The Russian leader recalled that the 2014 events in Crimea had been spontaneous, Russia’s war on Ukraine dominated the opening stages of President Vladimir Putin’s annual marathon press conference on Thursday. He also spoke about the importance of sovereignty, the country’s updated nuclear doctrine and the latest Oreshnik missile. Russian President Vladimir Putin assessed the…
The Russian leader noted that he did not know when he would meet with the US president-elect Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is ready for a conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump at any time and agrees to meet with him. “I am ready for this [conversation], of course, at any time….
The perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been detained. He was identified as a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Public Relations Center reported. He confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence. The detainee was transferred…
It is reported that the Russian forces keep the initiative and advance in the whole front despite colossal aid to Kiev from the West Russian General Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said the military-political situation in the world is characterized by a growing number of armed conflicts in various parts of the world and the…
According to Dmitry Peskov, artificial intelligence has been enlisted to process submissions this year More than 1.7 million appeals and questions have been filed to date for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s question-and-answer session scheduled for Thursday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Rossiya-24 television. “As of now, we have crossed over 1.7 million submissions, which…
According to Andrey Kelin, the UK’s official reaction to the launch of the Oreshnik missile was rather vague Russia’s use of the Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile on the territory of Ukraine has forced London to take a more cautious approach regarding strikes with long-range weapons deep inside Russia, the country’s ambassador to the UK…
IMF staff on Wednesday said authorities have requested roughly $750 million for Bangladesh “to maintain macroeconomic stability and strengthen the country’s resilience to external shocks.” “The Bangladesh economy continues to grapple with persistent challenges and is facing emerging external financing needs,” the staff said in a statement.
Russia is ready to consider any proposals from the United States to bring mutual relations back to “normality,” Russian state agency TASS cited Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday. Moscow has not yet received a response to its request asking Washington to approve Russia’s new ambassador to the United States, Ryabkov…
Corruption in China’s military may have disrupted its progress towards its 2027 military modernization goals, the Pentagon said in its annual report on Beijing’s military that was released on Wednesday. Since last year, China’s military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge and last month the defense ministry said a top-ranking military official had been suspended and…
Russia can definitely work with the administration of Donald Trump after he is sworn in as US president next month, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday. Ryabkov reiterated accusations by Moscow that “reckless” actions by the West had raised the risk of nuclear war and described the global security as depressing. Russia, he said, wanted…
The occupation of the Golan Heights is a violation of international law, Germany’s foreign minister said during a speech in the parliament on Wednesday, after the Israeli government decided at the weekend to double its population on the occupied strategic plateau. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also said she would make clear to Turkey on a…
A New York architect believed to be responsible for a series of murders on Long Island has been charged with a seventh homicide, that of a woman whose remains were found in 2000, prosecutors said Tuesday. Rex Heuermann had already been charged with the murders of six women whose bodies were found near Gilgo Beach between 1993…
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and Najha near Damascus,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Wednesday with NATO chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels to discuss “next steps” on Russia’s war as Donald Trump prepares to take office in the United States. The gathering due in the evening was set to bring together German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Polish leader Donald Tusk, Italian premier Giorgia…
