Photo. Belsat Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Copy link Send email Valery Gierasimov turned 70 yesterday. Instead of retirement, he is expected to receive a decree extending his service by another year. What does this mean for the Russian army – and for Putin himself? Valery Gierasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of…
Kyiv is urging European countries still guilty of purchasing Russian oil to buy American —and even offering storage space for US energy firms to bring them closer to market, a top Ukrainian official told The Post. President Trump last week phoned some European leaders gathered in Paris to discuss the Ukrainian war to insist they…
Russia is attracting more interest from Chinese holidaymakers in the countdown to the weeklong National Day break, with the prospect of visa-free stays on the horizon. Online agency Tongcheng Travel said searches for Russian hotels and flights rose more than sixfold on Friday from a day earlier within an hour of Chinese media reporting that…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China. AP/PTI Photo : PTI United States President Donald Trump’s blunt-force approach to diplomacy appears to be backfiring, potentially pushing traditional…
In a bid to advance Russia’s leadership in space technology, President Vladimir Putin has called on the nation’s aerospace industry to enhance their efforts in developing booster rocket engines. The president’s directives highlight Russia’s historical prowess in space exploration. During a visit to the southern city of Samara, Putin addressed industry specialists at the…
That is why the Russian president has for months sidestepped Trump’s proposals to freeze the fighting with a territorial compromise that the U.S. thought would be attractive for Moscow. Instead, the Kremlin is sticking to its maximalist demands, which would effectively make Ukraine its vassal and change the balance of power in Europe. Trump’s latest…
Russia has pledged to deepen Arctic cooperation with China, while Beijing said it was ready to work with Moscow on artificial intelligence (AI), in a continued deepening of ties days after the leaders of the two countries met in the Chinese capital. At the Eastern Economic Forum in its eastern economic hub of Vladivostok, Russia…
United States President Donald Trump has claimed that the US has “lost” India and Russia to “deepest, darkest China”, amid trade tensions and higher 50 per cent tariffs on Indian imports into the US. He also shared a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the…
If Brussels bureaucrats returning from their long summer breaks this week were wondering what they missed, the local press had them covered. Unbecoming scenes at June’s Nato summit, the “hopelessly one-sided” trade deal with the United States in July, as well as President Xi Jinping’s refusal to travel to Belgium for that month’s summit with…
As the leaders of China, Russia and North Korea gathered for a grand military parade in Beijing, President Trump on Wednesday took pains to brush off the striking show of solidarity among America’s adversaries. In remarks from the Oval Office, Mr. Trump praised the parade as “beautiful,” and “very, very impressive.” “I understood the reason…