Source link The top three exporters to the country have all joined the sanctions against Moscow, yet sales have soared Beer from ‘unfriendly countries’ should be added to Russia’s list of blacklisted goods, MP Aleksey Didenko has said in a proposal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Izvestia reported on Tuesday. Germany, Latvia, and Lithuania have […]
Source link Tourism in the Maldives is facing uncertainty after “derogatory” remarks made by officials about Indian PM Narendra Modi The tourism industry in the Maldives is facing boycott calls in India after officials from the island nation made disparaging remarks about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media. EaseMyTrip, one of the largest […]
Source link An increasing number of voices are acknowledging that the conflict won’t end on Vladimir Zelensky’s terms We are hearing more and more suggestions that Kiev should get ready for a compromise peace. In particular, there are mountings calls to cede territory to Russia. Two things have changed in both the West and Ukraine: […]
Source link Without a shared military, EU countries are “defenseless sparrows in a world of eagles,” Antonio Tajani has said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has called on EU leaders to establish a common European army. Without a joint military, Tajani argues, the bloc cannot have a credible foreign policy. “If we want to be […]
Source link With its new government, Poland now has a “real problem with democracy,” opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said The leader of Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski has called on Poles to join a planned mass protest next week, urging them to take action to protect “democracy” and “freedom of speech” […]
Source link Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has characterized Russia as his country’s “main partner and ally,” adding that bilateral relations are “at a very high level.” In a Wednesday interview with the country’s Egemen Qazaqstan newspaper, the leader also said that close ties between the two neighbors are crucial for “ensuring regional stability and international […]
Source link By supporting Israel, the West has “squandered” its reputation, FM Hakan Fidan says The West has lost any right to speak about principles and morality by taking one position on Ukraine and the total opposite on Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference in Ankara, Fidan […]
Source link Ex-US presidential candidate wants no more aid to Benjamin Netanyahu’s “right-wing” government Israel should not get $10 billion in “unconditional military aid” to wage a “brutal war” on the Palestinians in Gaza, US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday. Sanders is a Democrat-allied Vermont independent who challenged Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination […]
Source link The president of Burundi condemned the West for pressuring the continent to embrace LGBTQ practices Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye called for same-sex couples to be publicly stoned during a press conference on Friday, suggesting the general population could help carry out the punishment. “Personally, I think if we see these kinds of individuals […]
Source link The Czech Republic must explain why its weapons were used to kill civilians, Russia’s envoy said Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the Ukrainian missile attack on the border city of Belgorod, which killed 14 civilians. Kiev’s Western backers will be forced to answer for supplying […]
Source link The US should bomb Iranian oil fields and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps HQ in retaliation for Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, Senator Lindsey Graham said on Thursday. In a Fox News interview, the South Carolina Republican argued that Tehran was behind both the attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria […]
Source link Kim Jong-un said Pyongyang would expand ties with “anti-imperialist countries” in response to aggression from the US and its allies North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that Pyongyang must increase its war preparedness amid what he referred to as “unprecedented” acts of confrontation against the country by the United States, according to […]
Source link It is necessary to break the vicious circle of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an exclusive year-end interview with TASS news agency. According to Lavrov, this is the only way to achieve stabilization in Gaza and in the Middle East as a whole. The conflict has […]
Source link Russia must take urgent action to ensure the “proliferation” of its people, Patriarch Kirill believes Russia must take “extraordinary and effective measures” to fix its demographic situation, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, has said. Speaking during an annual Eparchial meeting in Moscow earlier this week, the Patriarch […]
Source link The bloc’s member states should further strengthen economic ties, according to FM The sustainable development of financial relations and settlements within the BRICS organization is very important for all member states, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has said. The statement was made at the Russia-China Financial Dialogue forum in Beijing on Monday, where […]