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Key Russian ally calls for truce in Ukraine

30Mar

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Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

Key Russian ally calls for truce in Ukraine

Moscow and Kiev would agree not to move troops or military equipment under the deal, the Belarusian president has suggested President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko © Sputnik / Pavel Bednyakov Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has urged Russia and Ukraine to agree a ceasefire, warning Kiev that its apparently imminent counteroffensive could lead to the conflict spiraling completely out of control. In a speech to the Belarusian parliament on Friday, Lukashenko stated that the only path to peace in Ukraine lies through diplomatic engagement. Moscow and Kiev “should stop now before escalation ensues,” he argued. “I will try to risk suggesting a cessation of hostilities… to declare a truce without the right to move or regroup troops on both s...

30Mar

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Europe, Russia

Spain still dependent on Russian gas

Madrid claims it can’t stop LNG imports, which have soared by more than 170%, El Confidencial reports © Getty Images / Miguel Sotomayor Spain’s imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia in January and February saw a massive year-on-year surge of 172%, El Confidencial reported on Friday, citing data from Spanish energy company Enagas. Purchases of super-chilled fuel from the sanctioned country since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine have soared by 84%, making Spain the biggest importer of Russian LNG among EU member states. The impressive growth of LNG imports in spite of the EU’s pledge to eliminate its reliance on energy exports from Russia have reportedly caused major concern in Madrid and Brussels. Earlier this month, EU Energ...

US ‘disappointed’ with UN court ruling on Iran

30Mar

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Iran, UN, USA

US ‘disappointed’ with UN court ruling on Iran

The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Washington to pay compensation to Iranian individuals and firms The delivery of the International Court of Justice judgment on the merits of the case concerning Certain Iranian Assets. © Twitter / ICJ The US State Department has criticized a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which found that some Iranian funds were seized illegally by American authorities. Judges at the UN’s top court in The Hague concluded on Thursday that a 2016 decision by the US Supreme Court was in violation of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights between the two countries. Back then, the US court ruled that certain assets belonging to Iranian companies should be paid to victims ...

America, the reality TV show, reaches new depths with Trump’s indictment

30Mar

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USA

America, the reality TV show, reaches new depths with Trump’s indictment

US politics have gotten even raunchier with the country’s first prosecution of a former president Tony Cox, a US journalist who has written or edited for Bloomberg and several major daily newspapers. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio. © Drew Angerer/Getty Images Just when one might have supposed that American politics couldn’t get any trashier, New York City prosecutor Alvin Bragg and former President Donald Trump have proven that the nation hasn’t yet reached the bottom. The US political system now resembles a reality television show, and with Trump’s indictment on Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury, viewers should cringe at how vulgar and obnoxious the pro...

Japan bans exports of kids’ toys to Russia

30Mar

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Japan

Japan bans exports of kids’ toys to Russia

The restrictions are intended to prevent “the strengthening of Russia’s industrial base” FILE PHOTO: Pokemon's 'Pikachu' stuffed toys. © James Matsumoto / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Japan has introduced new restrictions against Russia on Friday, adding children’s toys to a new list of goods subject to an export ban. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has revised its trade restrictions on “goods that contribute to the strengthening of Russia’s industrial base,” according to an official statement issued on Friday. The updated list includes goods such as steel, aluminum, construction machinery, electrical equipment, radio equipment for navigation, aircraft, and spacecraft. The list also features goods for children, such a...

Andrey Sushentsov: The people who brought you the Iraq war loudly support arming Ukraine. Where will this lead?

30Mar

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Iraq, Ukraine, USA

Andrey Sushentsov: The people who brought you the Iraq war loudly support arming Ukraine. Where will this lead?

Despite the disastrous consequences of the US invasion of Iraq twenty years ago, many of those responsible for that war – and their media and academic cheerleaders are back for more By Andrey Sushentsov, Valdai Club program director FILE PHOTO. Members of the 118th Congress stand for the Pledge of Allegiance on the first day of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images This year’s twentieth anniversary of the illegal Iraq invasion paradoxically coincided with major international events. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was in Moscow on the day, while a Russia-Africa Parliamentary Forum opened at the same ...

Ukrainian FM downplays importance of ‘counteroffensive’

30Mar

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Europe, Ukraine, USA

Ukrainian FM downplays importance of ‘counteroffensive’

Dmitry Kuleba has urged that Western military aid continue until Kiev achieves all its goals confronting Russian forces FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. © Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images A counteroffensive by Ukraine that has been much-anticipated should not be considered as a make-or-break moment in its conflict with Russia, Kiev's Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said, urging his country's foreign backers to maintain their support regardless of the outcome of this expected operation. “We should counter by all means the perception of the counteroffensive as the decisive battle of the war,” he told the Financial Times, as quoted on Wednesday. He said Kiev was concerned that the operation would not result in Ukrainian troops pu...

Russian human rights chief issues Ukrainian language appeal

30Mar

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Russia, Ukraine

Russian human rights chief issues Ukrainian language appeal

Children should be able to study their native language in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova has said Tatyana Moskalkova. © Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev Ukrainian-speaking children in Russia should be provided with opportunities to study their native language, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has said. In an interview with RIA Novosti published on Thursday, Moskalkova touched on the issue of displaced children and their education, as well as young people from the four former Ukrainian territories – Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics – which were incorporated into Russia after referendums last year. “There were kids who said: ‘We want to be in Russia, but we would like to continue learning the Ukrainian langu...

30Mar

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Media, Russia

Facebook ‘disappears’ RT Arabic

The American social network has refused to explain its ban on the page, which had 17 million subscribers © RT Arabic Mark Zuckerberg’s flagship social network has deleted the page for RT Arabic, rejecting all appeals and handing the address to another user, the channel’s head Maya Manna said on Thursday. “Two weeks we fought with Facebook to restore the suspended page of RT Arabic, with 17 million subscribers,” Manna said on her Telegram channel. “We tried to get an explanation of what triggered the shutdown, because we never got any strikes or comments.” After several awkward non-explanations, Facebook’s customer service “simply wished us luck, closed our case, and turned over the URL to another user,” Manna wrote. “Internet d...

Ukrainian FM gives estimate on EU accession

30Mar

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Ukraine

Ukrainian FM gives estimate on EU accession

Ukraine to become an EU member ‘much sooner than many expect’ unless bloc creates more ‘artificial’ obstacles, Dmitry Kuleba says FILE PHOTO. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. © Getty Images / LightRocket / SOPA Images / Mykola Tys Ukraine has made great progress on its EU-accession path and now the bloc has to reform itself to incorporate the country into its membership, Kiev’s top diplomat Dmitry Kuleba has said. The foreign minister made the remarks on Thursday as he spoke at an online event hosted by Chatham House, a leading British think tank on foreign policy. Ukraine is seeking to launch accession talks with the EU next year, Kuleba revealed. “Our goal is to open accession talks in 2023. I’m not going to give you a year when Ukraine will beco...