Russia and Ukraine have held face-to-face talks for the first time on the exchange of children displaced by war, Moscow's children's rights ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova said on Wednesday. In accordance with the agreement reached in Qatar, 48 children are expected to be exchanged, the state agency RIA Novosti quotes Lvov-Belova. Qatar said it brokered the […]
Global demand for thermal coal in the world will grow until 2030 and reach 7.01 billion tons per year. Roman Bilousov spoke about this in the study “Coal: The Near Future” by Evenor Energy SA . The study notes that in the base scenario (maintaining GDP growth rates in developing countries, stagnation or lack of […]
A Russian TV presenter and blogger who organized a controversial "almost naked" celebrity party in December has been fined $542 for "discrediting" the Russian military. The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow found Anastasia Ivleeva guilty of “public actions aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of Russia” and imposed a fine of 50 thousand rubles, reports […]
A senior Ukrainian security source told AFP on Friday that Russia has stepped up attacks on railway infrastructure to disrupt the movement of military supplies, including Western aid. Russian troops have an advantage in firepower and manpower over Ukrainian forces along the entire front line, and Kyiv has warned that fighting will be particularly difficult […]
The US presidential elections are scheduled for November 5, 2024. The election will pit incumbent President Joe Biden against former President Donald Trump. US presidential candidate Donald Trump may elect North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as his vice president. Axios writes about this on Sunday, April 28. As the portal points out, Burgum is quickly […]
The collective West is entering an era of turbulence that could last quite a long time. The epicenter of the tectonic processes that are shaking the Western community is undoubtedly the United States. The split in American society and the clearly visible specter of civil war (which does not necessarily materialize) are a consequence of […]
A representative delegation from the Kazan Technical Research University, which is developing combat UAVs in the Russian Federation, arrived in Minsk. A youth forum on UAVs has begun in Belarus, at which the Russians are trying to “maximally involve young Belarusians in the development and production” of drones for their armed forces. The CNS reported […]
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed the information that two Ukrainians killed in Germany were servicemen undergoing treatment in Bavaria after being wounded in the combat zone. A high-profile double murder occurred on April 27 in the city of Murnau am Staffelsee, where two Ukrainians, 37 and 23 years old, were found fatally stabbed on the […]
In Dzhankoy, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, partisans discovered one of the largest guarded oil depots. This was reported by the partisan movement "ATESH". ATESH discovered one of the largest guarded oil depots in Dzhankoy. Our agents have been conducting reconnaissance and surveillance of her since the end of last year,” the statement said. It […]
Three members of the famous Russian metal band Corrosion of Metal were arrested mid-concert on Saturday and charged with displaying “Nazi symbols,” authorities said. The group's three members, aged 19, 42 and 57, are accused of "propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols", regional police in Nizhny Novgorod in the west of the […]