Wednesday, June 18, 2025
On Tuesday, May 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, told TASS that a series of meetings on defense-related topics will begin. Peskov, on the other hand, refused to reveal the main topics of the upcoming meetings. Putin will speak with visiting Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in Sochi on...
U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken issued a statement condemning the incident with the Ryanair flight in Belarusian airspace on Sunday and demanding the immediate release of Roman Protasevich, who was detained after the plane was forced to land in Minsk. Blinken said that the United States strongly opposes the forced...
The arms control issue will become the key discussion at the potential meeting between US president Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, should such a meeting takes place soon, the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, told Russian media. According to Peskov, Russia owns the most modern...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, by his decree, put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on the indefinite extension of sanctions against the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, as well as the head of...
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, told Reuters on Thursday that the Group of Seven is playing a "dangerous game" by making violent and unfounded criticism of the Kremlin because it brings Russia closer to China. G7 foreign ministers chastised both China and Russia this month, portraying the Kremlin...
In the midst of deadly clashes between Hamas and Israel, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a voluntary withdrawal of Russian and ex-Soviet republic civilians from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, The Moscow Times reports. Putin's order, which was released on the government's legal site 10 days ago, came after Hamas...
On Thursday, the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had yet to determine whether or not a summit with his American counterpart Joe Biden would take place, but praised talks between the two countries' top diplomats as a promising indication. Moscow and Washington's relations have hit a post-Cold War low after...
The talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken were described as "constructive" by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TASS reports. Moscow confirmed its willingness to conduct a strategic stability dialogue with the U.S. and address all facets and influences affecting it. According to...
After Armenia accused Azerbaijan of a border incursion, Russia said on Wednesday that it had offered to help mediate demarcation talks. Last week, Armenia accused Azerbaijan of moving soldiers across the border, exposing the frailty of a Russian-brokered truce that ended six weeks of combat between ethnic Armenian and Azeri...
U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are scheduled to meet on Wednesday night ahead of a potential presidential summit in June to try to strengthen the deteriorating ties between the two former Cold War adversaries. The face-to-face negotiations, which will take place on the sidelines...