Tag: Russia

G7 ministers seek to present a ‘show of unity’ against Russia (Al Jazeera)

Foreign minister of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations gathered in the British city of Liverpool have sought to demonstrate “a show of...

G7 Foreign Ministers Seek ‘Show Of Unity’ On Russian Military Buildup Near Ukraine (RFE RL)

Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers are meeting in the northern English city of Liverpool to seek a united front against Russian aggression toward...

Ukraine Says Russia Blocking Most Of Sea Of Azov As Tensions Mount Between Kyiv And Moscow (RFE RL)

Russia has blocked off nearly 70 percent of the Sea of Azov around the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian Navy has announced. “Currently, the...

Nuclear Command-and-Control Satellites Should Be Off Limits (James M. Acton, Thomas D. MacDonald, Defense One)

When Russia blew up an old satellite with a new missile on November 15, it created an expanding cloud of debris that will menace...

U.S. Sentences Russian For Malware ‘Crypting’ Services (RFE RL)

Russian national Oleg Koshkin has been sentenced to four years in prison for operating a “crypting” service that helped hackers infect computers around the...

Sinopec-backed Russia gas project in Amur progressing well (Global Times)

A gas chemical project in Amur, Russia, which attracted investment from a Chinese state-owned enterprise, is progressing well despite the cold winter, and the...

How the ‘Asian Mediterranean’ Concept Can Contribute to the Prosperity of Greater Eurasia (Feng Shaolei, Valdai Discussion Club)

The concept of “the Asian Mediterranean” not only responds to the current concerns about what to do and what not to do, but also suggests, in particular, a wonderful space to help...

Moscow’s Trade With China Leaves Russians in the Far East Hungry, Cold and Angry (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

It is often said that most people have little difficulty living in huts until someone builds a castle nearby; then, the poverty they are...

Is a Russo-US De-Escalation Feasible? (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

The stakes were high when Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation held a two-hour, bilateral video-conference...

Biden Says Further Meetings Planned To Lower Temperature Along Ukraine-Russia Border (RFE RL)

U.S. President Joe Biden says he hopes to announce a meeting soon between the United States, its major allies in Europe, and Russia for...

Russia accuses Ukraine of mobilising artillery, feigning negotiations (Reuters)

Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of moving heavy artillery towards the front line of fighting with pro-Russian separatists and failing to engage in a...

Iran sticks to stance as nuclear talks resume, EU, Russia stress urgency (Parisa Hafezi and Francois Murphy, Reuters)

Iran's top negotiator said on Thursday he was sticking to positions Tehran set out when nuclear talks broke off last week, while European Union...

Abkhazia’s ‘President’ Floats Idea to Lift Real Estate Purchase Restrictions for Russian Citizens (Zaal Anjaparidze, The Jamestown Foundation)

A new standoff is maturing around the long-standing issue of privatization of real estate in Georgia’s secessionist region of Abkhazia. On November 8, the...

Ukraine Looms Large in Biden-Putin Dialogue (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a one-on-one video-conference, on December 7—their fifth direct dialogue (three by...

Russia says both sides to follow up quickly on Putin-Biden call (Reuters)

Russian and U.S. officials will urgently follow up Tuesday's two-hour call between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden on Ukraine with discussions on "this...

Ukraine welcomes Biden-Putin call as path to deterrence and de-escalation (Matthias Williams, Reuters)

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Reuters on Wednesday that talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had enabled "deterrence...