US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov had not been constructive during this week’s meeting between top diplomats from major powers and…
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US, EU Assail Russia in Rare Meeting in Southeast Asia
The US and European Union’s top diplomats on Friday assailed Russia’s foreign minister as being negative and unconstructive in a rare sit-down appearance with him at a Southeast Asian gathering…
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Ukraine War: Russia Executed 77 Civilians Detained by its Forces, UN Says
Russian forces summarily executed 77 civilians they had arbitrarily detained during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a UN report says. Another male detainee died from torture, inhumane conditions and denial of…
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Putin Speaks to Allies in Belarus, Central Asia Amid Wagner Revolt
by Long Nisayby Long NisayRussian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday spoke to his Belarus ally, President Alexander Lukashenko, in his first international phone call since a mutiny by Wagner mercenaries inside Russia began. “The…
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Putin Seeks to Project Sense of Normality With Calls to Central Asian Peers
by Cai Xiaby Cai XiaRussian President Vladimir Putin reached out to counterparts in Central Asia on June 24 in an attempt to project normality amid an unfolding mutiny mounted by the Wagner mercenary formation,…
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Central Asia: Arena of Renewed Stakes as China’s Influence Rises
Recently, Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic, hosted a momentous summit between the European Union and Central Asia. The event brought together the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, alongside a…
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Thirty-seven countries have imposed economic sanctions on Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The breadth of this campaign has few precedents in recent history. The sanctions covering…
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Russia’s War in Ukraine ‘Starting to Feel Like Vietnam’ Says GOP Senator
by Cai Xiaby Cai XiaA Republican senator has said the war in Ukraine is beginning to ‘feel like Vietnam’ as he questioned United States policy in the region. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kanas, accused President Joe Biden of being…
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Moscow (VNA) – The Vietnam-Russia Traditions and Friendship Foundation and Herzen University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the operation of the Russian open education centres opened by the university in Hanoi and…
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Insider job: Ukraine targets high-level double agents who helped Putin invade
Kyiv thinks traitors helped the Russians take Kherson and Chernobyl early in the war. PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE Ukraine is deepening a purge of double agents in…