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Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on April 11 that Russian forces controlled more than 80% of Artyomovsk, including all administrative buildings Russian forces have taken control of almost 90% of the city of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine), Yan Gagin, an advisor to the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) leader, told TASS on Tuesday. “The Wagner private military company controls about 90% of Artyomovsk and its advance is inevitable,” he said. Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on April 11 that Russian forces controlled more than 80% of Artyomovsk, including all administrative buildings. Source: Tass

“We are determined, consistent with our respective legal systems, that Russia’s sovereign assets in our jurisdictions will remain immobilized until there is a resolution of the conflict that addresses Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the statement reads Russian sovereign assets that are currently in G7 countries’ jurisdictions, will remain immobilized until there is a resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, G7 foreign ministers said in a joint statement passed on Tuesday following their meeting in Japan’s Karuizawa. “We are determined, consistent with our respective legal systems, that Russia’s sovereign assets in our jurisdictions will remain immobilized until there…

“As for the assessments of the troops status and so on – this is the prerogative of the Defense Ministry. We have no right to give any information there,” Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Kherson Region and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) on Monday. Allegations that the trip took place at a different time are erroneous, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. “It was yesterday. Indeed, the president said, when gifting the icon, that we have Easter. The fact is that our Easter lasts 40 days, we continue celebrating it, now we have Easter…

The Palestinian who carried out the shooting was able to escape unseen. Two illegal Israeli settlers were wounded during a shooting in Sheikh Jarrah in occupied Al-Quds, local Palestinian media reported on Tuesday, noting that the Israeli occupation police dispatched a large number of officers to the scene. The two injured settlers are in moderate condition, Israeli media said, adding that they were taken to hospitals in “Tel Aviv”. Israeli media further reported that Israeli occupation police were at the scene, “investigating the shooting and searching for the suspect, who managed to escape.” The weapon seemingly used in the operation, a makeshift…

UN Special Representative Volker Perthes announces that the UN will evacuate some of its staffers in Sudan after clashes between SAF and RSF led to civilian deaths. The United Nations will be evacuating part of its staff and their families from Sudan after clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed the lives of multiple civilians, UN Special Representative Volker Perthes told journalists on Monday. “We will have to evacuate some of our staff, non-essential staff (and) relatives,” Perthes, who heads the UN mission in Sudan, said. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the sides to…

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan is set in Damascus today to meet President Bashar Al-Assad, as per the Syrian Information Ministry. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Damascus reported that Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan will arrive in Damascus today to meet President Bashar Al-Assad. “Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is arriving at Damascus international airport today on an official visit to Syria,” the Syrian information ministry said in a statement. This is happening less than a week after Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia, also on the first such trip since the outbreak of the war on…

The UK Unemployment Rate rose to 3.8% in February vs. 3.7% expected, the Office for National Statistics reported. According to the bureau, the employment rate increased by 0.2% to 75.8% in the next three months, and the estimated number of vacancies decreased by 47 thousand jobs in the first quarter of the year for the ninth consecutive period. Average weekly earnings increased by 6.6%, while the number of salaried employees rose to about 31,000 in February from the previous month’s reading. “Wages continue to grow more slowly than prices, so earnings are still falling in value, even though the gap…

The head of the Russian Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, stated that Russia has a safety valve of assets that are not subject to Western sanctions imposed on the country.read more The statement of the head of the Russian Central Bank came in a meeting with the Communist Party bloc in the Russian parliament. We can now feel completely calm, our country has a “safety cushion” of non-sanctioned assets. At the same time, imagine that the problems of the global financial system will “catch us” faster than geopolitical shocks. And if in this case we do not have reserves We will…

Egypt announced that it had reduced its imports from America by 28.8%, to reach $431.6 million at the beginning of 2023, compared to $606.3 million during the corresponding period of the previous year. Imports decreased by $174.6 million, according to the latest report of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. The Egyptian Mobilization and Statistics Authority indicated that imports of grains, oily fruits, medicinal plants, and fodder fell to $75.2 million during January 2023, compared to $253.8 million during the corresponding month of the previous year, a decrease of $178.6 million, or 70.4%, and its imports of boilers…

The International Monetary Fund stated that Saudi Arabia will benefit more from the production cuts announced by the Kingdom with “OPEC” and its allies, as it will achieve more revenues thanks to the rise in oil prices. “The impact on the budget and the external situation relative to what we expected is positive, so the price impact will compensate for the loss that may arise from production,” the IMF’s head of mission to the kingdom, Amin Mati, said in an interview in Washington. Oil prices rebounded after the banking crisis that swept the markets and pushed black gold prices in…