Source link The conflict would not have broken out if the Republican had been reelected in 2020, Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto has claimed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is set to discuss the Ukraine conflict with former US President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. Budapest believes the Republican presidential frontrunner is potentially the […]
Source link More than 80% of respondents believe the incumbent US president is “too old,” according to a survey Former US leader and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is leading Joe Biden in seven swing states – with an overwhelming majority of Americans viewing the incumbent as “too old,” according to a poll. A survey […]
Source link Athletes from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Russia competed in the games, which concluded on Saturday The first-ever Vladimir Putin International Sambo Martial Arts Tournament for members of the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES) and Russia came to an end over the weekend in Burkina Faso. Niger won the overall tournament, […]
Source link Some people who arrived in the Soviet era miss the feeling of being in charge of Estonia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas claims Younger Russian speakers in Estonia consider themselves Estonian, but their older counterparts who arrived during the Soviet era pose more of a problem, the prime minister of the EU and NATO […]
Source link The Russian economy expanded beyond expectations last year, and is on course for further growth in 2024 Western sanctions on Moscow have failed to destabilize the Russian economy, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Nauseda pointed to macroeconomic indicators which plainly signal that the country’s […]
Source link Estonia’s Kaja Kallas says memorials should be demolished despite the Baltic nation’s president vetoing the legislation last year Estonia should press ahead with legislation allowing the demolition of Soviet WWII memorials from public spaces, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas declared on Tuesday. Along with Baltic neighbors Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia has intensified its campaign […]
Source link Moscow has launched a criminal investigation into Estonia’s Kaja Kallas over the destruction of Soviet WWII memorials Russian authorities have issued arrest warrants for Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop, over their roles in the demolition of Soviet WWII memorials in the Baltic state. Kallas announced in 2022 […]
Source link Austria has actually increased imports from the sanctioned country due to a lack of affordable alternatives The share of Austria’s gas imports from Russia has continued to grow, hitting a record high of 98% in December, Austrian Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler has said. The share was 76% the month before, according to the […]
Source link Hungary’s Viktor Orban has argued that the bloc should stop being “weak” and start asserting its interests Russia does not take the EU seriously because the bloc is not assertive enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed. If Brussels can improve its standing, Moscow would consider negotiating with it on the Ukraine […]
Source link Russia would never accept a NATO member like Kiev on its doorstep, Hungary’s Viktor Orban has said Ukraine’s best geopolitical bet would be to become a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, under arrangements made to guarantee the country’s future security, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. The Hungarian premier made […]
Source link Barring Russians from the Olympic Games and other international sports events undermines the very idea of a fair competition, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. He made his comments after Russian athletes have been excluded from multiple major tournaments as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. “I would never mix politics […]
Source link Turnover with the EU, meanwhile, more than halved in 2023, according to Maksim Reshetnikov Russia’s mutual trade with countries that have not sanctioned Moscow over the Ukraine conflict has surged over the past year, according to Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov. The minister, who on Thursday was addressing a forum held by […]
Source link A group of Middle Eastern soccer associations has reportedly demanded that FIFA bar Israeli teams from competition Football federations from a dozen Middle Eastern countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have written to global governing body FIFA to demand that Israel be banned over its offensive in Gaza, Sky […]
Source link EU sanctions on Moscow have failed to cause any significant damage to the Russian economy and have instead put member states in a difficult position, Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon told the German RND news outlet on Wednesday. Тhere are currently no signs that the Ukraine conflict will be resolved with a “just […]
Source link Oil and gas are still reaching the bloc via third countries, a top Russian senator has said EU countries continue to purchase Russian oil and gas despite bold statements about abandoning supplies, the chair of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, has said. Speaking at an event organized by the Federation Council, the upper […]