Published on: 03/31/2022 – 18:58 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that all European purchases of Russian gas must be made in rubles from April 1, a request immediately rejected by French and German officials who said they were preparing for a possible halt in Russian supplies. Europe willRead More →
🔘 Journalist and head of the RIA-Melitopol site Svetlana Zalizetskaya, who announced on March 23 that her father had been kidnapped, confirmed her release. According to Zalizetskaya, her father was released after agreeing to release a statement about transferring control of the site to third parties. Video: Protests in SlavutychiRead More →
The Chinese Silk Road and its main strategic zones of traffic and influence in the Chinese regions of Xinjiang and Arakan in Myanmar, which concentrate Muslim minorities in the two countries, serve as a table for a new strategic conflict between the United States of America and China, in whichRead More →
Popular food blogger Nika Belotserkovskaya was among the first three to face charges under Russia’s law against ‘false’ war news after her Instagram feed went from truffles and rosé to posts on Ukrainian refugee children. (She is out of Russia.) The story continues under the ad The speed of Russia’sRead More →
Comment this story Comment Alexey Navalny is Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, an anti-corruption investigator whose denunciations have targeted President Vladimir Putin and his entourage. His detention and imprisonment in 2021 upon his voluntary return from Germany, where he was recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on theRead More →
Tomsk State University and MARA University of Technology (UiTM), a leading higher education institution in Malaysia, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation. The ceremony took place online on March 14. The universities presented their achievements and discussed possible areas of collaboration. In particular, Malaysian colleagues aim toRead More →
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, China’s position has been firmly brought to light. With the war lasting longer than expected, Beijing finds itself even more stuck in an increasingly difficult position. However, more broadly, the war also offers key insights and developments. Namely, the invasion offers lessons on howRead More →
Russian engineering universities are renowned for their high educational standards. Industrial engineering universities in Russia provide training for careers in aviation, oil and gas, metallurgy, wood processing, and other industries that use machinery and equipment. An engineering professional would be able to not only troubleshoot and configure machine tools andRead More →
Russia has brought a new intensity to its crackdown on independent news. It is now a crime — punishable up to 15 years old in prison — for publishing “false” information about the widespread attack on Ukraine. The government has blocked Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and news sites aimed at Russians,Read More →
Ukraine on Monday rejected an ultimatum to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, its deputy prime minister told local media, demanding that Moscow instead allow hundreds of thousands of terrified residents to safely exit. “We cannot talk about handing over weapons,” Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainska Pravda hours before a RussianRead More →
On March 14, Maria Nedvetskaya was informed by police in the western Russian city of Kaliningrad that her mother had been taken to a local psychiatric hospital. “Supposedly she swore while in police custody,” Nedvetskaya told RFE/RL’s North.Realities, adding that when she went to hospital she was not allowed toRead More →
Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused Russian forces of bombing a school in the besieged city of Mariupol where some 400 people, including women and children, had taken refuge and deporting some residents to Russia. Mariupol was one of the main targets of attacks from Moscow. Russian shelling pounded the easternRead More →
Authorities in the port city say that among those housed in the targeted school are women and children. Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces bombed a school in Mariupol where hundreds of people, including women and children, had taken refuge, as Moscow continued its relentless attacks on the beleaguered port city.Read More →
Press play to listen to this article ISTANBUL — Russian rapper Oxxxymiron’s last concert was his smallest in years. On Tuesday, hundreds of people crammed into a small basement venue, and those who couldn’t get tickets jostled in the street trying to get in. As the lights dimmed, the OxfordRead More →
“We have 20 patients that we cannot find, so we don’t know if they are alive or not,” says Dr Olha Konstantynovska. She is referring to the tuberculosis patients she cares for in Kharkiv, where, as in much of Ukraine, the Russian war has upended lives, including her own. SheRead More →
“We have 20 patients that we cannot find, so we don’t know if they are alive or not,” says Dr Olha Konstantynovska. She is referring to the tuberculosis patients she cares for in Kharkiv, where, as in much of Ukraine, the Russian war has upended lives, including her own. SheRead More →
Russian investigators on Wednesday opened criminal proceedings against a blogger for spreading what they said was “knowingly false information” about the war in Ukraine, during the first application of a new law that carries a penalty of up to up to 15 years in prison. The Investigative Committee said theRead More →
Some 130 people have been rescued so far from a theater in the besieged city of Mariupol which was hit by a Russian airstrike, but ‘hundreds’ of others are still trapped under the rubble, Ukraine’s president says Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, Russian forces have continued their relentless and indiscriminate bombardment ofRead More →
One of the first three people to face a criminal case under Russia’s ‘fake news’ law said the charges mean she has been ‘officially declared a decent person’. “Finding out that I was the first to be charged was both funny and shocking. I joked that I was officially declaredRead More →
🔘 President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the US Congress. Ukraine’s leader said Russian troops fired about a thousand rockets and “countless” bombs into Ukraine. He called for the creation of a humanitarian no-fly zone over the country. Russia will therefore not be able to launch missile and bombRead More →
Russian investigators on Wednesday opened criminal proceedings against a blogger for spreading what they said was “knowingly false information” about the war in Ukraine, during the first application of a new law that carries a penalty of up to up to 15 years in prison. The Investigative Committee said theRead More →
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called Russia’s assault on the beleaguered Ukrainian port city of Mariupol a ‘crime against humanity’ as Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul, the first such contact between the two parties in more than two weeks. “What Russian troops are doing in Mariupol isRead More →
New Russian law means 15 years in prison or military conscription that sends anti-war Russians to Ukraine with orders to shoot civilians The New York Times published on Monday an article describing how thousands of middle-class Russians have fled the country for neighboring Armenia and (Republic of) Georgia since theRead More →
The US-NATO-induced war in Ukraine threatens food supplies around the world, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, where food is already unaffordable for millions thanks to wars in the American imperialism that have lasted for decades. Russia and Ukraine account for almost a third of the world’s grainRead More →
One of Russia’s oldest universities to expel at least 13 students detained during anti-war protests that have erupted across the country in recent weeks, according to business daily Kommersant reported Wednesday. The prestigious St Petersburg State University is expected to draft further expulsion orders for students after continued protests againstRead More →
As Russia faces a barrage of sanctions from the United States and its Western allies for invading Ukraine, the biggest casualty has been crude oil. State oil and gas producer ONGC could weigh swap options – such as crude oil against dividends to be received from its hydrocarbon blocks inRead More →
Screenshot from CBC Radio Canada Youtube channel video, residents of St. Petersburg are waiting in a full train station. Olga, leaving for Spain said, “The situation could become more serious at any time. I’m really scared. Since the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine, more … than 7,000 peopleRead More →
Russians are bracing for an economic recession that could be the deepest since the 1990s after the United States and its allies imposed ‘crushing’ sanctions on Moscow, seeking to punish President Vladimir Putin for the unprovoked invasion from Ukraine. Analysts say citizens face a future characterized by runaway inflation, risingRead More →
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Exxon Mobil Corp’s decision to leave Russia has put India’s flagship overseas company ONGC Videsh in a difficult situation as it is a partner in the Sakhalin-1 oil fields operated by the global energy giant in the Russian Far East, sources said. . ONGC VideshRead More →
Words matter. This is why the words that appear in reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are so carefully discussed and debated. As a result, IPCC reports often seem nuanced or overly cautious. This is why a small section in the current summary of the IPCCRead More →
“Our way of life deserves to be defended. It’s worth the cost. For the next generation, for everyone in Ukraine and around the world who believes in Europe. For anyone who wants to be free. Addressing the extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament on “Russian aggression againstRead More →