Practically every Pakistani media outlet and political influencer is at the very least criticizing Russia right now, and some are also trolling it, after the latest Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan revealed their polar opposite views on the Taliban...
Saudi Arabia’s Pakistani and Turkish allies, all three of which are part of the Mecca Pact that’s popularly known as the Islamic NATO, agreed to the “rapid deployment” of their “military forces and capabilities” to the Kingdom amidst the...
The Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed over the weekend that a high-level delegation from their country participated in Russia’s recent Center-2026 large-scale military drills. They focused on cutting-edge warfare with a heavy emphasis on drones and other automated equipment. Putin...
Russia and Pakistan shared polar opposite views on Taliban-led Afghanistan during Monday’s eighth meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, which first assembled a decade ago. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the Taliban’s return to power five...
The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia pledged to comprehensively strengthen their relations, including through quadrilateral coordination in the broader region, in the El-Alamein Joint Declaration that they signed after their latest summit. This is being widely interpreted...
The Azeri and Turkish communities on X have been bickering lately despite their governments’ famous self-description of their bilateral relations as “one nation, two states”. Two issues dominate these debates, which have in turn led to two other issues...
The New York Times cited allegedly intercepted Russian communications to report that Russia plans to obliterate Ukraine’s power, heating, and water systems this winter. While their claim can’t be confirmed, it aligns with Putin mildly “escalating to de-escalate” over...
Putin wisely advised Russians during his keynote speech at the Valdai Club’s latest annual meeting that “we certainly need a roadmap for our movement into the future. What we need is not wishful thinking, an abstract and speculative construct or an unrealistic visualisation of our wishes, but...
Head of Sputnik International Dimitri Simes Jr. recently interviewed Pakistani Energy Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, who also co-chairs the Pakistan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission. Leghari began by reaffirming Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s policy of considering Russia a priority partner...
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali gave an interview to the popular business daily Vedomosti in late September on bilateral relations and regional affairs. He began by revealing that “We long ago decided that if we need something and...
