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☆ Russia accused a longtime ally of 'distorting history' in an effort to break off relations with Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRussia's foreign minister accused Armenia, a former ally, of "distorting history" in an effort to "break off" relations with Moscow. Last month, it said it had "frozen our participation" in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The Collective Security Treaty Organization is considered Russia's equivalent to NATO , and Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped it could rival the Western military alliance. Advertisement"The Collective Security Treaty has not fulfilled its objectives as far as Armenia is concerned, particularly in 2021 and 2022. While tensions between Aremnia and Russia are clearly strained, experts on Russia and former Soviet Union countries say that relations between Russia and other CSTO members are also under pressure.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Lavrov, Nikol Pashinyan, Putin, Pashinyan, Jens Stoltenberg, Stoltenberg's Organizations: Service, Security, Organization, NATO, Business, Russian, Ukraine's Kyiv, Russian Federation, Soviet Locations: Armenia, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, France, South Caucasus, Central Asia, Aremnia

☆ Russian Journalist Warns No Country Safe From Fascism After Ukraine War
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Russian dissident journalist who suffered a suspected poison attack last year says no country is safe from fascism. "I honestly believe no country is immune from fascism," Elena Kostyuchenko told Insider. Her book, she told Insider, was an effort to track how the seeds of fascism in Russia flourished into a brutal war. Be hysterical if you see your country is going into the darkness," Kostyuchenko told Insider. And it means that a next war will follow and a next war will follow and it will be a nightmare"

Persons: Elena Kostyuchenko, —, Kostyuchenko, Russia didn't, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Service, Novaya Gazeta, Novaya, Russia, International Institute for Democracy, Electoral Locations: Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Mariupol, Germany, Kyiv, America

[1/2] Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk attend the G20 virtual summit via a video link in Moscow, Russia, November 22, 2023. "Yes, of course, military actions are always a tragedy," Putin told the virtual G20 meeting called by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "And of course, we should think about how to stop this tragedy," Putin said. Putin used the word "war" to describe the conflict instead of the current Kremlin term of "special military operation". "I understand that this war, and the death of people, cannot but shock," Putin said, before setting out the Russian case that Ukraine had persecuted people in eastern Ukraine.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Alexei Overchuk, Mikhail Klimentyev, Putin, Ukraine Putin, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Sergei Lavrov, Vladimir Soldatkin, Guy Faulconbridge, Gareth Jones, Alex Richardson Organizations: Sputnik, REUTERS Acquire, Ukraine, Kremlin, Indian, United Nations, Human, West, Belfer, Harvard's Kennedy School, U.S, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin, Gaza, Ukraine MOSCOW, Ukraine, United States, Ukraine's, Crimea, Russian, Palestine, Ukrainian, West, Israel, Washington, New Delhi, Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Osaka, Japan

☆ Russia's economy is headed for stagnation as the path of monetary policy is being chosen 'very poorly,' economists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's economy is stumbling and could be headed for stagnation, economists said. Higher rates can help achieve those goals by tightening financial conditions, but that spells bad news for the rest of Russia's economy, which is already struggling. Russia's economic situation ran into trouble not long after it began its "special military operation" in Ukraine early last year. Prices could fall to just 5.6% in September, the center's economists forecasted, still around 1.5 times Russia's 4% targeted inflation rate. Western scholars and researchers, meanwhile, say that under-the-radar statistics of Russia's economy show a far weaker picture of Moscow's finances than Putin has let on.

Persons: Putin Organizations: Service, Russian Center Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia

☆ A Russian soldier said his unit was sent into battle with no ammo and one grenade each — to kill themselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian soldier was caught complaining on an intercepted phone call. He said his unit had no ammo and was being given "one grenade per person, only to blow up ourselves." Multiple reports, as well as captured Russian soldiers, have said that Russian troops aren't being given enough ammunition or supplies. And in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that Russia didn't have enough equipment, including "high-precision ammunition, communications equipment, aircraft, drones, and so on." Russian troops have also reported not getting the money they were promised for fighting in Ukraine.

Persons: It's, didn't, aren't, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Defence Intelligence, Russian Federation Army Locations: Russian, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Russia

☆ Chris Christie pins North Korean weapon advancements squarely on Trump: 'That happened on Donald Trump's watch'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

On it, he blamed former President Donald Trump for North Korea's weaponry advancements. Christie continued, this time pointing to Morgan's point of how Russia didn't invade Ukraine until Biden became president. "It's like calling the special counsel a 'crackhead,' it's like putting out a former president's address," Christie said. And after Trump dodged a question in a televised town hall about which country he wanted to win the war with Russia, Ukraine or Russia, Christie hopped onto the opportunity to take aim at Trump. "Donald Trump refused to say tonight that he wanted Ukraine to win the war with Russia," he tweeted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Chris Christie, Christie, Piers Morgan, Kim Jong, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Morgan, Russia didn't, Biden, Joe Biden, Trump Organizations: New, GOP, Fox, Service, North, Trump Locations: New Jersey, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, United States, Russia

☆ 100 days captive: Journalist Evan Gershkovich is one of my closest friends. Here's what the world needs to know about him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The journalist Evan Gershkovich has been in captivity in Moscow for 100 days on espionage charges. My friend Evan Gershkovich, many of you now know, was captured by the Russian government on March 29. Evan loves his friends. Evan loves the Mets, and he loves Arsenal, and he especially loves sharing those teams with people who aren't already under the spell. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty ImagesLet's bring Evan homeFor everyone who is friends with Evan, for everyone in his orbit, he's the center of their world.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, He's, extrovert who'd, Jeremy Berke, Evan, he'd, Gershkovich, It's, —, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Berke, He'll, we'd, Natalia Kolesnikova, — who've, Let's, we've, We've, he's, I'm, Jeremy Organizations: Moscow, Morning, CNN, Wall Street, Bowdoin College —, New York Times, Russia's, Muscovites, West, Arsenal, Mets, Court, Getty, Columbia Business School Locations: Moscow, Russian, New York, Soviet Union, New Jersey, Russia, Ukraine, Brooklyn, AFP

☆ I know Evan Gershkovich, who has now been imprisoned in Russia for 100 days. Here's what I want you to know about one of my closest friends.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

REYKJAVIK, May 16 (Reuters) - European leaders will travel to Iceland on Tuesday for a two-day summit meant to show their support for Ukraine but also send a powerful message on core democratic values many feel are under threat in and outside Europe. The CoE's democratic values are upheld by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, where citizens can take governments to court in case of human rights violations. Even Russia didn't want to leave the Council of Europe, Turkey doesn't want to leave either." European leaders such as Germany's Olaf Scholz, Britain's Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the summit in Reykjavik, while Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address his counterparts via videolink. Macron's office said the Council is looking at how its little-known bank, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), could help meet the needs of struggling Ukrainians.

☆ Russian sales of weapons to India are being held up by a dispute over which currency to use
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Jason Ma | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Deliveries of Russian weapons to India have been on hold due to a currency dispute. Russia is the top supplier of weapons to India, which uses the Su-30 fighter and T-90 tanks. Meanwhile, Russia won't take Indian rupees because of exchange-rate volatility, the report added. Russia is the top supplier of weapons to India, which uses the Su-30 and MiG-29 fighter jets as well as T-90 tanks, among other Russian-made arms. Last month, India complained that Russia isn't delivering weapons it owes because it's throwing everything at Ukraine.

Qaem-5 precision-guided munition, documented by Conflict Armament Research in Ukraine. Shahed-131 UAV documented by Conflict Armament Research in Ukraine. Circuit boards of four different items of Russian military equipment found in Ukraine by Conflict Armament Research investigators. Electronic components documented by Conflict Armament Research investigators in Ukraine. Source: Conflict Armament Research

☆ The 8-year-old daughter of a Vladimir Putin ally is listed as the owner of a multimillion-dollar apartment in one of London's most exclusive areas
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Gruzdev is a Vladimir Putin ally whose net worth was estimated to be $900 million in 2021. His 8-year-old daughter owns a London apartment that could be worth $5 million to $10 million today. Vladimir Gruzdev made his name as a grocery-store tycoon before starting a career in politics, which won him special recognition by Putin in 2010. The apartment was purchased for £2.3 million in 2000 through a company based in the Cayman Islands, where the tax rate is 0%. One property-valuation website suggests it could be worth over $10 million, but its actual value on the open market is unclear.

☆ Pro-Putin pundits are furious Biden made a surprise trip to Kyiv, calling it a 'humiliation' for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pro-Kremlin pundits are livid that US President Joe Biden made a surprise trip to Ukraine's capital. One Russian state TV host called Biden's visit to Kyiv a "demonstrative humiliation of Russia." Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support as Ukraine fights against Putin's forces. Russian state TV host Sergey Mardan called Biden's visit a "demonstrative humiliation of Russia" in a Telegram post to his more than 231,000 subscribers. "Kremlin propagandists call Biden's visit to Kyiv 'a demonstrative humiliation,'" Gerashchenko noted in another tweet, adding, "Get used to it."

[1/2] Chinese Yuan and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen behind illuminated stock graph in this illustration taken February 10, 2020. His contract manufacturing business with Russia has been small in the past, but now he's preparing to invest in warehousing there. He sees a win-win situation in Chinese exporters reducing their currency risks and payment becoming more convenient for Russian buyers. The U.S. Treasury declined to comment on the yuan's growing presence in Russia. ($1 = 7.2074 Chinese yuan renminbi)Editing by Vidya Ranganathan and Pravin CharOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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