MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement with Iran, Russia’s economy ministry and the EEU said on Monday. The agreement will become permanent and replace a similar temporary pact in force since 2019. The previous deal facilitated mutual trade with Iran and…
Dec. 14 (UPI) — South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft flew into its air defense identification zone, Seoul’s military said. Two Chinese and four Russian aircraft entered and departed South Korea’s air defense identification zone, known as KADIZ, in the East Sea from 11:53 to 12:10 p.m., the Joint…
The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Russia used a rare face-to-face meeting to urge oil producers to stick to pledged supply cuts, a joint statement said Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s trip to the Saudi capital a day earlier came as oil prices continued to slide, with US oil finishing below $70 per barrel for the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a rare trip abroad to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is also scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia. Mr Putin is expected to discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as oil production, with the UAE president. The UAE is currently hosting the COP28 UN climate…
Nov. 30 (UPI) — Meta reported Thursday that it has disrupted Chinese and Russian covert influence operations designed to influence politics in the United States through deceptive social media practices. Meta warned that “foreign threat actors are attempting to reach audiences ahead of next year’s various elections, including in the U.S. and Europe, and we…
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. A Reuters reporter in court heard it announce that it had approved a request from the justice ministry to…
PM Petteri Orpo claims Russian border guards transported migrants to the Finnish border. Finland’s government said on Tuesday that Russia has recently been allowing asylum seekers to enter its territory without the necessary travel documents, calling it an “international crime.” According to the Finnish border service, 91 undocumented migrants, many lacking visas, have arrived in…
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Satellite imagery shows progress in the construction in Russia of a plant that will mass produce Iranian-designed kamikaze drones that Moscow is expected to target against Ukrainian energy facilities, a research organization said on Monday. Despite the headway, neither the United States nor its allies have imposed sanctions on the…
Putin blames United States and NATO for Moscow’s exit Nov. 7 (UPI) — Russia finalized its withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe on Tuesday, declaring the Cold War-era agreement null and void nearly two decades after Moscow suspended the armistice. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement overnight, saying the historic…
The Kingdom has maintained its oil output cut of 1 million barrels per day since July in an attempt to stabilize the market and prop up prices amid weakened demand. Brent crude rose 1% on Monday morning after top oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia confirmed that they would continue with their voluntary output cuts…