Currency hits 17-month low with Moscow blaming ‘loose monetary policy’.

• August 14, 2023

Russia and Wagner now appear to be at odds, with reports suggesting Putin’s government is no longer funding the group.

• August 14, 2023

Beijing says the visit underscores the drive by China and Russia to align foreign policies in a bid to undermine the Western-led liberal-democratic world order.

• August 14, 2023

Blinken accuses Russia of assault on global food system, says hunger must not be ‘weaponised’ after Moscow quits grain deal.

• August 4, 2023

Ukrainian security sources have told news agencies that an attack on the Moscow port of Novorossiysk was “successful” after hitting a Russian naval ship.

• August 4, 2023

Niger coup makers had revoked five military accords with France and suspended broadcasts of French state-funded international news outlets.

• August 4, 2023

Moscow says it repels the attack on the port of Novorossiysk, which has a naval base, shipbuilding yards and an oil terminal.

• August 4, 2023

By Fuad SHAHBAZOV, Baku-based independent regional security and defence analyst

On July 9, Turkey freed the commanders of the well-known Ukrainian Azov regiment after months of hosting them as a part of a deal with Russia. The fighters surrendered to Russian forces after weeks of brutal siege and resistance at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, even after the rest of the city had fallen following Russia’s devastating and relentless assaults. Ankara’s surprise move came during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first official visit to Turkey since the Russian invasion in February 2022 to meet his counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and discuss the possibilities of deepening their strategic partnership. Amid rhetoric on expanding the two countries’ cooperation in defense and security, Erdogan also declared, “Ukraine deserves to be a NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] member”. READ MORE

• August 4, 2023