Tag: Russia

Attack on Ukraine would be costly, NATO warns Moscow (Humeyra Pamuk and Sabine Siebold, Reuters)

Russia would pay a high price for any new military aggression against Ukraine, NATO and the United States warned on Tuesday as the Western...
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Russia says NATO deploying ‘significant’ hardware near its borders (Reuters)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused NATO on Tuesday of deploying a significant amount of military hardware near Russia's borders and said Moscow could...
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Ukraine PM says Russia ‘absolutely’ behind coup attempt (Reuters)

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Tuesday that Russia was "absolutely" behind what he said was an attempt to organise a coup to...
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Putin says he hasn’t decided whether to run again for president in 2024 (Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he had not yet decided whether to run for a new six-year term in the Kremlin when...
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Russian Navy test-fires hypersonic missile in the White Sea (The Associated Press, Defense News)

Russia’s Navy has successfully test-fired a prospective hypersonic missile, the military said Monday. The Defence Ministry said the frigate Admiral Gorshkov launched the Zircon cruise missile...
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Amnesty ‘Expects’ UN’s Special Rapporteur To Act Regarding Anti-Putin Shaman Held In Psychiatric Clinic (RFE RL)

Amnesty International has turned to the United Nations' special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples regarding the situation faced by a Yakut shaman who is...
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Minsk, Moscow Announce Joint Military Drills As NATO Prepares To Discuss Russian Troop Buildup (RFE RL)

Belarus has announced joint military exercises with Russia along its southern border as NATO gathers for a meeting to discuss its concerns about the...
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UK spy chief warns China, Russia racing to master AI (Al Jazeera)

The chief of the United Kingdom’s foreign spy service is to warn that China and Russia are racing to master artificial intelligence in a...
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Russia says Zircon hypersonic missile hit target in latest test (Reuters)

Russia said on Monday it had carried out another successful test launch of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, hailed by President Vladimir Putin as...
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Russia says Twitter mobile slowdown to remain until all banned content is removed (Gleb Stolyarov, Reuters)

Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter (TWTR.N) on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, state communications regulator Roskomnadzor told Reuters,...
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China, Russia jointly decry US democracy summit, call for past lessons to be remembered (Chen Qingqing, Wang Wenwen and Cui Fandi, Global Times)

A joint article by the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors to the US decrying the so-called Summit for Democracy is a clear declaration of opposition...
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What triggered tension between Ukraine and Russia? (Al Jazeera)

Ukraine is accusing Russia of mobilising tens of thousands of soldiers near their shared border. Presenter: Imran Khan Guests: Olexiy Haran – Professor at the National University...
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The Kremlin may be tiring of the impasse in eastern Ukraine (Ian Hill, The Interpreter)

Reports this month of a sizeable recent build-up of Russian military forces around Ukraine’s borders have aroused fears in Kiev and Western capitals of...
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The Belt Without a Road: Difficulties With the Transport Component of Russian-Chinese Cooperation in the Far East (Andrey Gubin, Valdai Discussion Club)

The Russian Far East (RFE) invariably attracts Beijing’s attention. Chinese researchers do not exclude that the PRC will be able to redirect some transcontinental transit flows through...
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China, Russia, India called on to get out of ‘democracy trap’ (Global Times)

China, Russia and India have embarked on development paths suited to their own national conditions and they have the responsibility to foster a correct...
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NATO, U.S. Repeat Warnings To Russia Of ‘Costs’ If It Escalates With Ukraine (RFE RL)

U.S. and NATO officials have issued fresh warnings of the possible consequences of any new Russian aggression against neighboring Ukraine, with Washington suggesting that...
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