Tag: Russia

• 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.

• Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Putin and Maduro highlight importance of multipolar world order

  

  Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela held a telephone conversation Thursday during which they agreed on the need for “a fair multipolar order,” it was reported. They also discussed the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Essequibo: Guyanese president hopes Maduro will not act recklessly

  

  Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said that Venezuela's latest actions regarding the dispute over the Guaiana Essequiba were “a regional threat” and hoped Nicolás Maduro's regime would not act “in an adventurous and very irresponsible manner.”

• Wednesday, October 25th 2023 - 16:22 UTC

  EU calls for immediate repeal of “golden passports” proliferation among Caribbean countries

  

  The European Commission has urged Member States to immediately repeal any existing investor citizenship schemes and to ensure strong checks are in place to address the risks posed by investor residence schemes. The Commission has frequently and consistently raised its serious concerns about investor citizenship and residence schemes and the inherent risks they pose. The latest recommendation forms part of the Commission's broader policy to take determined action on these schemes. The current context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine is once again highlighting these risks.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Russia's war on Ukraine deserves condemnation, Uruguayan Defense Minister says

  

  Uruguayan Defense Minister Javier García Tuesday suggested in Buenos Aires that the II Latin American and Caribbean Conference on United Nations Peace Operations should condemn Russia's military deployment in Ukraine.