Much has been made in the press and analyst community of statements by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi over the weekend expressing Beijing’s support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
At 23:10 pm Beijing time (18:10 Moscow time, February 21), Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov placed an urgent call to China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. In the
European Union leaders will meet tomorrow, Thursday afternoon, for an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the latest developments in the Russian aggression against Ukraine. If – we believe when
With the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia now under way, European Union leaders will be asked by the European Commission to agree tonight on a new package of sanctions
Dutch citizens will head to the polls the day after tomorrow, April 6, to cast their vote in a non-binding referendum on the “Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement Approval Act,” the
Despite reports of continued fighting raging and a great deal of skepticism the latest round of shuttle diplomacy in Minsk would bring any material de-escalation in the bloody conflict that
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met yesterday with US President Barack Obama to press Washington to back off from recent calls, started in Congress and subsequently affirmed as a possibility by
Tensions in Ukraine have escalated dramatically over the last forty eight hours, with Kiev and NATO accusing Russia of having at least 1,000 active troops currently in the country fighting on
Even under the best of circumstances, the arrival of the massive humanitarian aid convoy from Moscow to the Ukrainian border, destined for Luhansk, was almost guaranteed to be fraught with
Global markets have been under pressure today on fears that the massive convoy of 287 trucks heading for Ukraine from Moscow may in fact represent a covert invasion force or
Over the last few days Ukraine’s military forces have continued to push forward with their aggressive and so far successful military counter-offensive against the rebels of Donetsk and Luhansk, as
This morning Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in an interview with the RIA Novosti agency indicated a desire by Russia to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine and mediate
Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, one of the few countries still maintaining cordial relations with both Russia and Ukraine, organized a trilateral meeting last week of Russian, Ukrainian and
Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, one of the few countries still maintaining cordial relations with both Russia and Ukraine, organized a trilateral meeting last week of Russian, Ukrainian and
President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian television in the wee hours of the morning of Monday, July 21, at 1:40 a.m., in the aftermath of the global outcry and accusations
US President Barack Obama officially announced a series of targeted sanctions on Wednesday intended to put pressure on Russian companies and markets as punishment for President Vladimir Putin’s continued support
The reporting and political rhetoric surrounding Sunday’s referenda for independence from Kiev in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk has been to almost universally warn of the heightened
As of this morning, Russia’s recent overtures to ease tensions over the Ukraine crisis seem to be receiving a mixed reception at best in Kiev and the West. And as
In the wake of the massacre of pro-Russia demonstrators in Odessa last weekend, German officials have been making a concerted effort to renew negotiations with Moscow to ease tensions on the
Tensions continue to mount in the troubled eastern regions of Ukraine, even as the US and EU announced additional sanctions this week on Russian individuals and on certain limited institutions
