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Russian, Cuban presidents pledge to strengthen bilateral ties

November 23, 2022

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (left) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on November 22, 2022. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez voiced common readiness...

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Russian forces to retreat behind Dnieper River

November 10, 2022

An old woman walks in the Kherson region village of Arkhanhelske, Ukraine on Nov 3, 2022. (BULENT KILIC / AFP) MOSCOW/KYIV/UNITED NATIONS/TEHRAN - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered Russian troops to leave the right (western) bank of the Dnieper River and strengthen defense against Ukrainian offensives on...

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Ukraine: Talks with Moscow possible only if Russia withdraws

November 9, 2022

Ukrainian negotiator Mikhailo Podolyak speaks to media after talks between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Belarus' Gomel region on Feb 28, 2022. (SERGEI KHOLODILIN / BELTA / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that Kiev could resume dialogue with Moscow only after the withdrawal of Russian...

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Ukraine: Talks with Moscow possible only after Russia’s withdrawal

November 9, 2022

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Report: First nuke talks for Russia, US since Ukraine conflict

November 8, 2022

Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. (ANTON VAGANOV / REUTERS) MOSCOW – Russia and the United States are discussing holding talks on strategic nuclear weapons for the first time since Moscow started its special military operation in Ukraine, Russian...

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Finnish govt earmarks 6m euros for Russia border pilot section

October 28, 2022

The Finnish-Russian Imatra border crossing is pictured in Imatra, south-eastern Finland, on May 13, 2022. (ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO / AFP) HELSINKI - The government of Finland has earmarked six million euros ($5.98 million) for the construction of a three-km pilot section of a fence on the country's border with Russia, it...

International

Lavrov says Russia open to talks with West

October 12, 2022

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a session of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, to approve laws on annexing the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions into Russia, in Moscow, Russia Oct 3, 2022. (RUSSIAN STATE DUMA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS/FILE PHOTO) LONDON/WASHINGTON – Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei...

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Russia expels Lithuanian charge d’affaires in retaliatory move

October 6, 2022

This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW - Russia has declared the charge d'affaires of Lithuania in Russia, Virginija Umbrasiene, "persona non grata," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. An employee from the Lithuanian...

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Putin gives final approval to accession move

October 5, 2022

From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Denis Pushilin, leader of self-proclaimed of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, pose for a photo during a ceremony to sign the...

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Turkish president asks Putin to resolve Ukraine crisis via talks

September 30, 2022

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. (YVES HERMAN / REUTERS) ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to engage in negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian...

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Ukraine unveils mechanism for post-conflict reconstruction

September 29, 2022

Rescue workers clear the debris at the scene where a woman was found dead after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukraine, Sept 28, 2022. (LEO CORREA / AP) KYIV/WASHINGTON/ANKARA – The Ukrainian president's office has unveiled a mechanism for the country’s post-conflict reconstruction named the...

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Hungarian chief diplomat calls Western sanctions ‘complete failure’

September 26, 2022

Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at the Prague Congress Center in Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 30, 2022. (PETR DAVID JOSEK / AP) BUDAPEST - Sanctions on Russia are causing damage to...

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Toyota to End Vehicle Manufacturing in Russia

September 24, 2022

Toyota City, Japan, Sep 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Toyota has decided to end vehicle production at its Saint Petersburg plant in Russia.On March 4 we had to suspend manufacturing operations at our plant in Saint Petersburg due to the interruption in supply of key materials and...

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UN chief calls for efforts to de-escalate Ukraine conflict

September 23, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) NEW YORK / KYIV / MOSCOW - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for international efforts to de-escalate...

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Putin signs decree on partial mobilization in Russia

September 22, 2022

In this Feb 21, 2022 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree recognizing two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent, during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. Putin signed a decree on the partial mobilization in Russia, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, as the...

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10 released in Saudi-mediated Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

September 22, 2022

This handout image released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows prisoners arriving from Russia, at the airport of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on Sept 21, 2022. (SPA / HO / AFP) RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has mediated the release of 10 foreigners who were caught fighting for Ukraine during...

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Russia expels Romanian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

September 9, 2022

Russia said on Thursday it was ordering a Romanian diplomat to leave the country in response to the expulsion of one of its diplomats from Bucharest. ALSO READ: Russia: Diplomat expulsion would mean US embassy closure Romania, like other European Union member states, was designated an "unfriendly country" by Moscow after...

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UN inspectors near Zaporizhzhia on mission to avert an accident

September 1, 2022

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi (right) talks to Ukainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko (left) after the arrival of the IAEA inspection mission to Zaporizhzhia, on Aug 31, 2022. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – United Nations inspectors arrived on Wednesday in the southern Ukrainian city...

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Russian resilience shown in GDP pace

August 24, 2022

Photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Russia's economy achieved a rapid recovery in 2021 despite the pandemic and rising geopolitical tensions, with a GDP growth of 4.7 percent, according to a report issued on Tuesday. The Annual Report on Development of...

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Russia suspends inspections of its facilities under nuke treaty

August 9, 2022

In this file photo dated June 24, 2020 Russian army RS-24 Yars ballistic missile system moves through Red Square during a military parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow. (PAVEL GOLOVKIN/ POOL / AFP) MOSCOW - Russia has temporarily...