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G7 postpones review of price cap for Russian oil to weather energy crisis
Jan 21, 2023 11:22The Group of Seven (G7) countries have agreed to postpone reviewing the level of the price cap on Russian oil exports for further appraisal of the global market, the US Treasury says, in what is viewed as a last-ditch effort to scrape through the chilly winter and offset repercussions of the world energy crisis in the aftermath of anti-Moscow sanctions.
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Nine NATO countries pledge new military aid for Ukraine in defiance of Russia’s warnings
Jan 21, 2023 03:42A group of nine NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, have pledged a raft of new military aid to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings about the protraction of the months-long conflict by funneling Western arms into the former Soviet republic.
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Sanctions won’t stop Pakistan from buying Russian oil, says Pakistani minister
Jan 21, 2023 03:21Pakistan has said that the US-led sanctions targeting Russia over the Ukraine war will not stop Islamabad from purchasing oil from Russia.
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Putin tells Raeisi: Russia ready to upgrade cooperation with Iran
Jan 20, 2023 03:31Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to upgrade cooperation with Iran in different fields as he held talks with President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi for the second time in less than ten days.
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Russia claims capture of town near Ukraine's strategic city of Bakhmut
Jan 20, 2023 09:46Russian military forces have reportedly taken control of a settlement south of the strategic city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine amid heightened tensions over the continued flow of Western weapons and munitions into the war-ravaged country.
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There is evidence US secretly sponsoring Daesh in Afghanistan: Russian envoy
Jan 20, 2023 09:42A senior Russian diplomat and presidential envoy to Afghanistan says there is evidence the United States is trying to secretly sponsor the Daesh terrorist group in the country in order to undermine the current de-facto political dispensation.
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US announces whopping $2.5bn in new military aid for Ukraine amid raging war
Jan 20, 2023 05:24The United States has announced a whopping new package of arms and munitions for Ukraine worth $2.5 billion, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings against supplying Kiev with heavy weaponry almost a year into the devastating war.
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Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear war if Moscow loses in Ukraine
Jan 19, 2023 12:08Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned NATO that the defeat of his country, as a nuclear power, in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.
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Moscow: US prodding Ukraine to commit 'terror acts' against Russia in Crimea
Jan 19, 2023 11:48A Russian official says the United States is encouraging Ukraine to commit terrorist acts against Russia, as Washington signaled it was okay with Kiev hitting Russian-controlled Crimea with Western weapons.
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Putin’s aide in northern Iran amid talks to finalize key rail project
Jan 19, 2023 02:58Russia’s State Council Secretary Igor Levitin has visited a railway project in northern Iran amid talks between the two countries to secure the funding needed to complete the key North-South transportation link.