Tag: Russia

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:51 UTC

  Lavrov arrives in Rio for G20 Summit as world tensions escalate

  

  Russia’s Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov arrived Sunday in Rio de Janeiro to head his country's delegation attending the two-day G20 Summit starting Monday in the former Brazilian capital while President Vladimir Putin stayed in Moscow as winds of World War III blew again during the weekend after US President Joseph Biden gave his nod to Kyiv using US-built missiles.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 13:48 UTC

  Lula insists Ukraine should seek a peaceful solution to war with Russia

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this week that his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky should take the South American country's advice and seek a peace negotiation with Moscow. Lula made those remarks after Zelensky dubbed the roadmap submitted jointly by Brasilia and Beijing “destructive.”

• Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Two Colombian soldiers arrested in Russia after return from Ukraine during stopover in Caracas

  

  Two Colombian soldiers who fought alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia have been captured in Moscow after a mysterious disappearance during their journey home. José Arón Medina Aranda and Alexander Ante, who were last seen in Caracas on July 18 after landing from Madrid, have surfaced in a video showing them under arrest in Russia, where they are accused of being mercenaries.

• Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Putin lands in Vietnam to strengthen Russia's alliances in East Asia

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Hanoi Wednesday after signing the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement” with North Korea which reshaped the world's military preparedness after Moscow pledged to defend Pyongyang in case of attack by a foreign power. In Vietnam, the Russian president was to hold meetings with local leaders further to strengthen his country's allegiances in the region.

• Friday, June 7th 2024 - 19:45 UTC

  Russian fleet deployed to Caribbean Sea

  

  A Russian nuclear submarine and three other warships will be participating alongside Cuban forces in a drill in the Caribbean Sea between June 12 and 17 to further deepen the friendly ties between the two countries, according to Havanna's Foreign Ministry.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2024 - 21:43 UTC

  Canada and Finland okay Ukraine using their weapons to attack Russia

  

  Just one week after the final destination of the war equipment supplied to Ukraine rose tensions between Moscow and London, Canadian and Finnish authorities Wednesday okayed Kyiv's using the weapons supplied by both countries in a potential offensive against Russia

• Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

  Russia claims to have found huge oil reserves in Antarctica; UK feels it could mean a complete new ball game

  

  The House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) held a special session on Russian oil exploration in the polar region, following on claims that the Rosgeo oil exploration company had reported that its research vessel Alexander Karpinsky has completed a comprehensive subsurface geological survey, mapping very promising oil and gas prospects on the Antarctic oil shelves.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

  The West can’t ‘solve’ its Russia problem: Here’s how it should handle six more years of Vladimir Putin

  

  By Peter Tesch - In perhaps the least surprising news of the year, Vladimir Putin has triumphed at the Russian ballot box and been enthroned for the fifth time as president. He will serve for six more years. He will be 77 years old in 2030. According to the constitution, which he re-wrote to his benefit in 2020, he then could stand again for a further six-year term.

• Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:50 UTC

  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni dies in prison

  

  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni died suddenly today in the Arctic prison where he has been held since last December, Russia's prison services said.

• Friday, January 26th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  Ecuador gives US useless Russian weapons despite Moscow's warning

  

  Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld admitted that his country sold useless Russian-built weaponry to the United States in exchange for operational arms to wage the South American country's war against drug trafficking gangs. The measure was adopted despite Moscow's advice against it, it was explained.