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Russia has accused the United States of seeking to sabotage TurkStream, the last pipeline carrying Russian gas exports into Europe. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged at a news conference on Tuesday that Washington is encouraging “terrorist” attacks on his country’s energy infrastructure, and claimed there are plans to target TurkStream. “The US does not […]
HONG KONG — First the Baltics, now Taiwan. This month saw the latest in a spate of incidents in which crucial undersea cables connecting U.S. allies have been damaged or severed. Some have been cast as acts of sabotage, pinning blame on Russia and China amid heightened geopolitical tensions. Early this month, Taiwan’s coast guard […]
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has authorised Kyiv to use the long-range weapons against Russia. Russia has pledged to retaliate after it claimed to have shot down eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine at its border region of Belgorod. “On January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile attack […]
CNN — Russia has vowed retaliation after claiming to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine on Saturday morning. Moscow sees the use of such missiles, which have a range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), as a major escalation. The country’s air defenses shot down the eight ballistic missiles alongside […]
Thousands of far-reaching sanctions have been imposed by dozens of countries on Russian banks, businesses and people since Moscow ordered tanks to roll across the border into Ukraine in the winter of 2022. Now, more than 1,000 days later, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to take office, questions about the sanctions’ effectiveness — and […]
Attorneys representing the family of Marc Fogel, a teacher currently detained in Russia for drug charges, stated on Friday that the US Department of State has designated Fogel as wrongfully detained. Fogel’s attorney revealed that the Department of State made the designation in October. Russian authorities arrested Marc Fogel in August 2021 for drug trafficking. […]
Europe is worried that Russia could attack countries beyond Ukraine. At the same time, Trump has suggested the US would be less involved in helping its NATO allies. Without US support, Europe lacks a key capability needed in a conflict with Russia, experts told BI. If President-elect Donald Trump cuts US military cooperation with Europe, […]
CNN — Volunteers helping to clean up the oil spill on Russia’s Black Sea coast are appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin for more assistance, as they grapple with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline. Two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel were badly damaged in stormy weather near the […]
With much fanfare, Ukraine was granted permission to fire Western long-range missiles at Russian military targets more than a month ago. But after initially firing a flurry of them, Ukraine has already slowed their use. Kyiv is running out of missiles. It also might be running out of time: President-elect Donald J. Trump has said […]
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