State broadcaster CCTV quoted Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, as saying US President Donald Trump did not berate Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky enough in the altercation on Friday. The meeting at the White House was supposed to cap a deal between Kyiv and Washington for exploitation of Ukraine’s critical minerals – a…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the “balanced” Ukraine peace drive led by China, Brazil and South Africa, describing it “a genuine attempt to find a solution”. “We view this as a balanced attempt without imposing anything on either Ukraine or Russia,” Putin said, according to state-owned news agency Tass. The three countries formally established…
China will continue to work to create “favourable conditions for a political solution” to the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said while vowing to strengthen “strategic synergy” with Russia, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Meeting former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in Beijing on Thursday, Xi repeated Beijing’s position on the Ukraine war, saying China “repeatedly…
President Biden’s permission for Ukraine to use American-made missiles for strikes on Russia has triggered a global conflict, a close ally of Vladimir Putin has claimed. On Sunday, Biden fulfilled a longstanding Ukrainian request by authorizing the country’s use of U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) for long-range strikes inside Russian territory, officials confirmed to…
Opposition parties cried foul after Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, claimed victory with 54 percent support in a vote on Saturday. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said her country had fallen victim to a “Russia[n] special operation,” and vowed she wouldn’t accept the election results, demanding a re-run. She also called on Georgian citizens to take…
Dmitry Medvedev noted that Trump is actually “smooth as silk” during high-level talks. “Trump got carried away. Did he really talk about ‘hitting fricking Moscow?’ Of course not,” he said. “He’s generally smooth as silk in negotiations. And there’s only one answer to such words: your fricking Washington will get hit too.” “In general, our relationship…