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MFA: “These hostile, anti-Russia actions will have no impact on our national policy”

16:07 22.07.2025

MFA: “These hostile, anti-Russia actions will have no impact on our national policy”

Foreign Ministry statement on retaliatory measures to the 17th and 18th EU sanctions packages against Russia: The European Union continues to expand its unilateral and illegitimate restrictive measures against Russia, which violate international law and undermine the prerogatives of the UN Security Council. On May 20 and July 18, the …

EU assured Georgian Patriarch that they would not demand abandonment of traditional values

13:32 22.07.2025

EU assured Georgian Patriarch that they would not demand abandonment of traditional values

During their meetings with the Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II representatives of the European Union assured him that they would not make abandonment of traditional values conditional for Georgia’s integration into the EU, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported, citing a statement by the Patriarchate of Georgia. Earlier, in a letter to the …

At a crossroads: Europe and the future of post-Soviet area

11:21 22.07.2025 Jan Campbell

At a crossroads: Europe and the future of post-Soviet area

Top priority: American interests and the fight against China I would like to believe that everyone on both sides responsible for preparing for the fight against China realizes that the US' approach to countering China is hampered by the perceived ineffectiveness of its weaponry in Ukraine, and that predictive analytics …

View from Washington: These factors complicate NATO's new spending pledge

11:20 22.07.2025

View from Washington: These factors complicate NATO's new spending pledge

NATO's 5% spending commitment is a watershed moment for an alliance dogged by laggard investment outside the U.S. — if, that is, members actually fork over the trillions in long-term spending required to make it a reality, Axios notes. Why it matters: At a time of weapons upheaval and global …

Brazilians back Lula against Trump, calling tariffs unjustified

11:18 22.07.2025

Brazilians back Lula against Trump, calling tariffs unjustified

Most Brazilians view Donald Trump's threat of a 50% tariff as unjustified meddling in internal affairs and believe President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration is responding appropriately, Bloomberg reports. Some 51.2% of respondents supported hitting back with retaliatory tariffs, while 28.6% said Brazil should strengthen ties with US rivals …

Japan ruling party loses majority in disastrous election result

11:17 22.07.2025

Japan ruling party loses majority in disastrous election result

Populist party Sanseito makes strong gains fuelling political instability in the weeks ahead, ‘The Telegraph’ informs. Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in upper house elections on Sunday, exit polls projected, in a disastrous result for prime minister Shigeru Ishiba. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner Komeito won …

Zelensky is understating Ukraine’s military losses – Le Monde

13:19 21.07.2025

Zelensky is understating Ukraine’s military losses – Le Monde

Volodymyr Zelensky is intentionally downsizing the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers, while the country’s cemeteries are running out of free space, the French newspaper Le Monde wrote on Sunday. The newspaper learned that in February, Zelensky announced 46,000 dead and 380,000 wounded Ukrainian servicemen since the start of the conflict. …

China all set to retaliate against EU’s 18th sanctions package

12:02 21.07.2025

China all set to retaliate against EU’s 18th sanctions package

The Chinese authorities intend to take retaliatory measures against the 18th package of anti-Russian sanctions adopted by the European Union (EU), which has negatively impacted Chinese business. "China expresses strong protest and dissatisfaction. China has always opposed unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law and are not sanctioned …

Bloomberg: Trump’s plan for Europe to foot Ukraine bill ups budget pressure

11:09 21.07.2025

Bloomberg: Trump’s plan for Europe to foot Ukraine bill ups budget pressure

Donald Trump's plan to allow the European Union to pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating the bloc's defense-spending ambitions. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said defense spending would have to compete with existing demands such as agriculture, and talks will be "very difficult", …

Most Turkish people say Turkey should obtain nuclear weapons in new poll

11:07 21.07.2025

Most Turkish people say Turkey should obtain nuclear weapons in new poll

A recent survey in Turkey reveals a significant shift in public opinion over nuclear weapons, with a majority of respondents now supporting their development in response to heightened regional tensions, particularly following Israeli strikes on Iran last month, ‘The Middle East Eye’ notes. The poll, conducted by Research Istanbul between …

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