Updated by Anastasios Gordon Sekandi – at 23:06 EAT Thursday 06 March 2025 KYIV | HICGI | — With billions of dollars in U.S. military aid and critical intelligence sharing paused, fears are growing in Ukraine that Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service — a backbone of military and civilian communications — could be the next…
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Putin’s BRICS summit: What’s on the agenda and why it matters.
The summit, which leaders from two dozen nations will attend, is the largest event Russia has hosted in years and a signal to the West amid the war in Ukraine, analysts say By Sarah Shamim Updated On 24 Oct 202422 Oct 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the annual BRICS summit, which started on Tuesday, in Russia’s…
Pass way to peace opens as Ukraine ready for talks if Russia ends occupation.
Kyiv will engage in peace talks with Russia tomorrow if Moscow withdraws from all Ukrainian territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated. But speaking at the close of a summit for peace in Switzerland, he said Russian President Vladimir Putin would not end the war and had to be stopped “in any way we can”, whether…
Putin wins the Russian election in a landslide with no serious competition.
President Vladimir Putin has tightened his grip on the country he has ruled since the turn of the century, winning Russia’s stage-managed election by an overwhelming majority in a result that was a foregone conclusion. Putin won 87.3% of the vote on a record turnout of 77.5%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported Monday after all the…
Russia to deploy troops and weapons of mass destruction to boarders of Nato states.
President Putin said ”Am going to deploy troops and weapons of mass destruction to all Russian neighbors who joined NATO” He issued a warning to Western countries that Russia is ready for nuclear war. Ukrainian Justice Minister Denys Maliuska says he received “quite optimistic” messages from US lawmakers about passing a Ukraine aid bill. “What…
Hundreds bid final farewell to Russia’s Alexey Navalny, risking arrest
Relatives and supporters of Alexey Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral Friday in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. His supporters say several churches in Moscow refused to hold the service before Navalny’s team…
Vladimir Putin visits ‘dear friend’ Xi Jinping in China
Putin is attending China’s Belt and Road summit for a third time but the meeting could be overshadowed by wars. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing ahead of a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Xi invited his “dear friend” Putin to China’s third Belt and Road Initiative forum where the…
Russia attacks Ukraine grain port ahead of Putin-Erdogan talks
Blasts reported near Ukraine’s Izmail port on the Danube River as Russian and Turkish leaders prepare to hold talks on Ukrainian grain exports. Russia has launched an air attack on one of Ukraine’s biggest grain exporting ports, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were due to hold talks. Ukraine’s…
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