Author: Steven Sahiounie

It is reported that the Russian delegation to the summit will be led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, while the Chinese delegation will be led by Chinese Premier Li Qiang Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not discuss their decision not to visit the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. “[They made their decisions] based on their own schedules,” the spokesman said, answering a question if the two leaders coordinated their decision or if each side made this decision based on their own considerations. Previously, the media reported that the…

Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh today condemned what he described as an outrageous violation committed against Palestinian women in Hebron, referring to the forced strip-search of five Palestinian women by Israeli soldiers during a military raid into Hebron in July. According to Haaretz, two masked Israeli women soldiers with rifles and an attack dog forced five female members of a Palestinian family to strip naked in the West Bank city of Hebron in July. The soldiers threatened to release the dog if the women did not comply, reported Haaretz. The prime minister described this Israeli measure as a shameful act that reflects…

Earlier in the day, the Verkhovna Rada voted to approve Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov’s resignation Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has nominated former head of the State Property Fund Rustem Umerov as the country’s Defense Minister and submitted his candidacy to the Verkhovna Rada, or parliament, for voting. According to the Ukrainian parliament’s website, the corresponding document was registered on Tuesday and referred to the relevant parliamentary committee. Earlier in the day, the Verkhovna Rada voted to approve Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov’s resignation. According to lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak, voting on the new minister will take place on Wednesday. Amid another corruption-related…

Maria Zakharova pointed out that the Russian side considers the summit platform “an important element of the regional security architecture with the potential to develop practical cooperation in many directions” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend the East Asia Summit (EAS) taking place in Jakarta on September 7, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing. “The Russian Foreign Minister will attend the eighteenth East Asia Summit in Jakarta on September 7,” she said. The diplomat pointed out that the Russian side considers the summit platform “an important element of the regional security architecture with the potential…

Dmitry Peskov noted with confidence that Russia would continue acting as a guarantor of security and stability in the region, particularly in Nagorno-Karabakh Moscow disagrees with remarks by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who accused Russia of distancing itself from the South Caucasus region, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We cannot agree with these statements by Mr. Prime Minister [of Armenia Pashinyan]. Russia is an inseparable part of this region, so it simply cannot turn its back and walk away from anywhere in the region. Russia simply cannot walk away from Armenia,” he emphasized. “There are more [ethnic] Armenians…

Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said today that the upcoming meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) of donor countries must carry a strong and direct political message to protect the two-state solution, which Israel is destroying with its measures. Shtayyeh made the remarks during his meeting in Ramallah with Norway’s Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Hilde Haraldstad. They discussed the preparations for the meeting scheduled to be held this month in New York, in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly meetings, which marks the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords. The Prime Minister affirmed that the…

The Lada was the best-selling vehicle on the domestic market in June, followed by Chinese brands, data shows Car sales in Russia have continued to grow, more than doubling in August year-on-year, data from the Russian analytic agency Autostat showed on Tuesday. Sales of new passenger cars last month reportedly reached 109,731 units, over 2.5 times the figure in August 2022. A total of 606,952 passenger vehicles were sold in the first eight months of this year, 41% more than in the same period a year ago. The Russian Lada remains the top-selling brand in the country, with 28,721 cars…

The leaders will reportedly hold negotiations in Vladivostok later this month North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to travel to Russia and meet with President Vladimir Putin this month, the New York Times and Associated Press reported on Monday, citing US and “allied” officials. According to the NYT, Kim intends to travel to the city of Vladivostok, on Russia’s Pacific Coast, “probably by armored train,” where both leaders would attend the annual Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), scheduled for September 10-13, adding that Kim plans to visit a Russian naval base. Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang have commented on the matter. Kim, who rarely leaves the country and…

According to the president, it is necessary to dig up the evidence and show it to the world, so that there is no misunderstanding as to the nature of those whom Russia is fighting Russia is fighting not against the Ukrainian people but against the Banderite monsters and their ilk as it pushes ahead with the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of Russia’s Victory organizing committee. “It is necessary to dig up [the evidence] and show it [to the world], so that there is no misunderstanding as to the nature of those whom we…

Urals crude was trading well above $60 a barrel in August, according to statistics from the country’s Finance Ministry Russia’s flagship Urals crude averaged $74 per barrel last month, above the $60 price cap set by the EU and G7 countries in an attempt to curtail Moscow’s oil revenues. According to data released by the Russian Finance Ministry on Friday, the price was higher than the July average of $64.37 per barrel and slightly down from what it fetched in August 2022. To compare, the average price of the Brent crude benchmark was $86.20 per barrel in August. The price…