions and performed “much stronger than the West believed,” President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “We have ensured the stability of the economic situation, protected citizens, saved jobs, prevented market shortages, including essential goods, and supported the financial system and …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the United States and Russia to resume the full implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Asked about Guterres’ reaction to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country will suspend its participation in the …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia is suspending its participation in rather than withdrawing from the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday. NATO demanded in early February that Russia “return to the implementation” of the New START and allow …