The US is breaching its international obligations and its own policies with its latest package of military aid to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday. Among other things, Washington failed to get Russia’s permission before diverting four Mi-17 helicopters from the original destination of Afghanistan …
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Ukraine and its Western supporters are trying to portray a “minor issue” with Ukrainian grain as a “universal catastrophe,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara, Lavrov said he and Mevlut Cavusoglu paid “much attention” to the problem of …
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Bilateral trade between Russia and Turkey saw enormous growth of 100% in April, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The minister attributed the surge in commerce to soaring energy expenses arising from the crisis that has hit Europe over the past several months. Cavusoglu said Moscow and Ankara continued …
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US technology firm IBM announced, on Tuesday, that it plans to pull out of the Russian market due to the conflict in Ukraine. The company’s chief executive Arvind Krishna said in a statement: “Let me be clear: we have suspended all operations in Russia.” The company’s Russian website on Tuesday …
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The head of the Montenegrin parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Miodrag Lekic, has criticized the lack of transparency around a decision to close the Balkan state’s airspace to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday. The move, which was supported by Bulgaria and North Macedonia, derailed the Russian diplomat’s planned …
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Russia’s criminal code could be expanded to include an article that outlaws public calls to actions aimed at undermining the country’s security. On Monday, a parliamentary committee recommended that MPs approve a draft law on the matter. The draft law envisages a fine of up to 500,000 rubles (around $8,000) …
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Russia and its allies have made more progress towards fully capturing the Donbass, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported on Tuesday. Some 15 communities were recently taken, including Svyatogorsk – the town where Ukrainian forces allegedly torched a wooden church as they retreated last week. Svyatogorsk is located on the …
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The United States is involved in “extremely active” discussions with European countries aimed at limiting the revenues Russia can generate from selling oil without interrupting supplies, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Yellen reportedly told the Senate Finance Committee that US officials were keen to …
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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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A diplomatic spat unfolded on Monday over a UN Security Council session focusing on alleged war crimes, including sexual violence, by Russian forces in Ukraine. Responding to European Council President Charles Michel, Russia’s deputy UN envoy claimed it’s the EU rather than Russia that is failing to acknowledge the truth …
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