Tag Archives: Russia

The Russian president has launched his invasion of Ukraine, but the attack could severely destabilise his regime. Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis* Russia attacked Ukraine last night. The worst fears have been confirmed. The extent of the invasion is not fully understood, but it is already clear that the Russian …

London – Times of Egypt In his speech at the brink of dawn on Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced conducting a “special military operation” against the Ukrainian regime in Kyiv. Immediately afterwards, Ukraine sounded its raid sirens all over the country, following Russian air raids and missile attacks …

Egypt Independent Gold prices fell amidst trading following Ukrainian statements confirming “Russian escalation against Ukraine had stopped” on Tuesday. The decline of gold and oil prices on Tuesday came after the release of a video clip showing Russian forces leaving the Ukrainian border. Gold prices are also affected by the …

Egypt Independent Russia’s Foreign Ministry rejected a British claim on Sunday that “Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration”. London said that “former Ukrainian lawmaker, Yevheniy Murayev, was being considered as a potential candidate”. “The disinformation spread by the British Foreign Office is more evident that …

Egypt Independent Senior US and Russian diplomats formally launched special negotiations to achieve strategic stability at the US diplomatic mission in Geneva on Monday. The talks are part of a flurry of European diplomatic activities this week which aim at defusing tension over the Russian military build-up on the border …

Ahram Online Following days of unprecedented unrest, Kazakhstan’s President rejected calls for talks with protesters on Friday. He vowed to “destroy the armed bandits”, and authorised forces to “shoot to kill without warning”. This weeks’ protests over fuel prices escalated into widespread violence, especially in main city Almaty. “Terrorists continue …

Ahram Online A Moscow court slammed Google with an unprecedented fine of nearly $100 Million, while Meta (formerly Facebook) received another fine of $27 Million on Friday In recent years, Russia has been piling pressure on Western social media giants, with President Vladimir Putin saying, “those companies were becoming as …

Egypt Today “Egypt is more capable than any other country to achieve reconciliation among Palestinians”, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, told Egypt’s TeN TV channel on Tuesday. “Palestine will be able to enhance its political stance on dialogue with Israel in case factions could unify their ranks. This …

Egypt Independent “Russian anti-aircraft missile and gun system ‘Pantsir’ has become a key link in the modern Russian anti-drone network”, Sergei Mikhailov, Director General of the High Precision Systems company, announced at Egypt’s International Defence Exhibition and Conference ‘EDEX-2021’ on Tuesday. Mikhailov explained, “the Russian industry is currently producing two types …

Paul Mason finds the democratic world in the very disarray the authoritarian in the Kremlin has sought. Paul Mason* Do you want to go to war with Russia over Ukraine? You wouldn’t have to go yourself, but you would have to approve sending tens of thousands of young Europeans and …