US national security and intelligence veterans have expressed concern over President Joe Biden’s strategy in dealing with Russia, saying that regular leaks to the public over a predicted invasion of Ukraine could hurt Washington’s credibility in the long run and turn out to be entirely wrong. “I am concerned about …
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French President Emmanuel Macron is said to have put forward under-the-table concessions on high-stakes European security issues, including a proposition to make Ukraine a neutral state, to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as they held crunch talks in Moscow, British media has claimed. In a report published on Wednesday, the …
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Russian energy company Gazprom is fulfilling its contracts and is under no obligation to increase supplies of natural gas to the EU, despite some politicians in Brussels accusing Moscow of using its exports as a weapon, Russia’s permanent representative to the bloc stated on Wednesday. Speaking to Moscow news agency …
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White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Financial Times on Tuesday that the US is exiting the “full-blown pandemic phase” of Covid-19, and that restrictions will soon be relaxed. Fauci has been criticized before for flip-flopping on Covid rules, but his latest statement comes amid a government-wide …
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Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, has appealed to the organization’s secretary general for mediation over Moscow’s accusation that American authorities are restricting the work of Russian diplomats by refusing to extend their visas, he told TV channel Russia-24 on Tuesday. In the interview, Nebenzya revealed that he …
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There is no European country that can make Russia change its course, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on Tuesday, at a joint press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. Speaking to journalists in Kiev after his meeting with Macron, Zelensky explained he doesn’t believe that Moscow feels pressure from …
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When I was elected to the Russian parliament, a decade and a half ago, my colleagues put their trust in me to chair the Committee on Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology. Since then, this body within the State Duma is called the “Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental …
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The EU does not share America’s concerns that the European continent is on the verge of a large-scale war due to an upcoming Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU’s chief diplomat said on Tuesday. Speaking during a trip to the US, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, played …
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Microsoft co-founder and vaccine advocate Bill Gates has written a book outlining “the lessons we can learn” from Covid-19, claiming that, by investing in healthcare, vaccines, and “global pathogen surveillance,” another pandemic like Covid-19 can be prevented. Gates announced the book in a blog post on Tuesday. Due for release …
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A Belarusian cross-country skier has left the country after being banned from competition, with her family saying she was targeted by the authorities due to their political views. Darya Dolidovich, 17, who now lives in Poland with her family, spoke to Reuters in an interview on Tuesday along with her …
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