•A woman walks outside the British embassy building in Moscow Russia today kicked out a British diplomat over allegations he was working as a spy — charges rejected by London as “complete nonsense”. Moscow and London have each expelled multiple embassy staff over the last decade, trading accusations of espionage, reports AFP. Expulsions from ...
Russia’s foreign ministry said today it had summoned the British and French ambassadors over a Ukrainian attack on the city of Bryansk using French-British Storm Shadow missiles. The ministry said it summoned the envoys “to lodge a strong protest” over the attack on Tuesday that it said “would not have been possible without the involvement [&h...
•Ukraine President Zelensky, EU Ambassador Gautier Mignot and Russian President Putin On the fourth anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, the EU ambassador to Nigeria, Gautier Mignot, voiced concern over what he described as a disturbing development — Russia’s recruitment of Nigerians and other Africans to fight in the war. Mignot, speaking ...
Four South African men lured into fighting for Russian forces in Ukraine returned home today, local media said. Their arrival comes days after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on the return of South Africans caught up in the Ukraine war, reports AFP. It was not immediately clear [...
•Presidents, Zelensky (Ukraine), Trump (US) and Putin (Russia) Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will today resume in Geneva, with the United States acting as mediator to end nearly four years of war. The discussions will follow two earlier rounds of trilateral negotiations held in Abu Dhabi in January and early February, as diplomats sea...
•A ‘Grad’ self-propelled 122mm multiple rocket launcher fires towards a Ukrainian position in the Kursk region, Russia Russia has denied hiring Nigerians as soldiers to fight in its war against Ukraine. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country, starting the current phase of the...
•Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow One of Russia’s biggest airports, Moscow’s Domodedovo, has been re-privatised and sold to a managing company of the country’s busiest airport, Sheremetyevo, the buyer said today. In June, a Russian court ruled ownership of Domodedovo, the nation’s fourth-busiest, be nationalised and transferred ...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV today urged Russia and Ukraine to find the “courage” to hold direct talks and spoke of the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza in his first Christmas message. The US Pope, who was elected by fellow cardinals in May after the death of his predecessor pope Francis, also condemned the […]
Russia today declared feminist protest punk band Pussy Riot “extremist” – a label used to outlaw critics of President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine. Pussy Riot songs and videos have been banned in Russia since 2012, after the band held a protest in a church, which brought it worldwide fame but terms for […]
•Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia was “ready” for war if Europe seeks one, accusing the continent’s leaders of trying to sabotage a deal on the Ukraine conflict before he met with US envoys. The comments came as US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner ...
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