Chinese leader underscores ‘rapidly evolving changes not seen in a century and the turbulent international situation’. Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to promote “world peace” in a New Year’s message to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. “No matter how the international situation changes, China will remain steadfast in further comprehensively deepening reform … and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident” following the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this week in Kazakhstan. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of forcing Russia into a corner, pushing it to its “red lines” and compelling a response. Speaking to a gathering of defense officials on Monday, Putin reiterated that Russia had no choice but to act in the face of what it perceives as escalating threats from the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved Bashar Assad’s asylum in Moscow, the Kremlin confirmed on Monday. The revelation follows reports that the former Syrian president and his family had arrived in Russia after the fall of Damascus to armed opposition forces. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a press briefing that there was no meeting scheduled…
These were the key developments on the 1,010th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Saturday, November 30: Fighting Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskii, said he would strengthen troops on the eastern front with reserves, ammunition and equipment after he visited Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in the Donetsk region. Syrskii said Ukrainian forces…
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the United States on Tuesday, lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike just days after the administration of Joe Biden reportedly allowed Ukraine to fire American missiles deep into Russia. The updated doctrine, formally known as “The basics of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence”,…
The Kremlin has denied reports that claimed the US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin where the American leader reportedly urged Putin to not escalate the war in Ukraine. Casting the media reports as “pure fiction”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday said Putin has no specific plans to speak to…
