Russia & Central Asia

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch…
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Building strong ties with China has traditionally been one of Kazakhstan’s key foreign policy priorities. Astana now aims to strengthen…
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Russia on Friday launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, involving dozens of cruise missiles and drones, the latest such strike…
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US president-elect Donald Trump said in an interview published on Thursday that he disagrees “very vehemently” with Ukraine firing…
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On December 7, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol survived an impeachment motion following his abrupt declaration of martial law on…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Central Asian counterparts in Chengdu, Sichuan province, earlier this month as part of the fifth…
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Political promises are easy to make and hard to keep. US president-elect Donald Trump once said that if he won a second term he would end…
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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Kyiv needed an “enduring” peace to protect it from Russia, after talks in Paris with US…
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The US should not exaggerate the military cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic, a Pentagon official said on Thursday, even as…
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The United States on Monday announced a new US$725 million military aid package for Ukraine that features a second tranche of landmines as…
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