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TASS: Putin on Oreshnik, disappointment in talks, corruption in Ukraine

18:13 01.08.2025

TASS: Putin on Oreshnik, disappointment in talks, corruption in Ukraine

The first serially-produced Oreshnik missile system has entered service with the Russian army, President Vladimir Putin told reporters. He also noted that if Kiev believes that now is not the time for peace negotiations, Moscow is ready to wait. According to him, all the frustrations in the negotiation process stem …

Sergey Lavrov: “We discussed the prospects for advancing our cooperation under the current conditions in all areas: trade and the economy, security (where we also have substantial experience), as well as in the humanitarian sphere, culture and education”

13:16 01.08.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “We discussed the prospects for advancing our cooperation under the current conditions in all areas: trade and the economy, security (where we also have substantial experience), as well as in the humanitarian sphere, culture and education”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during a joint news conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani following talks Moscow, July 31, 2025 Ladies and gentlemen, During the talks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Asaad al-Shibani and I noted our …

Karin Kneissl: “The EU is caught between the effect of anti-Russian sanctions and US tariffs”

11:14 01.08.2025

Karin Kneissl: “The EU is caught between the effect of anti-Russian sanctions and US tariffs”

European sanctions have had a positive effect on the Russian economy, forcing entrepreneurs to diversify trade ties and unleash their creative potential, former Austrian Foreign Minister and head of the St. Petersburg State University's G.O.R.K.L. Center Karin Kneissl told Izvestia. Meanwhile, Europe, according to the diplomat, has not only lost …

Russia liberated Chasiv Yar in Donbass after 16-month battle

11:13 01.08.2025

Russia liberated Chasiv Yar in Donbass after 16-month battle

Russia said on Thursday it had captured the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine after nearly 16 months of fighting, opening the way for potential further advances, Reuters reports. Russia's Defence Ministry said in a brief statement its forces had liberated the town. A Ukrainian military spokesperson called the …

Slovakia summons UK envoy over “election interference”

11:11 01.08.2025

Slovakia summons UK envoy over “election interference”

Slovakia's government summoned the British ambassador due to an escalating dispute after Prime Minister Robert Fico accused UK authorities of interfering in the country's 2023 parliamentary election, Bloomberg reports. Fico accused UK authorities of helping groups that tried to steer the 2023 vote, which he said is "a deliberate and …

POLITICO: Europe learned to love American LNG. This is how Trump wrecks it

11:10 01.08.2025

POLITICO: Europe learned to love American LNG. This is how Trump wrecks it

Alliances sometimes begin by accident. Sometimes they end that way, too. Especially when Donald Trump is involved, POLITICO notes. It’s almost unthinkable in the age of Trump’s “American Energy Dominance” and the EU’s scramble to quit Russian gas that a desire for shiploads of U.S. gas was once unfashionable on …

India indicated its openness to resuming the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue

11:13 31.07.2025

India indicated its openness to resuming the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue

New Delhi’s cautious openness to reviving the long-dormant Russia-India-China dialogue signals a careful hedging of its geopolitical bets, 'South China Morning Post’ stresses. As friction with the West builds over energy imports and trade, India is weighing a delicate recalibration: reviving its long-dormant trilateral dialogue with Russia and China, even …

View from London: It's official – Ukraine is now Trump's war

11:12 31.07.2025

View from London: It's official – Ukraine is now Trump's war

The US is shifting the financial burden of the proxy war onto Europe and projecting an image of disengagement — while remaining firmly in control of Ukraine's military operations, notes Thomas Fazi, an UnHerd columnist and translator. Those who still held out hope that Donald Trump would resolve the Ukraine …

‘Israel Hayom’: “Northern Cyprus is also an Israeli problem!”

11:10 31.07.2025

‘Israel Hayom’: “Northern Cyprus is also an Israeli problem!”

It is not Israel's role or desire to liberate Northern Cyprus. However, if the threat from the area reaches a critical threshold, Israel's strategic posture must shift. Israel, in coordination with Greece and Cyprus, must prepare a contingency operation for liberating the island's north, ‘Israel Hayom’ writes. Cyprus recently marked …

British new party: Corbyn says it’s ‘just the beginning’ as new party overtakes Labour amid surging youth support

11:09 31.07.2025

British new party: Corbyn says it’s ‘just the beginning’ as new party overtakes Labour amid surging youth support

Jeremy Corbyn (a British politician who has been Member of Parliament since 1983. Now an independent, Corbyn had been a member of the Labour Party from 1965 until his expulsion in 2024) vowed “this is just the beginning” after half a million people signed up to his new political party …

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