Source link It takes two to tango in diplomacy but Kiev and its backers are all “dancing solo,” the Russian foreign minister has said Kiev and its Western partners are showing no interest in resolving the Ukraine conflict at the negotiating table, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. He also claimed that NATO members […]
Source link A new poll asked people in Russia about their main worries heading into the New Year The prospect of becoming seriously ill is the biggest worry of Russian people as they head into a new year, a new study by the NAFI research center and VSK Insurance House has revealed. Almost one-third of […]
Source link Not retreating is good enough for the Ukrainian president, despite Kiev’s denials that there is a “stalemate” on the front line Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky considers a good result the fact that Kiev’s troops are currently not retreating, according to an interview published by AP on Friday. He and his allies have previously […]
Source link Kiev has lost over 16,000 heavy weapons in six months, according to the Russian Defense Ministry The US and other Western nations should fund Ukraine’s plan to create a self-sufficient military, if necessary on credit, President Vladimir Zelensky has suggested. Speaking to the Associated Press in an interview published on Friday, the Ukrainian […]
Source link A dual Russian-Italian citizen recruited by Kiev and trained in Latvia was behind two attacks in Ryazan Region, officials have said Russian law enforcement agencies have arrested a man accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine to derail a train in a “terrorist act” in the western part of the country last month. […]
Source link A Lancet loitering munition has hit a Su-25 close air support jet in Dnepropetrovsk Region, a new video shows A Russian kamikaze drone has destroyed a Ukrainian warplane stationed behind the front lines in the southern part of the country, according to a new video shared on social media. On Thursday evening, several […]
Source link The chief of security in Kyrgyzstan wants all the sites shut down across the country by December 1 Kyrgyzstan’s authorities are seeking to close establishments offering sex services in the country by December 1. The drive is spearheaded by Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB), the agency […]
Source link Out of all the possible options, officials in Kiev seem to always opt for the worst. Last week, the West celebrated the tenth anniversary of what was known as “Euromaidan.” On November 21, 2013, then-President Viktor Yanukovich announced that Ukraine was suspending preparations for signing an EU Association Agreement, and journalist and activist Mustafa […]
Source link The international movement has been declared extremist for “sowing social and religious discord” Designating LGBT advocacy as extremist is a form of “moral self-defense” of society, a spokesman for the Orthodox Church said on Thursday, supporting the decision of the Russian Supreme Court. Responding to the request of the Ministry of Justice, the […]
Source link Members of the US-led bloc have stated on numerous occasions that it’s still not the right time to accept Kiev Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, originally elected on his campaign’s anti-war pledges and now promising another wave of conscription, has admitted that his country may never join NATO. The statement was made during a […]
Source link The Foreign Ministry has called Bulgaria’s ban on a Russian plane traveling to the OSCE meeting illegal Bulgaria’s decision to bar a plane from its airspace carrying a high-level Russian delegation to a Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit in North Macedonia can’t be explained by anything other than an […]
Source link The country’s Supreme Court has designated the “international LGBT movement” an extremist group The Supreme Court of Russia outlawed the “international LGBT public movement” on Thursday, designating it an extremist group. The ruling affects the group’s subsidiaries as well, the court announced, without naming specific organizations. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month […]
Source link Ceding territory to Russia in exchange for membership in the US-led bloc is not an option, Dmitry Kuleba has said The idea that Ukraine could cede territories that it lost to Russia in exchange for NATO membership remains unacceptable, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told journalists on the sidelines of a NATO meeting […]
Source link British banking giant Barclays will cut 900 jobs across its domestic business, trade union Unite revealed on Tuesday, calling the bank’s move “disgraceful” in the run-up to Christmas. According to Unite, the cuts would mostly target the bank’s back-office divisions such as compliance, finance, legal, policy, IT and risk. The affected staff were […]
Source link Berlin abandons its own national interests in order to satisfy the whims of its “allies,” the Russian President has said Germany is being bossed around by its Western partners because it lacks sovereignty, and its policymakers demonstrate poor leadership skills, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a Wednesday meeting with young Russian scientists. […]