Tag Archives: Russia

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, paving the way for the U.S. government to impose higher tariffs on Russian goods. The lower chamber approved the measure by vote of 424-8, with a few Republicans voting against, sending the …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has listed six priorities during peace talks with Russia, the presidential press service reported. “My priorities in the negotiations are absolutely clear: the end of the war, security guarantees, sovereignty, restoration of territorial integrity, real guarantees for our country, real protection for …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday asked the United States to “do more” to help Ukraine defend itself against the ongoing military operation by Russia. In a speech delivered via videoconference to the U.S. Congress, he also asked the United States to champion the establishment of …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that both Russia and Iran support a fast resumption of the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or the Iran nuclear deal. Moscow is waiting for Washington to return to the legal framework of the agreement …

  Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia on Tuesday sent a notice of withdrawal from the Council of Europe to the organization’s Secretary General Marija Pejcinovic Buric, Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The states of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the European Union, abusing their majority in the Council of Europe, …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday announced sanctions on top U.S. officials, including U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Russia’s “stop list” also includes Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, National Security Advisor …

Arms tracking data shows why 17 African countries could have abstained in a UN vote to condemn the superpower Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an organisation that tracks arms trade, indicates that Russia was the largest supplier of …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | The suggestion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is isolated may still be something of a Western bias — an assumption based on a definition of the “world” as places of privilege, largely the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, The Washington Post reported. “Of …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Near half of Russia’s roughly 640 billion U.S. dollars of gold and foreign currency reserves has been frozen, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Sunday. Siluanov said on a Russian TV program that Russia will pay roubles to its debt holders. He said that the …

Moscow, Russia |  Xinhua |  Russia will publish individual sanctions against the West in the near future, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday. “The lists are ready,” Ryabkov said on Russian broadcaster Channel One, adding that the sanctions will be made public soon. According to Ryabkov, Moscow sees …