Saturday, May 18, 2024
Russian speakers in Donbass have been rejected by their own state and Russia considers it a priority to protect their interests, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, TASS reported. "Russia believes that it is important to take care of the interests of Russian speakers around the world in general," he...
Russia will continue to infuriate the West by telling the truth about the developments in Ukraine at the United Nations, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said on Wednesday after the UN Security Council’s Arria-formula informal meeting on Ukraine, TASS reports. The meeting was convened...
The U.S. administration believes that the open dialogue between Washington and Moscow would benefit bilateral relations, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN, commenting on a possibility of a U.S.-Russian summit, Russian agency TASS reports. In his words, the United States was ready to respond if the Russian government...
The Ukrainian-US military exercises called Rapid Trident-2021 began on Monday in Ukraine, with the goal of training Ukrainian soldiers for defensive and offensive actions as part of NATO allied forces. The drills are part of a series of international exercises that will take place in Ukraine in 2021. Another...
The US Navy has carried out such Freedom of Navigation operations in the South China Sea to challenge China’s claims to expansive maritime boundaries. This patrol comes amid talk of the Quad members (US, India, Japan and Australia) intensifying their military joint-activity to ensure 'rule-based order' in the Indo-Pacific,...
On December 18, 2021, Russia will entirely pull out of the Treaty on Open Skies, according to a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday. According to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow has sent notices to Hungary and Canada, the document's depository states, as well as the other member...
According to Russian Embassy Spokesperson Nikolai Bryakin, 54 staffers of the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic were laid off by the Czech government on Saturday, TASS said. On May 31, the second batch of embassy staff and their families will depart the Czech Republic. Previously, Russia and the Czech Republic...
The leaders of European Union countries will consider policies towards Russia and Brexit at a summit scheduled for May 25, French President Emmanuel Macron said following an informal EU meeting in Portugal’s Porto on Saturday, TASS informed. "Apart from the main agenda, we touched upon other issues that we will...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is advocating for the staff of the UN to get vaccinated against coronavirus using the Sputnik V vaccine, if medical authorities allow the Russian vaccine in the countries where they work, TASS reports. "Many UN personnel has already received the Sputnik vaccine, namely in the...
Putin and Biden are expected to address global strategic stability and U.S.-Russia ties at the next meeting in Geneva, according to Moscow. The agenda, according to the White House, will cover topics such as Ukraine and Belarus, the New START Treaty, and the Iranian situation. During a speech at the...