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What Lies Behind Putin's Bombshell Defense Reshuffle?

par This Is Beirut, 13/05 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Putin's Sunday defense shake-up, which saw the ouster of long-serving defense minister Sergei Shoigu, appears designed to facilitate Russia's transition to a war economy. Vladimir Putin's nomination of top economic official Andrei Belousov as defense minister is a sign of the importance the Russian leader places on the war economy in what he ...

Putin to Visit China in First Foreign Trip Since Re-Election

par This Is Beirut, 14/05 11:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China this week on the invitation of leader Xi Jinping, Beijing's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Putin will be in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, in the Russian leader's second visit to China in just over six months. It will be the Russian leader's ...

Zelensky: Russia's Surprise Offensive Is Likely to Intensify

par This Is Beirut, 18/05 11:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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President Zelensky told AFP in an exclusive interview that Russia's Kharkiv offensive will intensify. He rejected French suggestions of an 'Olympic truce' and requested more Western military support. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with AFP on Friday, warned that Russia could intensify its offensive and said Kyiv would ...

Russian Shelling of Kharkiv Kills Four Civilians

par This Is Beirut, 19/05 14:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian shelling on the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday killed at least four civilians, said the governor of the region facing a new Russian offensive. Russia launched an assault in the border region on May 10 after a surge in aerial strikes. "We know about four civilians killed. At least eight people are wounded," governor ...

King of Bahrain Says Ready to Resumes Ties With Iran on Russia Trip

par This Is Beirut, 23/05 10:27 - Reading : less than a minute

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Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that there is no reason to delay the return of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom and Iran, during a meeting on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to Bahrain News Agency. He added that Manama looks forward to improving its relations with Tehran. The King arrived ...

International Community Meet at First Ukraine Peace Summit

par This Is Beirut, 16/06 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The international community gathered in Switzerland Sunday for the first Ukraine Peace Summit. Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Russia on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. Leaders and top ...

Putin to Visit N. Korea as Kremlin Floats Possible 'Strategic' Treaty

par This Is Beirut, 17/06 16:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to North Korea on Tuesday, in a rare visit that may see Moscow sign a "strategic partnership treaty" with Pyongyang, the Kremlin said. The historic trip -- which the Kremlin called a "friendly state visit" -- comes as Putin seeks ammunition to continue his military offensive in Ukraine and as the West ...

Putin Arrives in Vietnam

par This Is Beirut, 20/06 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Vietnamese counterpart Thursday as he began a state visit to Hanoi, a day after signing a mutual defence pact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Putin and Kim inked a strategic treaty at a summit in Pyongyang that included a commitment to come to each other's aid if attacked. Kim also pledged his "full ...

Putin, Xi in Kazakhstan for Meeting of the Shanghai Alliance

par This Is Beirut, 03/07 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a regional summit, seeking to harden anti-Western alliances and press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region. Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the Kazakh capital of Astana Wednesday morning for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ...

Ukraine's Incursion into Russia Continues

par This Is Beirut, 09/08 11:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion into Russia, where state media and local officials on Friday reported a fire at a military airfield and "massive" drone attacks hundreds of kilometers from the border. The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region over the past few days appears to be the most significant attack on Russian soil ...

Putin Tells Abbas That He Is 'Concerned' About Civilian Death Toll

par This Is Beirut, 13/08 15:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Moscow was "concerned" about civilian deaths in Gaza. "We are concerned above all about civilian losses," Putin said, according to images shown on Russian state television. "We are doing everything ... to support Palestine and the Palestinian ...

Ukraine Not Interested in 'Taking' Russian Territory Amid Incursion

par This Is Beirut, 13/08 18:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine said on Tuesday it would not hold on to Russian territory captured in its surprise cross-border incursion and offered to stop raids if Moscow agreed to a "just peace." Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region last Tuesday, taking over two dozen settlements in the biggest attack by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. ...

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