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Montevideo, March 13th 2026 - 10:23 UTC

Tag: Vladimir Putin

  • Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 21:14 UTC

    Russian Council ratifies treaties with rogue Ukrainian provinces

    The agreements will run for 10 years and will be regularly automatically extended for five more years.

    The Council of the Russian Federation voted unanimously Tuesday to ratify President Vladimir Putin's decree recognizing the independence of the rogue Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk as well as the agreements on friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance signed with the new self-proclaimed people's republics.

  • Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 20:13 UTC

    West launches sanctions against Russia, but door still open to diplomacy

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are still to meet thisrov week to discuss the ongoing events

    Western powers have started imposing sanctions on Russia for its unilateral decision to move into the rogue Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region, which have now proclaimed themselves as independent republics (DPR and LPR) with friendship agreements with Moscow which include dual citizenship, mutual defense, and a unified currency.

  • Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:05 UTC

    Ukraine situation: “China hopes for dialogue and consultation to safeguard the security of Europe”

    “Ukraine should be a bridge for communication between the East and the West, not a frontier for confrontation between major powers”, said Wang Wenbin.

    “China hopes all parties will pursue dialogue and consultation to find a solution that is truly conducive to safeguarding the security of Europe”, replied Beijing's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin when asked about China's position regarding the situation concerning Ukraine following on Russian president's Vladimir Putin to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent from Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:04 UTC

    Sanctions impact on Belarus potash fertilizer and global food production

    Potash (potassium chloride, KCl) is an excellent source of soluble potassium, one of the three primary plant macronutrients along with nitrogen and phosphorus.

    Some of the first consequences of the Ukraine conflict? Belarus, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, has announced that the Belarus Potash Corporation, BPC, will no longer abide by some contracts following sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries.

  • Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Russia recognizes independence of Ukrainian rogue provinces

    Putin's troops have moved in to help keep Kiev from trying to recover the territories

    Russia's invasion of Ukraine has officially started after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the rogue provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk.

  • Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:23 UTC

    Biden okay with holding summit with Putin... “in principle”

    Meeting possible as long as Russia noes not attack Ukraine, Biden said

    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 - 20:51 UTC

    Sanctions are coming up regardless, Putin says

    Putin also said “there is always a solution”

    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.

  • Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

    Bolsonaro, Putin discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation

    Brazil and Russia look towards a brighter future in common after Wednesday's talks

    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

    Maduro's regime shelters Colombian terrorists, Duque told Strasbourg

    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 measure was due to the “drastic acceleration in the Russian troop buildup,” Blinken said

    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.