Mexico has suspended diplomatic relations with Ecuador after the South American country’s police stormed its embassy in Quito to arrest Ecuador’s former vice president, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said. The development comes after Mexico granted political asylum on Friday to former Vice President Jorge David Glas Espinel, …
Read More »Ukraine conflict, fallout of NATO expansion, relations with US: Key takeaways from Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson
Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has released a much-anticipated interview that he conducted with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday. The interview mainly centered on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In a video on X on Tuesday, Carlson claimed that Western media outlets “lie to their …
Read More »A thaw in Türkiye-Syria relations can be a step toward a ‘New Europe’ in the Middle East
Delegations from Syria, Iran and Türkiye met in Moscow with their counterparts this week to discuss the normalization of ties between Türkiye and Syria. It’s the prelude to a higher-level meeting that will take place later this month. Improved cooperation would be particularly important in bringing a close to the …
Read More »Washington trying to derail relations between Russia and China – analyst
Moscow and Beijing have significantly boosted trade cooperation and mutual investment in recent years, Deputy Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society, and member of the Russian International Affairs Council, Sergey Sanakoev told RT. He described the two countries’ cooperation as stable, dynamic, and completely self-sufficient. Speaking on the sidelines of …
Read More »Moscow reveals ‘point of no return’ in Russia-US relations
If the US designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, it would be “a point of no return” in relations between the two countries, and Washington is aware of that, a Russian Foreign Ministry official has said. In an interview with TASS published on Saturday, the head of the …
Read More »Ambassador reveals US view on relations with Russia
A complete breakdown of ties between Moscow and Washington is impossible, US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has told the TASS news agency, noting that the two countries are tied to the United Nations Security Council and will never be able to avoid each other. In an interview published on …
Read More »By moving to trash their relations with Russia, Sweden and Finland’s leaders are taking their people down a dangerous road
Sweden and Finland have broken their status of neutrality and are seeking NATO membership in response to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. It’s the latest sign that entire countries are falling for the media’s anti-Russia spiel. After years of relatively calm relations with Moscow, Stockholm and Helsinki have cast their neutrality aside …
Read More »Iran defines relations with China
Iran sees its relations with China as part of an effort by like-minded powers to confront US unilateralism and create stability and order, President Ebrahim Raisi told Beijing’s visiting Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Wednesday. Raisi said that the successful implementation of the 25-year strategic cooperation agreement between the two …
Read More »EU and Russia should rebuild relations – Brussels
Rebuilding the relationship between the EU and Russia will be a “very difficult and lengthy process,” but it must be done, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell wrote on his blog on Tuesday. Until Brussels is able to “reorganize” that relationship “and agree on security guarantees and mechanisms to allow …
Read More »How India perceives the Ukrainian crisis and what it means for its relations with Russia and the West
Russia’s military operation in Ukraine and, more broadly, its conflict with the West may not change the fabric of India-Russia bilateral relations as dramatically as some observers may think. A time-tested special and privileged strategic partnership, encompassing all crucial fields related to defense and security issues as well as political …
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