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[ad_1] LONDON: China denied on Tuesday claims by US officials that Russia had sought military assistance in Ukraine and accused Washington of spreading “malicious disinformation” that risked escalating the conflict. “The US has repeatedly spread malicious disinformation against China on the Ukraine issue,” the Chinese embassy in London told Reuters …

[ad_1] LONDON: One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies said Russia’s military operation in Ukraine had not all gone as quickly as the Kremlin had wanted, the strongest public acknowledgement yet from Moscow that things were not going to plan. National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a church service …

[ad_1] LONDON: Police detained 5,020 people at anti-war protests in Russia on Sunday, the OVD-Info monitoring group said on Monday. Russia’s last protests with a similar number of arrests were in January 2021, when thousands demanded the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after he was arrested on returning from …

[ad_1] LONDON: More than 1,000 people were detained at protests on Sunday in 29 cities across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent Russian-based protest monitor. The OVD-Info protest monitoring group said people were detained at protests including in the Russian Pacific port city of …

[ad_1] LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Sunday that Russia would only halt its military operation if Ukraine stopped fighting and Moscow’s demands were met, the Kremlin said in a statement. Putin said the operation was going according to plan and …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a telephone call that Russia was ready for dialogue over Ukraine if all its demands are met, the Kremlin said Friday. Putin “confirmed that Russia is open to dialogue with the Ukrainian side, as well as with everyone …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: The Russian government on Saturday reported a record number of new coronavirus cases after the Kremlin warned of a looming surge in cases driven by the Omicron variant. An online portal dedicated to the coronavirus outbreak registered 57,212 new daily cases, surging past the previous record set Friday …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia is not making ultimatums in its negotiations with the West but needs concrete answers regarding its security concerns, the Kremlin said on Wednesday as talks took place with Nato in Brussels. Russia began laying out its demands for security guarantees in Europe to Nato’s 30 allies following …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Tuesday it expected no immediate breakthroughs in strained United States-Russia relations after President Vladimir Putin held virtual talks with his US counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday but said the two leaders would keep engaging on practical matters. Biden warned Putin on Tuesday the West …

[ad_1] RIGA: US secretary of state Antony Blinken warned on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin could quickly order an invasion of Ukraine if he had a pretext for doing so but that Nato allies stand ready to inflict heavy sanctions on Russia’s economy if that happens. Tensions over a Russian …