The diplomatic process surrounding the Russia-Ukraine conflict has taken a cautious step forward. The recent agreements reached in Riyadh may not yet constitute a breakthrough, but they represent the most significant diplomatic achievement since the grain deal of summer 2022. Skeptics will note that the latest understandings lack firm guarantees. …
Read More »‘Window of opportunity’ for Russia-US relations – Moscow
Relations between Russia and the US could improve under President Donald Trump, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has suggested. Both Moscow and Washington have recently signaled a willingness to engage in talks over the Ukraine conflict. Putin congratulated Trump on taking office on Monday, and reiterated his readiness for dialogue …
Read More »Moscow comments on fate of ‘window to Europe’
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 …
Read More »Russia’s Moon mission gets new launch window
The long-delayed Luna-25 moon lander mission is expected to be launched in September this year, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s national space agency Roscosmos said on Monday. “I hope that all the tests will be successful and at the end of September we will launch Luna-25,” Rogozin told reporters. …
Read More »Kremlin reveals condition for ‘closing window’ with West
If Western countries continue to expel Russian diplomats, Moscow won’t rule out the possibility of severing diplomatic ties with them, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. He described the recent wave of expulsions as “closing the window” for continued diplomatic relations. “There is such a potential risk, since every …
Read More »Biden’s deal to end the US combat mission in Iraq is just window dressing to give the illusion of an end to that ‘forever war’
Iraq is a nation steeped in American controversy, epitomising the country’s catastrophic 21st century obsession with ‘regime change’. One wonders when America will cut its losses and leave the Middle East nation alone. Recently, there’s been some hope they might withdraw, with the Biden administration appearing to sympathise with the …
Read More »‘Once a corporation is involved, justice goes out the window’: Sarandon, Williamson rip into Chevron’s hounding of lawyer Donziger
Donziger is currently being tried for criminal contempt of court, and his defense has little doubt that he will receive a guilty verdict. Supporters of the lawyer see the case as little more than a revenge campaign by oil giant Chevron. A decade ago, Donziger helped 30,000 people in Ecuador …
Read More »Iranian FM warns Biden the ‘window for cooperation is closing rapidly,’ as Tehran threatens to deviate further from nuclear pact
“With the new government in Washington, there is an opportunity to try a new approach, but the current window is closing rapidly,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday. Zarif said the Iranian government was ready to take new retaliatory action and further deviate from the Joint Comprehensive Plan …
Read More »Joe Biden has a very short window of opportunity in which America’s return to Iran nuclear deal is possible
The murder of Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on November 27, just outside the Iranian capital of Tehran, was an act of such brazenness that most observers expected Iran to lash out in retaliation. Fakhrizadeh, whom the West claims was the “father” of Iran’s nuclear program, had lived a life in the …
Read More »Witnesses: In Arkhangelsk mother threw four-year-old daughter out of the window
In Arkhangelsk the woman threw out from the window of his little daughter, according to “the Rise” with reference to eyewitnesses. According to them, the family lives on the first floor, so the child escaped with only bruises. The sources said that the police were called, also came to …
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