What happened Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday defied mass protests to approve a controversial “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Kremlin-inspired threat to the country’s democracy and aspirations to join the European Union. Who said what The so-called Russian law has “echoes of legislation” Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed through in 2012, widely regarded as […]
Almost 8,000 Ukrainian residents had been evacuated from the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine as of Wednesday, May 15, amid Russia’s offensive in the region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram. Footage released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows the evacuation of elderly residents and animals from villages and towns in the Kharkiv […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has canceled trips outside of Ukraine for now, as Russia presses forward in a major new offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Zelensky’s press secretary, Sergii Nykyforov, said in a post on Facebook that Ukraine “gave instructions to postpone all international events for his participation, scheduled for the coming days, and […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office has said that he has postponed all his upcoming foreign visits amid a new Russian offensive. Mr Zelenskiy cancelled all foreign visits “that were planned for the coming days”, his office said on Wednesday on Telegram. The head of state instructed his team to reschedule the visits. “We are grateful […]
(Bloomberg) — Chinese buyers are temporarily shunning Russian aluminum, as commercial realities intrude on the push to deepen bilateral trade ties. Most Read from Bloomberg Sanctions imposed on Russian base metals last month by the top UK and US exchanges are expected to drive more aluminum sales to China, the world’s biggest consumer of the […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the defense minister with a former deputy prime minister who is an economics expert with no military background. When Putin was inaugurated for a new six-year term on May 7, the government submitted its resignation in […]
A second senior Russian defence official has been arrested on bribery charges, officials said on Tuesday, days after President Vladimir Putin replaced the defence minister in a Cabinet shake-up that fuelled expectations of more such purges. Lt Gen Yury Kuznetsov, the 55-year-old chief of the Defence Ministry’s main personnel directorate, was arrested in a raid […]
Russian troops appear to be creating a “buffer zone” in northeast Ukraine, military experts said. The goal is likely to stop Ukraine from carrying out cross-border raids on Russian towns, they said. Earlier this year, the Kremlin pledged to do everything it could to protect Belgorod. Russian forces appear to be creating a “buffer zone” instead […]
Ukrainian authorities began evacuating people from Bilopillia in the northeast Sumy Oblast on Tuesday, May 14, ahead of a possible Russian attack in the area. Military intelligence chief Gen Kyrylo Budanov told the New York Times in an interview published Tuesday that Russians could target Sumy Oblast next after Ukraine reinforced under-pressure lines in Kharkiv […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said. Mr Putin will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his visit starting on Thursday, it said. The Kremlin confirmed the trip in a statement and said Mr Putin was going on Mr Xi’s invitation. It […]
FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. President Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, […]
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden signed a ban on Russian enriched uranium into law on Monday, the White House said, in the latest effort by Washington to disrupt President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine. The ban on imports of the fuel for nuclear power plants begins in about 90 days, although […]