The Treasury Department renewed the US’ Russian oil sanctions waiver on Friday two days after Secretary Scott Bessent said that this wouldn’t happen. It remains unclear what exactly accounts for this flip-flop, but it’s possible that Trump 2.0 concluded...
Zelensky claimed last week that “the construction of roads toward Ukrainian territory and the development of artillery positions are underway in the Belarusian border areas. We believe that Russia may once again attempt to drag Belarus into its war.”...
Pakistani Ambassador Faisal Niaz Tirmizi gave an interview to RT last week about his country’s role in mediating the US-Iranian talks. He began by celebrating that both sides were brought together for their first direct negotiations in 47 years...
Radio France International (RFI) recently drew attention to allegedly leaked files from a Russian analytical group, Africa Politology, that have formed the core of an investigative series by their media affiliates. Provided that the leaks are real, and they...
CNN drew attention to the Russian Military-Historical Society setting up their exhibition about “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia”, which was first displayed in downtown Moscow last fall, outside the entrance to the Katyn cemetery during the 86th anniversary of...
The New York Times published a report in late March about how “Pakistan Dials Up Its Information War”, with the subtitle being that “New, friendly media operations and expanded state-run television are pushing Pakistan’s message while independent news outlets...
No sooner had new President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) Dmitry Trenin issued his clarion call for correcting foreign policy misperceptions in an interview with leading domestic media, which was republished by RT and analyzed here, that...
Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned on X that “Russian Defense Ministry’s statement must be taken literally: the list of European facilities which make drones & other equipment is a list...
The Moldovan Parliament recently voted to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the dialogue platform comprised of most former Soviet Republics (the Baltic States, Georgia, and Ukraine are the exceptions), after having suspended its membership therein since...
Turkiye, Syria, and Jordan signed a trilateral MoU in early April on transport cooperation that followed their meeting more than half a year prior last September where they first committed to reviving the Hejaz Railway. This late-Ottoman project connected...
