The UN is unable to verify accusations raised by Kiev against Moscow of “stealing” and exporting Ukrainian grain, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, has said. Asked about the claims by a reporter during a news briefing on Tuesday, Dujarric said that neither the UN Secretary-General’s office nor …
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The US-led NATO alliance is not inclined to give Russia any security guarantees on the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territories of its two prospective members, Finland and Sweden, Deputy Secretary-General Camille Grand has said. “Every country is free in the nuclear field to deploy or not to deploy …
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US President Joe Biden dismissed concerns about the economy expressed by Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk earlier this week. Speaking to reporters in Delaware on Friday, Biden noted that while Musk talks about recession and job cuts, other manufacturers are thriving, which might signal a problem with Tesla, not …
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Russia’s military operation in Ukraine has marked a “major crisis point,” ex-German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday evening in her first public speech in around six months. The former chancellor has condemned what she described as Moscow’s “barbaric war of aggression” and voiced her support for Kiev. “I stand …
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Moscow will not shut ‘the window to Europe,’ which Tsar Peter the Great ‘cut open’ at the turn of the 18th century, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday. Sweeping reforms aimed at modernizing Russia and strengthening its connections with Europe, as well as providing the country with access …
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Moscow will not sell oil without making a profit, so the idea of the US snatching it up at a discount after the EU banned almost all imports from Russia is far-fetched, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. He was responding to remarks made by US President Joe Biden, …
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Russia is not preventing ships from transporting grain out of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday, and Western claims to the contrary are part of a smear campaign that will do nothing to solve the global food crisis. The only party actually preventing ships from using Ukrainian ports …
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Spanish great Rafael Nadal says that he could be set for his French Open swan song on Tuesday against world number one Novak Djokovic as the 21-time Grand Slam winner stokes retirement rumors ahead of the pivotal quarter-final clash at Roland Garros. Nadal, 35, has dominated the French Open throughout …
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the reported plan for a peaceful resolution in Ukraine, which, according to Italian media, Rome presented to UN leaders and Western allies earlier this month. Russia has not received the plan through the proper diplomatic channels and therefore cannot possibly comment on it, the …
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The Russian national health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, sees no reason to panic over the fresh monkeypox outbreak across the world. The disease is well known to humanity, the agency’s head, Anna Popova, told Russian KP Radio on Tuesday. No monkeypox cases have been “imported” to Russia so far, Popova said, adding …
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