Tag: Russia

Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:23 UTC
Biden okay with holding summit with Putin... “in principle”

US President Joseph Biden Monday said he would agree to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who has also accepted the proposal submitted by France's leader Emmanuel Macron as the last diplomatic efforts are undertaken to avoid an all-out war over Ukraine.
Friday, February 18th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
Rebels evacuate Ukrainian civilians as violence escalates

Pro-Russian separatists in East Ukraine have started evacuating civilians towards Moscow, as an all-out war looks more imminent by the hour, according to leaders from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People's Republic (LPR) Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik respectively.
Friday, February 18th 2022 - 20:51 UTC
Sanctions are coming up regardless, Putin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday downplayed the seriousness of threats from Western powers in case of an Ukraine invasion. He said the Western countries would impose sanctions on Russia anyhow.
Friday, February 18th 2022 - 09:14 UTC
Western powers fear all out war in Ukraine imminent after “false-flag” attack

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday briefed the United Nations Security Council in New York about Russia's intentions of invading Ukraine and reaching its capital city of Kiev, despite Moscow's insistence there were no grounds for such concerns.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Bolsonaro, Putin discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin Wednesday underlined the future importance of the BRICS partnership (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and called for a more fluent dialogue between the Mercosur and the Eurasian Economic union (EAEU), according to a joint statement released after their meeting in Moscow.
Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Duque wants Ukraine crisis not to repeat itself in Latin America

Colombia's President Iván Duque Tuesday told the European Parliament that Latin America was not going to be the stage of “geopolitical games of other nations,” which highly resemble the Cold War between the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union. His remarks were pointing at Russia's increasing military presence in Venezuela.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
US relocates Ukrainian embassy as a precaution

The Government of the United States has decided to temporarily shift its Embassy in Ukraine from Kiev to Lviv, near the Polish border, as a precaution amid mounting rumors of a Russian invasion allegedly scheduled for Feb.16, just when Presidents Vladimir Putin and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro are to meet in Moscow.
Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 21:24 UTC
Moscow leaves only essential workers at Kiev embassy

The Russian government of President Vladimir Putin Thursday asked all non-essential staff at the embassy in Kiev to leave Ukraine as joint military drills with Belarus started near the border.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Ukraine crisis: US finds Macron's diplomatic efforts encouraging

The Government of the United States said French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic attempts to cool off the Ukraine crisis had shown some encouraging signs.
Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's closeness to China, Russia worries London amid Ukraine crisis

London is noticing Argentine President Alberto Fernández's foreign policy, particularly Sunday's joint written statement whereby the South American country backed China's claim over Taiwan and, in return, the Government of Xi Jinping supported Argentina's sovereignty quest regarding the Falkland Islands.