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Bolivia taps China, Russia in bid to unlock huge lithium riches
Jun 30, 2023 05:43The Bolivian government has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group as the South American country looks to develop its untapped resources of the battery metal.
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Anti-war demo held in Rome
Jun 29, 2023 10:42A new anti-war demonstration has been held in Rome, Italy. Although most Italians have been against sending weapons to Ukraine and have called on the government to promote peace talks, Rome not only continues to aid Kiev, but it has even hinted at creating a NATO-Ukraine council.
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Iran's Police, Russia's National Guard sign MoU on security cooperation
Jun 29, 2023 02:32Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia's National Guard on expansion of military and security relations between Tehran and Moscow.
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Lukashenko says Wagner chief Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus
Jun 28, 2023 13:07Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has confirmed that the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, days after the group’s brief armed mutiny in Russia over the weekend.
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NATO chief cautions members not to underestimate Russia's military might
Jun 28, 2023 11:00NATO member states should not underestimate the Russian military power, despite the short-lived mutiny against it by the Wagner group, said the chief of the US-led military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, while pointing out that it has increased its readiness to confront Russia in recent days.
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US Congress pushes Biden to send cluster bombs to Ukraine
Jun 28, 2023 10:56A bipartisan panel of US lawmakers is urging Joe Biden's administration to send mass-destructive cluster munitions to Ukraine, in a move that could help Kiev inflict heavy casualties on Russia forces and raise serious human rights issues.
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Russia summons Israeli envoy over spat on Ukrainian Nazi collaborators
Jun 28, 2023 09:51Russia has summoned the Israeli envoy in Moscow over remarks by his colleague in Kiev that glorified Ukrainian militia leaders who sided with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Iran’s Police chief in Russia to boost cooperation
Jun 28, 2023 03:11Commander of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan has traveled to Russia to hold talks and sign an agreement on security and police cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.
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Russian naval vessel docks at Iran’s Anzali Port as part of military pact
Jun 28, 2023 02:40A Russian guided-missile destroyer has docked at Iran's northern Caspian Sea Port of Anzali as part of an agreement aimed at expanding bilateral military ties.
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Experts rebuke West's portrayal of weakened Putin as merely 'wishful thinking'
Jun 27, 2023 14:25EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell claims Russia may have entered an era of political instability and internal fragility following Vladimir Putin's brief standoff with the Wagner Group, but experts insist the West's portrayal of a weakened Putin is merely based on wishful thinking.