- 26 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securitykremlin
Some Russian govt websites intermittently unavailable
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The websites of the Russian president, government and State Duma lower house of parliament were intermittently unavailable for users in Russia and Kazakhstan on Thursday. It was…
Kremlin says it’s impossible to shut off Russia behind an iron curtain
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it was impossible to shut Russia off behind an iron curtain and that it needed Ukraine to become a neutral country where…
Kremlin says it hopes Donbass recognition will restore calm; still open to diplomacy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday it hoped Russia's recognition of two breakaway Ukrainian regions as independent would help restore calm and that Moscow remained open to diplomacy…
De-escalation of Russia-Ukraine tensions immediate priority: India at UN
United Nations, Feb 22 (PTI) Voicing "deep concern" over the escalation of tension along the Russia-Ukraine border, India has told the UN Security Council that the immediate priority is de-escalation of…
Kremlin says troop pullback takes time, in rebuff of U.S. scepticism
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday rejected what it called "unfounded accusations" by the United States and NATO that it was not withdrawing its forces from near Russia's border…
Kremlin, welcoming Biden’s willingness to talk, says Putin wants to negotiate
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in favour of negotiations and diplomacy over tensions around Ukraine and that Moscow views U.S. President…
Russia says it has ‘optimised’ diplomatic staff numbers in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has decided to "optimise" its diplomatic staff numbers in Ukraine, fearing "provocations" by Kyiv or other party, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry said on…
Macron refused Russian COVID test in Putin trip over DNA theft fears -sources
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this…
Russia says EU, NATO response to letter on security disrespectful
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Friday dismissed a joint response by NATO and the European Union to its questions on security as disrespectful and lacking substance. The ministry…
Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid…
Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday said that French assertions that President Vladimir Putin had promised Emmanuel Macron that Moscow would not carry out new military initiatives around Ukraine…
Putin says some of Macron’s ideas could form basis to move forward
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin described Monday's talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Kremlin as useful, substantive and business-like, and said that some of Macron's ideas…
