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President Vladimir Putin said a proposal by China could be the basis for a peace settlement in Ukraine. The Russian leader met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday. Putin, however, said that the West and Ukraine were not ready for peace yet. Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Chinese leader Xi … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as leaders gather for a family photo during the Belt and Road Forum on Yanqi Lake, outside Beijing, China, May 15, 2017. Damir Sagolj | Reuters China and Russia are taking center stage this week as both countries look to deepen ties just as a … Read more
Russia’s top investigative body has opened a criminal case against the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and judges who issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges. The move was announced on Monday by the state Investigative Committee in another gesture of Russian defiance, three days after the ICC accused Putin … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, seeking both to deepen economic ties with an ally he sees as a useful counterweight to the West and to promote Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in Ukraine,Xi was the first leader to meet the Russian president since the International … Read more
MOSCOW, Russia said on Monday it would not agree in May to the renewal of a deal allowing for the export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports unless issues around the Swift financial messaging system are resolved and other restrictions are lifted. In a statement posted on its website, the Russian foreign ministry said … Read more
MOSCOW: Russia said Monday that it had opened a criminal investigation into International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan after the court based in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin,“The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan” and several ICC … Read more
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan says the court’s investigation into the treatment of Ukrainian children is apolitical and independent. Khan said collective stamina was needed to deliver justice. ICC judges have issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children. International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan urged countries Monday … Read more
As faithful readers of this column may know, I write a lot about hypocrisy. Sometimes, it disappoints me. Sometimes, it offends me. Sometimes, it angers me. But state-sanctioned duplicity, in particular, never surprises me. Still, I try to call it out wherever and whenever I see and hear it, if only to let the hypocrites … Read more
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 389th day, we take a look at the main developments. Here is the situation as it stands on Sunday, March 19, 2023: Fighting The Ukrainian army says its forces outside the eastern city of Bakhmut are managing to keep Russian units at bay so ammunition, food, equipment and medicines … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Mariupol. Russian forces captured the Ukrainian city. Putin also visited Sevastopol. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, state media reported on Sunday, his first to the city since it was captured after a lengthy siege at the start of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. The trip comes … Read more
Vladimir Putin, who flew to Mariupol by helicopter, drove around the city and stopped to talk to residents, TASS agency says. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, a Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region which has been occupied by Moscow’s forces since May of last year. Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter and drove … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on Saturday on an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia‘s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine,Putin was greeted by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, and taken to see a new children’s center and art school on what the official said was a surprise … Read more
China seeks to promote itself as an international peacemaker. President Xi Jinping will visit Russia to discuss the Ukraine war. Ukraine is unlikely to accept China as a neutral party. Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Russia on Monday hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as China seeks to position itself as a peacemaker. … Read more
The Russian president arrives in Crimea to mark the anniversary of the peninsula’s 2014 annexation from Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea on an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. Putin was greeted on Saturday by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images) Widespread Russian attacks have continued in Ukraine following the announcement of the arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights. Ukraine Air Forces said attacks by Russia continue. Widespread Russian attacks have continued … Read more
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