By Jerry Chifamba Harare — Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, won’t be attending the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit in Johannesburg in August, the presidency said. The Presidency announced that instead of Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in attendance. Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had declared that any effort to…
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Putin reassures pro-Russian world leaders his grip on power remains strong
By Simone McCarthy, Rhea Mogul, Nectar Gan and Alex Stambaugh, Updated 0751 EAT on Wed July 5, 2023 Hong Kong- President Vladimir Putin sought to project an image of strength in front of a virtual gathering of Moscow-friendly leaders on Tuesday, in what was the Russian leader’s first appearance on the world stage since he…
South Africa Grants Putin Diplomatic Immunity to Attend Brics Summit
By Andre van Wyk Cape Town — South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) Minister Naledi Pandor gazetted a notice providing diplomatic immunity to officials attending the the BRICS summit in August. The decision bears significance as it comes in the wake of an international warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court for…
Putin May Join South Africa’s BRICS Summit Virtually
By Andre van Wyk Cape Town — The South African government has elected to consider allowing Vladimir Putin’s remote attendance to the 2023 BRICS summit ion an effort to navigate the bureaucratic headache that the Russian leader’s presence risks due to the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his capture….
Ukraine war: Eighth wave of Russian missile attacks
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Russia has fired a barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine for the eighth time in eight weeks. Significant disruption to the power grid was reported, mainly in the east. In the south, Odesa was without power. Ukraine says four people were killed. But the…
Ukraine war: Merkel says she lacked power to influence Putin
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her policy towards Russia prior to the February invasion of Ukraine, saying she had run out of power to influence Vladimir Putin. She said she had tried to convene European talks with the Russian president and French President Emmanuel Macron in the summer of 2021. “But I didn’t…
Tight Buddies – Putin meets Xi for first time since Ukraine war
The Russian president’s encounters with the Chinese leader cannot be considered a meeting of equals, analysts say. tions with the West continued to unravel over his war on Ukraine and as China’s military harassment of Taiwan seemed set to put Xi on a collision course with Taipei’s United States and European allies – sanctions being…
Ukraine war: Putin says West’s sanctions fever wrecks European lives
Updated at 1627 EAT on Saturday, 10th Sep 2022 . Follow us on social media HICGI News Agency Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia’s war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world. In a speech to an economic forum in Vladivostok, he said Russia was…
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