Russia and Belarus will use international law to uphold justice and combat various forms of illegal Western sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in the Belarusian city of Brest.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in a televised address that the Ukraine war has obtained features of a global conflict after attacks by Western missiles on Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions.
Tokyo stocks retreated on Wednesday as investors grappled with heightened uncertainties surrounding US monetary policy and geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
The Indian stock market, which saw a super rally on Tuesday, lost the steam towards the end amid heavy profit-booking, as fresh tensions between Ukraine and Russia came to light.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving Russia's updated nuclear doctrine, the Kremlin reported Tuesday.
"The choice has been made—he will run," the publication cited an individual with knowledge of the preparations as saying
The new nuclear-powered submarine Emperor Alexander III successfully carried out a test launch of a Bulava ballistic missile, the Russian Defence Ministry has said.
Kazakhstan's growing significance as a geopolitical battleground between the West, Russia, and China, following Israel and Ukraine's dynamics.
Medvedev is of the view that a new world order is emerging in which Russia along with China and India would play key roles. Ukraine, unlike the Russian army, does not have the skills or the training to fight in severe wintry conditions. If the war continues Ukraines misery would multiply. The Putin-Medvedev assertion is well within the Primakov doctrine formulated after the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a unipolar world.
Nevertheless, according to Vortexa statistics, India raised its purchases of crude oil from Saudi Arabia in October to 924,000 barrels per day from 523,000 bpd the previous month, despite lowering its imports from Russia
