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Rubio says US has 'run out' of new Russia sanctions

17:08 13.11.2025

Rubio says US has 'run out' of new Russia sanctions

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned reporters as he departed the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting that Washington has substantially exhausted its unilateral sanctions options against Russia, and urged partners to close enforcement gaps that allow Moscow to keep selling energy. Rubio’s blunt assessment, and his public nudge toward …

Bloomberg: Poland’s support for Ukrainians is cracking

10:36 13.11.2025

Bloomberg: Poland’s support for Ukrainians is cracking

An increase in hate crime comes as aid for Kyiv takes center stage in a political battle in Warsaw, Bloomberg states. A man on a crowded tram in Warsaw launched into a tirade of verbal abuse when he heard Oleksandra Iwaniuk speaking Ukrainian with a friend, and nobody in the …

Britain fears Russia, but snaps back – British Royal Marine Special Forces train for coastal raids and oil rig seizures near Russia

10:34 13.11.2025

Britain fears Russia, but snaps back – British Royal Marine Special Forces train for coastal raids and oil rig seizures near Russia

The British Armed Forces have deployed Royal Marine special forces from the 42 and 47 Commando units as part of a Special Operations Maritime Task Group to simulate covert boarding operations against enemy ships, coastal aids, and the seizure of oil rigs. Exercises are taking place in the Eastern Baltic …

Ex-WTO head: China-US trade rivalry will last for ‘next 50 years’!

10:33 13.11.2025

Ex-WTO head: China-US trade rivalry will last for ‘next 50 years’!

“Bumpy” US-China relations will persist for decades as the rivalry shifts from trade to the weaponisation of strategic sectors and supply chains, according to a former head of the World Trade Organization. Bilateral ties will experience “ups and downs, and to and fro, and left and right”, said Pascal Lamy, …

Russia-Kazakhstan talks

1:03 13.11.2025

Russia-Kazakhstan talks

On the second day of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state visit to Russia, Vladimir Putin held talks with the President of Kazakhstan at the Kremlin. The agenda focused on the further advancement of the strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Kazakhstan in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres, as …

POLITICO: Russian assets impasse faces an obstacle

10:03 12.11.2025

POLITICO: Russian assets impasse faces an obstacle

Talks between senior Commission officials and the Belgian government over a €140B loan to Ukraine fell short of a breakthrough, POLITICO writes. The European effort to tap frozen Russian assets to keep Ukraine afloat is stalling over Belgian objections, but Slovakia’s leader is reminding the EU that he’s also in …

A false trail: The Nord Stream ‘investigation’ which hides the true facts

9:58 12.11.2025

A false trail: The Nord Stream ‘investigation’ which hides the true facts

The US continues to conceal the true reasons for the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. That’s what they write, wanting to divert the investigation from the real perpetrators of the explosions. German detectives have spent three years building their case. A Ukrainian veteran could soon be in the …

‘The Guardian’ is confused: ‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to import to Australia!

9:57 12.11.2025

‘The Guardian’ is confused: ‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to import to Australia!

Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023, ‘The Guardian’ reveals. Millions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Bank and potentially sold on to Australian businesses, new data shows. The …

Senate passes deal to reopen U.S. Government – Time in Shutdown: 41 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes!

9:54 12.11.2025

Senate passes deal to reopen U.S. Government – Time in Shutdown: 41 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes!

The Senate, with the help of Democratic defectors, passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown without the health insurance subsidies Democrats long demanded. The earliest the House will vote is Wednesday, ‘The New York Time’ reports. The Senate passed legislation on Monday night to end the nation’s longest …

Sergey Lavrov: “We know what the Americans have, and the Americans know what they have. Let’s take a year to, so to speak, cool down, analyse the situation, stop measuring everything by the Ukraine yardstick, and focus on the great powers’ responsibility to maintain global security and stability, above all, in terms of avoiding nuclear war. We are ready for that”

2:05 12.11.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “We know what the Americans have, and the Americans know what they have. Let’s take a year to, so to speak, cool down, analyse the situation, stop measuring everything by the Ukraine yardstick, and focus on the great powers’ responsibility to maintain global security and stability, above all, in terms of avoiding nuclear war. We are ready for that”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Russian media outlets. Moscow, November 11, 2025 Question: Moscow and Washington have almost simultaneously announced nuclear test plans. Does this signify global instability or rather demonstrate equal capabilities and thus the preservation of parity? Sergey Lavrov: I have heard nothing about Moscow announcing nuclear …

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