Author: Steven Sahiounie

Earlier in the day, the Polish government passed a resolution prohibiting the import of Ukrainian grain beyond September 15, regardless of the European Commission’s ruling. On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said he had delivered an ultimatum to the European Commission on the renewal of the ban on Ukrainian grain imports. Earlier in the day, the Polish government passed a resolution prohibiting the import of Ukrainian grain beyond September 15, regardless of the European Commission’s ruling. Morawiecki told reporters that he had sent an ultimatum to the European Commission that either they “extend the ban on the import of four…

The way the West has treated ordinary Russians is “beyond good and evil,” Sber’s CEO has claimed    “Inhumane” Western sanctions imposed on ordinary Russian investors have undermined international markets and will harm future investment prospects, the CEO of top Russian lender Sber, Herman Gref, warned on Wednesday. In an interview with Russia 24 on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Gref claimed that trust in the markets themselves had not been destroyed, but rather “in those issuers, or in those countries that have introduced completely, in my opinion, inhumane sanctions against people.” “The way they treated ordinary investors,…

Freight turnover through Russia’s Arctic waters is expected to reach 80 million tons next year, says Aleksey Chekunkov Aleksey Chekunkov, the minister for the development of the Far East and the Arctic, revealed to RT on Wednesday that despite sanctions affecting shipbuilding projects, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in Russia’s exclusive economic zone within Arctic waters is experiencing an unprecedented surge in development. Chekunkov highlighted that freight turnover through this vital transport corridor skyrocketed to 34 million tons per year in 2022, marking an eightfold increase since 2015. Furthermore, he anticipates that ongoing infrastructure initiatives will propel this turnover to…

It is reported that field hospitals have been deployed in flood-affected areas, as “most hospitals in Derna are not working” The number of injuries due to the flooding in Libya has exceeded 7,000, a spokesman for the emergency services said on Wednesday. “More than 7,000 people were injured,” Al Jazeera TV quoted his statement. He also noted that field hospitals have been deployed in flood-affected areas, “most hospitals in Derna are not working.” Services are facing difficulties in distributing humanitarian aid. The number of deaths caused by heavy rains and flooding in Derna, located in the northeast of the country, has risen…

Morocco’s king showed solidarity with his suffering nation Tuesday as it counts the dead from a powerful earthquake, visiting some of the injured at a hospital not far from the epicenter and rolling up a sleeve to donate his royal blood.King Mohammed VI inspected the hospital bearing his name in the city of Marrakech, where he inquired about the recovery services and care being provided for those injured in the Friday night temblor and the conditions of survivors, the official MAP news agency said. A photo shows the king — whose public appearances are normally limited to special occasions —…

President Zelensky’s top aide has suggested that Beijing and New Delhi are unable to analyze the consequences of their moves Beijing has demanded clarification from Kiev after Mikhail Podoliak, a top aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, suggested that authorities in China and India weren’t smart enough to figure out what the actual national interests of their countries were. Podoliak characterized the two Asian powerhouses as having “low intellectual potential,” in an interview with channel Vlast vs Vaschenko published Tuesday on YouTube. Speaking about the increasing cooperation of Beijing and New Delhi with Moscow amid the conflict in Ukraine, he claimed that…

Dmitry Peskov added that North Korea is interested in the possibilities of cooperation with Russia in the sphere of aviation, transport and infrastructure The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were very informative, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “On the whole, the talks were very important, very informative. The very fact that Kim Jong Un came here is also a very important event from the point of view of bilateral relations,” he said on Channel One, adding that North Korea is interested in the possibilities of cooperation with Russia in the sphere of…

The State of Palestine’s urgent intervention and response team Wednesday has travelled to Libya to participate in the rescue operations for survivors and missing people, as a result of the torrents and floods that struck eastern Libya. The political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Ahmad Al-Deek, said that the team is leaving, under the directives of President Mahmoud Abbas, for Libya, in order to stand by the Libyan people in facing the repercussions of the devastating Hurricane Daniel. He added that the team, consisting of 37 participants from the Civil Defense, the Ministry of Health,…

“The vast agenda, the program, provides for visits not only to the Vostochny Spaceport, but also to other major high-tech clusters, industrial enterprises and innovation centers in Russia’s Far East,” the Russian leader underlined Moscow and Pyongyang are striving to strengthen the bonds of comradeship and good-neighborliness, acting in the name of peace, stability and prosperity in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a formal luncheon in honor of visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Our relations were established back during Korea’s struggle for freedom in 1945, when Soviet and Korean soldiers shoulder to shoulder crushed the…

The Russian leader emphasized that Moscow and Pyongyang now had “quite a few projects of interest,” including transportation and logistics Russian President Vladimir Putin has called talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un productive and frank. “The beginning is good and very productive. There was a very frank exchange of views on the situation in the region and on bilateral relations,” Putin said in an interview with the 60 Minutes program. He noted at the same time that Moscow and Beijing “suffered great losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, when the DPRK was virtually closed to the outside world.” Putin…