Russia’s presidential election – the country’s biggest political event of the year – has kicked off with the start of voting on March 15, the first of three voting days. Polling stations will be open across the country’s 89 regions and 11 time zones and voters will have three days to cast their ballots to choose among four candidates to serve as Russia’s head of state for the next six years. This election campaign is being closely followed by Russians as well as observers from around the world. Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) is geared up to ward off the…
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According to Maria Zakharova, “it is necessary to stop supporting Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s regime and sending weapons” to prevent further escalation The conflict in Ukraine may take on a European scale owing to the West’s moves, but stopping arms deliveries to Kiev will prevent further escalation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing. “As a result of reckless, inflammatory actions of even one or two member states of the European Union and NATO, the Ukraine crisis can absolutely easily go beyond its geographical limits, acquire a completely different scale, and spiral out of control,” the diplomat…
According to Moscow’s Lefortovo Court, Baek Won-soon, 53 and with no criminal record, is a native and citizen of South Korea South Korean national Baek Won-soon, who has been arrested in Russia on charges of espionage, had been posing as a writer and was receiving information constituting state secrets via a messenger app, law enforcement agencies told TASS. “While probing into the case of Baek Won-soon, investigators established that he told his interlocutor that he was a writer and received information constituting state secrets through one of the [online] messenger services. He was supposed to pass the information on to…
Elon Musk said that Senate Democrats just voted unanimously to defeat an amendment that would have stopped counting illegals for congressional seat apportionment and electoral college presidential votes Decisions by the administration of US President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party on immigration policy are designed to change the balance of power in the upcoming presidential election, US entrepreneur Elon Musk believes. “Most Americans do not know that the US census currently counts, for purposes of voting power, all people in a district, regardless of citizenship! Senate Democrats just voted unanimously to defeat an amendment that would have stopped counting…
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi says that Egypt cannot betray the Palestinian people and will do everything possible to protect and support them Restoring the Gaza Strip, destroyed as a result of the actions of Israeli forces, could require over $90 billion, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, said. “Restoring [Gaza Strip] could require more than $90 bln,” according to the Egyptian leader, whose speech was broadcast by Al-Qahera el-Ekhbariya TV channel. El-Sisi added that Egypt cannot betray the Palestinian people and will do everything possible to protect and support them. The situation in the Middle East sharply escalated following an incursion…
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced that the UK will work together with the US on shipment of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through the new maritime corridor The European Commission announced the opening of a maritime humanitarian corridor for shipment of aid to Palestine from Cyprus, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced. “Europe is financing a major humanitarian aid effort for Palestinians, €250 million euros this year alone. But the key challenge is getting this aid to people in Gaza,” she said on her X page. “This is why we’re launching the Cyprus Maritime Corridor, with…
The US President said that the problem is not age, but ideas US President Joe Biden noted that some consider his age too old for the top state office. “I know I may not look like it, but I’ve been around a while. And when you get to my age certain things become clearer than ever before,” he said in his State of the Union address to the US Congress. “In my career I’ve been told I’m too young and I’m too old.” “The issue facing our nation isn’t how old we are, it’s how old our ideas are,” Biden…
The US President also argued that Kiev could win the conflict with Moscow if the United States “stand with Ukraine and provide the weapons it needs to defend itself” US President Joe Biden said he is determined not to use US troops in Ukraine in his State of the Union address. “They are not asking for American soldiers. In fact, there are no American soldiers at war in Ukraine. And I am determined to keep it that way,” he said. The US President also argued that Kiev could win the conflict with Moscow if the United States “stand with Ukraine…
According to the United Nations, the amount of aid reaching Gaza fell by half in February compared to January Washington is considering the possibility of airdropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip from US military planes as deliveries by land become increasingly difficult, the Axios news website said, citing US officials. According to the sources, the fact that the US administration is considering such a move indicates its growing concern about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “The situation is really bad. We are unable to get enough aid [in] by truck so we need desperate measures like airdrops,” one…
Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka says PetroSA, state-owned oil and gas corporation in South Africa, is in touch with all Russian oil and gas majors, including Gazprom and Tatarstan-based Tatneft South Africa is working on the issue of importing crude oil from Russia, South Africa’s ambassador to Russia Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka told TASS. “[South Africa is interested in oil supplies] from anybody in the world, including Russia. Of course,” the ambassador said. The state-owned oil and gas corporation in South Africa, Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA), is in touch with all Russian oil and gas majors, including Gazprom and…