Sanctions Against Russia Had ‘Very Negative’ Impact On Developing Countries, Mikhail Reveals
The situation with anti-Russian sanctions and their consequences turned out to be more complicated than Western strategists expected. In particular, they have had an extremely negative impact on developing countries, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said Tuesday. "Indeed, no sanctions strategy extends with certainty beyond the first economic shock that it triggers," the envoy said...
Kenyan Lawyer In ICC Case Involving President Ruto Found Death
A Kenyan lawyer, Paul Gicheru accused of bribing and intimidating witnesses in the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution of President William Ruto has been found dead, a police officer said Tuesday. Gicheru, who was in his 50s, was found dead in his sleep on Monday night at his home in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. ICC prosecutors accused the deceased of setting...
Thousands Of People Arrive To Bid Farewell To Japan’s EX-PM Abe
A public funeral ceremony for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was held on Tuesday at the Nippon Budokan (Japan Martial Arts Hall) in central Tokyo, a TASS correspondent reported. This is the country's first public funeral since 1967. A large photo of Shinzo Abe, an urn with the politician's ashes, his awards, the Japanese national flag with a black...
Russia Has Right To Defend Itself Against Aggressive Western Policy – Mekdad
Syria supports Russia and its special military operation in Ukraine, the Arab republic's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Monday at a general political debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. "We believe that Russia has the right to defend itself against aggressive Western policies," he stressed, "We also express our confidence that the Russian army not...
US Announces $457.5 Million In Additional Security Assistance For Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday the United States committed an additional $457.5 million in civilian security assistance for Ukraine. This package is "to enhance the efforts of Ukrainian law enforcement and criminal justice agencies to improve their operational capacity and save lives as they continue to help defend the Ukrainian people, their freedom, and their democracy from...
No Decisions To Close Borders And Impose Martial Law In Regions – Dmitry Peskov
No decisions have been made to close the borders and introduce martial law in certain regions of Russia, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Monday. "I don’t know anything about this. No decisions have been made for now," Peskov said, while answering questions about whether martial law would be introduced in certain border regions and if the...
Man Shoots Himself Dead After ‘Fortifying’ Self Against Bullet
A yet-to-be-identified man reportedly killed himself at Agona Port near Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region of Ghana. It was learned that the man in his thirties who shot himself after spiritually fortifying himself against gunshot, was identified simply as Divine. According to eyewitnesses, he first shot his ankle before shooting his ribs but the bullet failed to...
DPR Election Commission Reports On Forth Day Of Voting On Referendum
The forth day of voting on the referendum on the issue of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) becoming part of the Russian Federation began on Monday at 08:00 local time (coinciding with Moscow time), a representative of the DPR Central Election Commission told TASS. "The fourth day of the referendum in the DPR began normally at 08:00. Field commissions went...
West Openly Blanks Out Truth About Ukraine, Lavrov Says
Western nations have been concealing, and sometimes openly blanking out, the truth about military crimes committed by pro-Kiev forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Thursday’s Ukraine-themed ministerial session of the UN Security Council. "Inconvenient truths that contradict Ukraine’s image of a victim of a so-called aggression are being actively hushed up, and in some cases even openly blanked out,"...
US ‘Is Going To Hell’ And Needs Strong Leadership, Trump Warns
The United States "is going to hell" and needs strong leadership, former US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News. "Our country is going to hell. We are a nation in decline," he pointed out. "This country is a mess. The way it’s going right now it’s not going to survive," Trump said. According to him, the US...
