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The Suwałki Gap was one of NATO’s biggest weaknesses against Russia. Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has drastically reduced that risk. ADVERTISEMENT After Russia’s first illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2014 NATO members, especially those in the East, rushed to review their own security. The conclusion of those reviews made …

Chinese firms are playing an increasingly critical role in supplementing Russia’s struggling economy and boosting its military capabilities, including via the trade of goods for use on the battlefield in Ukraine, new analysis by CNBC shows.  Russian customs data filed as recently as August 2023 point to the continued import …

China is playing an increasingly critical role in supplementing Russia’s war-torn economy and boosting its military capabilities, according to a new analysis by CNBC. In 2022, total bilateral trade between Russia and China hit a record high of $190 billion, up 30% from 2021. 2023 is set to eclipse that figure, …

KYIV — Mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group are back fighting on the front line in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian military official told POLITICO on Wednesday. Several hundred fighters from the group once ruled by now-dead warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin were spotted fighting in the ranks of different Russian military units …

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 27, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights Russia introduced ban on fuel exports Putin says domestic fuel prices rising again Novak proposes measures to stabilise domestic fuel market Exports …

An extremely unusual event for Russia’s hinterland took place in the small village of Porechye halfway between St. Petersburg and Moscow on Aug. 4. Several dozen people, many of them Black, took part in a solemn ceremony of laying the first stone of an “African village.” The irony of this …

Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s second and third largest oil exporters, have extended voluntary restrictions on their production. The G7 and Australia late last year agreed a $60 a barrel price cap on Russian crude oil exported by sea, while wider petroleum products were also included from February.   The …

The deadly clash in northern Kosovo on Sunday is reverberating far beyond the Balkans. At first glance, distant histories seem to be repeating: World War I starting in Sarajevo, the breakup of Yugoslavia drove 1990s geopolitics. Yet there may be much more recent history at play: is the conflict linked …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inspired the G7 nations to cap the price of Russian oil, eroding the Kremlin’s profits from energy exports. But there is a reason beyond the invasion for global consumers to be wary of Russian oil and gas: greenhouse gas “emissions intensity,” or the amount of greenhouse …

A recent siege at a monastery in Kosovo saw Moscow take another chance to defend Serbia. A shocking incident in Kosovo this weekend saw 30 armed men take refuge in a monastery after the killing of a police officer.  ADVERTISEMENT During the ensuing siege, multiple assailants – apparently “masked and equipped …

There have been previous efforts at the political level to close Russia’s consulate in Åland. Open image viewer The Russian consulate in Mariehamn has been targeted by demonstrators since early 2022. Image: Bengt Östling / Yle A citizens’ initiative aiming to close Russia’s diplomatic mission in the autonomous Åland islands …

MOSCOW/LONDON/SINGAPORE, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Russia said on Sept. 21 it had temporarily banned gasoline and diesel exports to all but four ex-Soviet states in response to domestic shortages, a move that will disrupt global trade that has already had to adjust to Western sanctions on Russian fuel exports. Russia …

By Natalia Chumakova, Ahmad Ghaddar and Trixie Yap MOSCOW/LONDON/SINGAPORE, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Russia said on Sept. 21 it had temporarily banned gasoline and diesel exports to all but four ex-Soviet states in response to domestic shortages, a move that will disrupt global trade that has already had to adjust …

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The killing of an enemy admiral in a missile strike would be a coup for any military, but the celebration in Ukraine over the death of Russia’s Black Sea fleet commander may turn out to be short-lived. A day after announcing that the admiral was among 34 officers killed in …

Russia’s temporary ban on diesel and gasoline exports-while intended to address domestic shortages and soaring prices-could exacerbate an already tight global diesel market and drive crude and middle distillate prices higher ahead of the winter.  And its relaxation of the ban on low-grade diesel won’t stave off much tightness. Most …