Russia has called for peace even as it executes its war in Ukraine for a 44th week. Moscow has rejected Ukraine’s peace terms and threatened a worse military fate if it does not accept Russia’s terms instead. “Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict but, on the contrary, to end this war,” … Read moreLittle prospect of peace as Ukraine war passes 10-month mark
The administration of United States President Joe Biden is marking the four-year anniversary of American businessman Paul Whelan‘s detention in Russia, an imprisonment that remains a major irritant in relations between Washington and Moscow. Whelan is currently serving a 16-year sentence in a prison colony in Russia’s Mordovia region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken … Read moreUS marks four year anniversary of Paul Whelan detention in Russia
Defence ministers of Russia, Turkey and Syria have held talks in Moscow in a clear sign of normalisation between Ankara and Damascus in the decade-long Syrian war. Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar and the head of its National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), Hakan Fidan, met Syrian defence minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian intelligence chief Ali … Read moreTurkey, Syria, Russia defence ministers hold talks in Moscow