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Montevideo, May 24th 2025 - 21:42 UTC

Tag: Russia

  • Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Maduro highlights latest agreements with Russia

    Maduro also highlighted that his meeting with Putin “lasted two and a half hours”

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro underscored Monday that the historic “highest strategic level” treaty with Russia signed in Moscow during his visit to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazism as the result of a 24-year relationship between the two countries.

  • Friday, May 9th 2025 - 14:51 UTC

    Venezuela seeks support from Russia and China amid economic crisis

    Venezuela’s economic crisis is worsening, with inflation expected to reach nearly 200% in 2025

    Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic crisis, as the South American nation faces dwindling oil revenues, runaway inflation, and a severe currency devaluation.

  • Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 20:57 UTC

    Lavrov lands in Dominican Republic to boost bilateral ties

    Lavrov traveled to Santo Domingo from the BRICS Foreign Ministers' gathering in Rio

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov landed in the Dominican Republic on Monday evening, his first trip to the Caribbean country and coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations on March 8, 1945. Lavrov sat with his Dominican counterpart, Roberto Álvarez, in a private meeting and a joint session with their delegations, followed by a press conference. Lavrov's delegation included Russian Ambassador-designate Alexei Viktorovich Seredin and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Former MI6 chief warns more awareness of possible war with Russia needed

    “I think we’re more comfortable thinking about the army as like the England football team,” Younger regretted

    Former MI6 Chief Sir Alex Younger (2014-2020) - commonly referred to as “C” - warned that the United Kingdom must prepare for a potential war with Russia, for which the country would be caught with a weakened military and industrial base due to progressive disarmament.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 23:34 UTC

    Argentina uncovers international human trafficking ring linked to Montenegrin Cult

    The group demanded total obedience from its followers, stripping them of their possessions and feeding them only leftover food after the leader and senior members had eaten

    Argentine authorities have dismantled a human trafficking operation tied to a Montenegrin cult, arresting 14 people — including its alleged leader — in Bariloche and Buenos Aires airports. The case came to light when a visibly malnourished young pregnant woman, accompanied by controlling companions, raised suspicions during routine medical check-ups at a local hospital.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

    China and Russia announce separate plans to develop home-built regional jetliners

    Russia's SJ-100 was originally developed with foreign components but that needed to change following sanctions after invading Ukraine

    Non-western regional aircraft manufacturers are stepping up plans to displace foreign competition amid global fragmentation and economic sanctions. While Russia is substituting imported components for its Superjet SJ-100, the Shanghai-based Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) announced an increase in productivity for its C-919 narrowbody model, with an output of 50 units expected this year and 200 by 2029. At a conference in Xian, Comac also said 100 new aircraft would be available in 2026 after new funding worth US$ 4.7 billion was injected into the program.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 09:05 UTC

    Trump: Russia willing to end Ukrainian war

    Trump insisted the conflict could have been resolved earlier

    US President Donald Trump Tuesday acknowledged from his Mar-a-Lago residence that Russia was willing to end the war in Ukraine and criticized Kyiv for its reluctance to negotiate. In the Republican leader's view, the conflict could have been resolved sooner.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Azerbaijan Airlines E-190's back boxes sent to Brazil

    Kazakhstan authorities decided to send the black boxes to Brazil's Cenipa for analysis

    Authorities said that the black boxes of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan will be sent to the manufacturing country's aviation watchdog to further investigate the causes of the accident near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, far from the aircraft's planned route.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Cadbury dropped from royal warrants, apparently for still operating in Russia

    The Birmingham-based chocolatier was awarded its first royal warrant as chocolate and cocoa manufacturers by Queen Victoria in 1854

    For the first time in 170 years, chocolate maker Cadbury has been dropped from the list of royal warrants. The Birmingham-based chocolatier was awarded its first royal warrant as a chocolate and cocoa manufacturer by Queen Victoria in 1854, but it lost its royal endorsement under King Charles.

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

    Lavrov arrives in Rio for G20 Summit as world tensions escalate

    Ironically, Lavrov arrived from Abu Dhabi, where he attended an international peace and security forum

    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.

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