Author: Steven Sahiounie

On April 3, at least six people were killed and ten others were wounded as a result of a shootout in the center of Sacramento, the capital of California state. The shootout took place in the melee near 10th and K streets, near a number of landmarks: the California State Capitol, Sacramento City Hall and Golden 1 Center, where the Sacramento Kings are scheduled to play Sunday night. “9th St to 13th St is closed between L St & J St as officers investigate a shooting with multiple victims,” Sacramento police said on Twitter. “Conditions unknown at this time. Please avoid the area as…

According to Mizintsev, Russia is ready to open a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol on Monday Russia hopes for Turkey’s support in what concerns Kiev’s implementation of its liabilities on the opening od a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol and observing the ceasefire, Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said on Sunday. According to Mizintsev, Russia is ready to open a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol on Monday. “But the success of the humanitarian operation will depend on the Ukrainian side only. Militants of nationalist units are not controlled by official Kiev and continue shelling of the humanitarian corridors. That…

Russia’s Armed Forces have eliminated 125 warplanes, 88 helicopters and 383 drones since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told Russia’s Aerospace Forces have struck 51 Ukrainian military targets overnight, including two artillery clusters and two multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS), Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told journalists on Sunday. “During the night, the strategic aviation of Russia’s Aerospace Forces has struck 51 Ukrainian military facilities. They include: four command posts, two launching systems of the Osa-AKM surface-to-air missile systems in the vicinity of the Barvenkovo and Slavyansk communities, two artillery…

Recently, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who is actively involved in Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, has been consistently criticizing actions and statements of part of the Kremlin establishment. On April 3, Ramzan Kadyrov published another statement criticizing the actions of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. Dmitry Peskov is known for his links with the liberal part of the Russian establishment, as well as Western and Turkish elites. “I had no idea, but it turns out that in order to become a…

Kiev has started to treat some issues “more realistically,” the chief Russian negotiator claims There’s been some progress in the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, but the draft deal isn’t yet ready to be submitted for a meeting at the highest level, Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the team of Russian negotiators, has said. “The Ukrainian side has become more realistic in its approach to issues related to the neutral and non-nuclear status of Ukraine,” Medinsky wrote on Telegram on Sunday. There’s also understanding between Moscow and Kiev on the need to create a “system of international security guarantees for a neutral…

German Chancellor had reportedly attempted to convince the Ukrainian leader to drop NATO membership plan German chancellor Olaf Scholz had offered Volodymyr Zelensky a chance for peace just days before the launch of the Russian military offensive, but the Ukrainian president turned it down, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported. Scholz had made what the US outlet described as “one last push for a settlement between Moscow and Kiev” less than a week before the Russian forces were sent into Ukraine on February 24. The chancellor told Zelensky in Munich on February 19 “that Ukraine should renounce its NATO aspirations and declare…

Steven Sahiounie, Journalist and political commentator Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan will remain in office after the no-confidence motion to be voted on today was rejected. President Arif Alvi has dissolved the National Assembly after the Deputy Speaker suspended the session and rejected the no-confidence motion on grounds of it being part of a ‘foreign conspiracy, and Khan has asked his nation to prepare for elections. It had appeared that Khan might have been voted out of office after he lost his majority in the National Assembly on Wednesday when a key ally quit his coalition, which could give…

No country will be “respected” unless it “stands on its own two feet,” Imran Khan said Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has complimented regional rival India for maintaining an “independent foreign policy” amid US and allied pressure to adopt a harsher stance toward Russia. Speaking Friday after accusing Washington of “interference” in Pakistan’s internal affairs, Khan went on to praise New Delhi’s unwillingness to go along with a barrage of sanctions and economic restrictions against Moscow. “They protect their independent foreign policy which is centered on its people,” he said, as cited by local media. Facing a no-confidence vote on Sunday after losing his parliamentary majority following…

Iran says it wants to implement agreements with Russia to conduct trade using the two countries’ national currencies. The Vice Governor of Iran’s Central Bank, Mohsen Karimi, says that Iran would like to conduct trade with Russia using the national currencies of both countries. “The relevant agreements and opportunities already exist. Iran would like to use them to conduct trade operations with Russia in rubles and tomans,” Karimi told Sputnik on Friday. Read more: Iran’s experience in facing sanctions available to Russia and may inspire it – Experts Iran and Russia’s trade hit new highs in 2021, exceeding $4 billion. Russian imports from Iran…

Written by Piero Messina The Russian Defense Ministry has a correspondence between Hunter Biden, the son of the President of the United States, with employees of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Pentagon contractors. The documents would be evidence of Biden jr’s role in providing funding for work with pathogens in Ukraine. The head of the Russian radiation protection forces, chemical and biological, Igor Kirillov said at a press conference, as reported by Tass. LINK From Moscow, thus, new accusations come to Joe’s son. According to Igor Kirillov “The existence of this material is confirmed by the Western media and the…