Egypt Independent
“Russia will continue to send wheat shipments to Egypt and will complete the Dabaa nuclear project and the Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone”, Russian ambassador to Cairo Georgiy Borisenko, said at a conference on Tuesday.
“The funding of Egyptian students studying in Russia were not affected, especially since there are Russian banks that have not been subjected to Western and US sanctions”, he added.
Last week, Russia and Ukraine conducted the first prisoners’ swap deal since the Russian military operations against the Ukraine on 24 February.
On Tuesday, Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova said “nine Russian conscripts were swapped for the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, who had been held by Russian forces”.
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “ready to discuss his country’s commitment not to seek NATO membership in exchange for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian forces, and a guarantee of the Ukraine’s security”.