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President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday pledged closer ties with Nigeria and other African countries, assuring leaders in the continent that the European country was ready to partner African states to develop their energy, Information Communication, education and health sectors, among others. This came as Vice President Kashim Shettima said Nigeria would partner with […]
President Vladimir Putin has pledged to deepen relations with African countries across several spheres, promising a free supply of grains to the continent to tackle food insecurity. Putin made this known on Monday in a statement themed “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future” ahead of the second Russia-Africa Summit […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a BRICS nations summit in South Africa next month, the country’s presidency said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation. Putin’s potential visit has been a thorny diplomatic issue for South Africa. The Russian leader is the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant — a […]
A U.N. monitoring mission in Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia has detained more than 800 civilians since the conflict began last February, of whom 77 were executed. The report showed that Ukraine had also violated international law by arbitrarily detaining civilians but on a considerably smaller scale. “(The U.N. rights office) identified […]
Wagner’s aborted mutiny shows Moscow’s war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, the European Union’s top diplomat said Monday, warning instability in the nuclear-armed power is “not a good thing”. “What has happened during this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russian power and affecting its political system,” EU foreign policy […]
African leaders seeking to broker peace in the Ukraine war are set to launch their mission “in mid-June,” South Africa said Tuesday. President Cyril Ramaphosa last month said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had each agreed to receive a six-member African peace team. The African leaders, meeting on Monday, […]
Ukraine has denied involvement in the drone attack on Russia’s capital Moscow, responded with derision but said Ukraine was enjoying watching the events and predicted an increase in such attacks. The presidential aide in Kyiv, Mykhailo Podolyak , said, “Of course, we are not directly involved.” Podolyak spoke on the breakfast radio show of Russian […]
Moscow on Thursday said it was expelling five Swedish diplomats and closing Russia’s general consulate in Gothenburg and Sweden’s diplomatic mission in Saint Petersburg. The Russian foreign ministry said that the Swedish ambassador Malena Mard had been summoned and informed of Moscow’s retaliatory measures over her country’s “confrontational course”. “A decision was made […]
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