As confrontation between Russia and the West intensifies and Russia’s military ambitions grow, developments in the former Soviet Union (FSU) region are increasingly relevant to geopolitics and energy security. Kazakhstan,…
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Russia in Firing Line of Top Un Rights Meet; Myanmar Human Rights Issue Another Big Topic
GENEVA, Feb 27, 2023 (AFP): Russia’s war in Ukraine looms large as the UN Human Rights Council meets Monday, with calls for unity in condemning Moscow and extending a probe…
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The viral popularity of a newly emerged Russian subculture has in little more than a week caught the Kremlin’s eye and unsettled the authorities to such a degree that shopping…
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How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down
by Ag Kan Kyawby Ag Kan KyawAt about 1am on February 24 last year, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, received a troubling phone call. After spending months building up a more than 100,000-strong invasion force on…
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Business Dialogue: Russia-Vietnam opened in Hanoi, where representatives of industrial companies of the two countries discuss issues of cooperation. The program also included an exhibition of products of Russian manufacturers…
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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (22/10 – 40). Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed that the continuity of friendship and alliance in relations between Russia and Kazakhstan will remain and the governments of the…
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Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin
Astana, Kazakhstan (22/10 – 49). Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit…