Russia has outlawed Navalny’s organisation as part of a crackdown on dissent that’s worsened since the war in Ukraine.

• July 24, 2023

An uncertain future awaits Spain after Partido Popular performed worse than expected while the Socialists rebounded.

• July 24, 2023

By Benyamin POGHOSYAN, PhD, Chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies

As the Russia – West confrontation continues without any signs of an end, many experts, academicians, and politicians seek to grasp the contours of the emerging new world order. Some believe that, in the end, a new bipolar world will emerge dominated by China and the US, while Russia will be forced to choose between these states based on the outcome of the Russia – Ukraine war. If the West can impose a strategic defeat on Russia and bring about a regime change, Russia will be in the West’s camp against China. Otherwise, the Kremlin will be a junior partner of China, supplying Beijing with cheap raw materials and getting access to Chinese funds and technologies. Others argue that the future world order will be multipolar, with no fixed alliances, and several key players will pursue temporary cooperation with each other based on short-term needs. One thing is clear: the finalization of the new world order will take years and decades, and till then, instability and strategic ambiguity will be the primary features of the world. READ MORE

• July 20, 2023

UN and Turkish officials in Istanbul awaiting response from Russia as last cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves Odesa.

• July 17, 2023

Kremlin says its conditions for extending deal brokered by the UN and Turkey had not been fulfilled.

• July 17, 2023

Russia has declined to extend the Black Sea grain deal, stalling the export of Ukrainian grain to the rest of the world.

• July 17, 2023

The bridge suffered damage after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding a child.

• July 17, 2023

Almost 33 million metric tonnes of grain were exported since the Black Sea Grain Initiative was brokered a year ago.

• July 17, 2023