• The move is intended to help forge closer ties between Russia and the Atlantic alliance, according to those reports. (rferl.org)
  • Only months earlier, the country's pro-Russia president had fled after a revolution triggered by his refusal to forge closer ties with Europe. (nbcnews.com)
  • As Pyongyang moves to forge closer ties with Moscow, South Korea's spy agency suggested that Russia has proposed North Korea conduct joint military exercises. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Cho thought that the neighboring countries will continue to forge closer ties as Moscow is becoming more desperate for munitions in its war in Ukraine. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • BEIJING (AP) - China is ready to "forge closer partnership" with Russia in energy, a state news agency quoted President Xi Jinping as saying in a letter Tuesday, potentially expanding ties that irk Washington by helping the Kremlin resist sanctions over its war on Ukraine. (seattletimes.com)
  • Russia has stepped up its drive to boost economic ties with Africa to help offset a big chill in relations with the West prompted by its invasion of Ukraine, and plans to hold an Africa-Russia summit in St Petersburg in July. (bilaterals.org)
  • Western nations have slapped sweeping economic sanctions on Russia, prompting it to forge closer ties with China, India, African nations and others. (bilaterals.org)
  • Given the EU's previous hapless record of dealing with Erdogan, few Europeans will have much confidence that the bloc can persuade Ankara to ditch its support for Russia to forge closer ties with Brussels. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • While exploring possible NATO membership, Putin also moved to forge closer political and security ties with Washington and its allies. (wskg.org)
  • Russia-NATO ties began to worsen in 2002 after Washington opted out of a Cold-War-era treaty banning defenses against ballistic missiles, a move Moscow saw as a potential threat to its nuclear deterrent. (wskg.org)
  • Demonstrators want the government to forge closer ties with Europe and turn away from Russia. (blogspot.com)
  • Closer U.S.-Russia ties under the Trump administration could provide investment opportunities for some U.S. firms. (upenn.edu)
  • Moreover, while America's economic relationship with Russia has stagnated, U.S. economic ties with China - which has nearly 10 times the population of Russia (1.38 billion) - have expanded rapidly. (upenn.edu)
  • The new approach appeared to be to forge closer ties with some of the world's most aggressive foes, including Russia and China. (suncoraz.com)
  • The three countries are building ever-closer EU ties to separate themselves economically from Eastern neighbors. (gfmag.com)
  • Will Israel and Russia forge closer ties under Netanyahu? (azureedge.net)
  • LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Saturday he wanted to foster a "close and candid relationship" with U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to Washington next week that comes after some signs of strains in bilateral ties. (inquirer.net)
  • Sunak and Biden are expected to discuss improving economic ties and sustaining military support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. (inquirer.net)
  • Putin's trip, which comes just days after US President Joe Biden visited Israel and Saudi Arabia , is set to sends a strong message to the West about Moscow's plans to forge closer strategic ties with allies Iran, China and India in the face of the Western sanctions. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • Most Ukrainians hope for closer ties to the EU - but in order to placate the Russians, the implementation of the EU-Ukraine trade agreement has been partially postponed. (boulevard-exterieur.com)
  • Putin, Erdogan Forge Closer Ties - News Topic 676. (russiatruth.co)
  • The languages will help forge closer ties with the continent. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • While New Delhi wants closer trade and economic ties along with a defense partner, it will need to open market access in keeping with the U.S.-led order that India has shunned for decades. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Op-Ed from Professor of History Abby Schrader: On the eve of his rise to power, when he was Boris Yeltsin's prime minister, Vladimir Putin penned a 5,000-word manifesto, "Russia at the Turn of the Millennium. (fandm.edu)
  • The reality, of course, is that while Erdogan is in power, Turkey has about as much chance of joining the bloc as Russia does under Vladimir Putin. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The tensions over Ukraine come amid a new low in relations between Russia and NATO, which once were so warm that President Vladimir Putin even floated the prospect of his country joining the military alliance. (wskg.org)
  • Yermokhin is one of thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Russia from Ukrainian regions occupied since the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion , an effort that has prompted the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Lvova-Belova. (yahoo.com)
  • A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with President Vladimir Putin and Russia. (changinghands.com)
  • With a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump dryly told Russia's Vladimir Putin "Don't meddle with the election" in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Russia extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign. (nbcwashington.com)
  • The cooperation between Russia and Africa in the field of education is even said to be "at a traditionally high level," according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also noted that 5,000 of the 27,000 African students studying there are being supported by his government through scholarships. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • Stefanie Kasparek, a professor at Franklin and Marshall College, says Russia is trying to keep Ukraine in check. (fandm.edu)
  • There has been this constant struggle for Russia to make sure that the Ukraine is not wandering off," Kasparek said. (fandm.edu)
  • Kasparek explains watching Ukraine forge a closer relationship with the West infuriated Putin. (fandm.edu)
  • Russia says its invasion of Ukraine, launched on Feb. 24, 2022, is aimed at protecting its own security against Ukraine's pro-Western leadership. (bilaterals.org)
  • Previously, Sandu had stated that Russia was attempting to establish a pro-Russian 'government' in Chisinau to use Moldova against Ukraine in the same way Belarus has been used. (yahoo.com)
  • Russia grumbled further when Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined NATO in 2004.Tensions between the West and Russia mounted in 2004 over the Orange Revolution protests in Ukraine that forced the cancellation of a fraud-tinged election victory of a Kremlin-backed presidential candidate. (wskg.org)
  • Tensions between the West and Russia mounted in 2004 over the Orange Revolution protests in Ukraine that forced the cancellation of a fraud-tinged election victory of a Kremlin-backed presidential candidate. (kunm.org)
  • Russia complained vociferously when NATO promised membership to Ukraine and Georgia at a summit in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2008, seeing it as a blow to its vital security interests. (kunm.org)
  • The second factor is the impact of the sanctions against Russia for its actions in Crimea and Ukraine. (upenn.edu)
  • Last month, Lubinets said in his Telegram channel that a total of 386 children have been brought back to Ukraine from Russia. (yahoo.com)
  • Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine has come at a substantial cost for Russia, with the country so far failing to achieve its military objectives and the Russian economy suffering under unprecedented western sanctions. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Jane Burbank, emeritus Professor of History and Russian and Slavic studies at New York University, reminds us , "Since the 1990s, plans to reunite Ukraine and other post-Soviet states into a trans-continental superpower have been brewing in Russia. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Pickhart depicts the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, where Russia has long kept a tight hold and refused to recognize its status as an independent nation. (changinghands.com)
  • Russia is looking to forge an alliance with Iran in the wake of the war in Ukraine, with Kremlin siders saying the two countries share the same political agenda. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • Emboldened by high oil prices since the Ukraine war, Iran is betting that with Russia's support it could pressure Washington to offer concessions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • During the Ukraine crisis he has at times appeared to follow the principle that Russia should take as much as it can get away with. (boulevard-exterieur.com)
  • Though few Ukrainians echo his views on atomic bombs, many share his bitterness over the failure of the US and the UK to enforce the 1994 'Budapest memorandum' (by which Ukraine transferred Soviet nuclear weapons to Russia in return for having its territory guaranteed). (boulevard-exterieur.com)
  • This is coming in light of the growing international isolation Russia is experiencing as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • Founded in May 2021 by its three members, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, this partnership aims to cooperate policies among member states and foster the process of Europeanization to bring these countries closer to EU accession. (lu.se)
  • Whilst the Visegrad Group countries' fears that Russia would regain influence over them never materialized, the recent war in Ukraine is a vivid demonstration that the development, independence, or even the very existence of Associated Trio countries is under threat from Russia. (lu.se)
  • Besides, all three countries have break- away regions which are under the de-facto control of Russia, be it Transnistria in Moldova, Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia, or Crimea in Ukraine. (lu.se)
  • China is ready to work with Russia to forge closer partnership in energy cooperation," the official Xinhua News Agency cited Xi's letter as saying. (seattletimes.com)
  • Energy cooperation is an important cornerstone of practical cooperation between China and Russia. (seattletimes.com)
  • Kenya will sign a trade pact with Russia aimed at boosting cooperation between businesses, President William Ruto's office said on Monday, after hosting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Nairobi. (bilaterals.org)
  • Senior government officials from the US and 30 allied countries are meeting virtually Wednesday and Thursday to forge closer cooperation in the fight against ransomware, which has knocked computers offline at health care centers in multiple countries during the coronavirus pandemic. (cnn.com)
  • The announcement was made at a Sputnik international roundtable on Russia-Africa relations that was attended by academics from universities in the two countries and focused on "prospects for economic cooperation. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • Those expert opinions included faculty, students and alumni, and covered everything from the historic tensions between the two countries to the impact of economic sanctions against Russia and how those sanctions could affect Americans. (fandm.edu)
  • Fox 43: Are more U.S. sanctions enough to stop Russia? (fandm.edu)
  • When it comes to the long-term effects of these U.S. sanctions, Jon Stone, associate professor of Russia & Russian studies at Franklin and Marshall doesn't think they'll be enough. (fandm.edu)
  • However, because U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken so admiringly about Putin, many observers expect the Trump administration to remove sanctions on Russia soon and to forge a closer relationship with the country. (upenn.edu)
  • However, because of the sanctions, "it was really difficult to move money, and that led to a psychological scare on the part of a lot of Russian investors to get money out of Russia as quickly as possible. (upenn.edu)
  • On 24 February, during a White House press conference on the first day of Russia's invasion, Biden said sanctions are designed not to prevent invasion but to punish Russia after invading "…so the people of Russia know what he has brought on them. (lse.ac.uk)
  • On the other hand, impose severe, far-reaching sanctions on Russia so as to cause major disruption to the Russian elite and a major contraction of living conditions for the Russian middle-class. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Michael Flynn told his former business associates that the Trump administration would get rid of Russia sanctions upon taking power, according to a whistleblower document revealed Wednesday by House Democrats. (axios.com)
  • Why it matters , per the NYT: 'The account is the strongest evidence to date that the Trump administration wanted to end the sanctions immediately, and suggests that Mr. Flynn had a possible economic incentive for the United States to forge a closer relationship with Russia. (axios.com)
  • While there were plans circulating in the Trump administration earlier this year to lift the sanctions Obama imposed on Russia, the sanctions were ultimately left in place. (axios.com)
  • All the prominent politicians hope the West will supply lethal weapons and adopt stronger sanctions against Russia. (boulevard-exterieur.com)
  • Deep divisions have emerged between some major powers, such as Germany, France and Italy - which are seeking to adopt a less confrontational stance towards Moscow - and the emerging east European powers like Poland - which argue that the Continent's long-term security requires Russia to suffer a comprehensive and unambiguous defeat on the Ukrainian battlefield. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Lord George Robertson, who was NATO's secretary-general in 1999-2004, recently recalled how Putin asked him when the alliance was going to invite Russia and how he was offended when Robertson replied that Moscow would have to apply for membership, just like any other candidate. (wskg.org)
  • The White House called on Russia to do more to crack down on ransomware groups operating from the country but conceded that Moscow has taken "some steps" after President Joe Biden urged his Russian counterpart to tackle the groups in the summer. (cnn.com)
  • Russia is conspicuously absent from the meetings as the White House tries to make progress in bilateral talks with Moscow. (cnn.com)
  • Four months later, Russia routed Georgia in a five-day war that erupted when the South Caucasus nation used force to try to reclaim control over the Moscow-backed separatist province of South Ossetia. (kunm.org)
  • Russia will start teaching three major African languages at Lomonosov Moscow State University to curb international isolation. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • Ukraine's SBU security service carried out an overnight explosion on a key rail route between Russia and China, law enforcement agencies told NV on Nov. 30. (yahoo.com)
  • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Ukrainian and Russian officials on Friday reported reaching an agreement to bring a Ukrainian teenager taken to Russia amid the war last year back to his home country, in accordance with his wishes. (yahoo.com)
  • Judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, said they found "reasonable grounds to believe" the two were responsible for war crimes, including the illegal deportation and transfer of children from occupied Ukrainian regions to Russia - something an AP investigation detailed earlier this year . (yahoo.com)
  • In 2013, the Ukrainian Revolution and the ongoing War in Donbass broke out, as then-President Yanukovych refused to sign a referendum with the European Union, forging a closer alliance with Russia. (changinghands.com)
  • Kalani Pickhart's timely debut novel, I Will Die In a Foreign Land , is about the 2014 Ukrainian revolution which provided a pretense for Russia to annex Crimea. (changinghands.com)
  • Russia quickly recognized South Ossetia and another Georgian rebel province, Abkhazia, as independent nations and bolstered its military foothold there. (kunm.org)
  • They worry that the Donbass is becoming an enclave controlled, de facto, by Russia, just like Transnistria, a slither of Moldova. (boulevard-exterieur.com)
  • Kenya's presidency said Lavrov was on his way to Cape Town for a June 1 meeting of foreign ministers of the BRICS group of emerging economies, which comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. (bilaterals.org)
  • This behavior has hampered its ability to forge trade agreements with the United States and other nations eager to build military and trade alliances with India. (nationalinterest.org)
  • This access will allow India to forge tighter relationships with Japan, South Korea, and other Asian nations betting on prosperity and stability within India's sphere of influence. (nationalinterest.org)
  • A series of measures has been taken since the start of the year in Russia in response to the country's military and intelligence human resource needs. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • Amid flare-ups in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Iran and Russia are keeping a watchful eye on developments in the South Caucasus, from Israel's warming relations with Baku to potentially shifting control over regional transport corridors. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • If Flynn lied about his Russia contacts because they were deemed politically damaging, then Trump associates - and maybe the president himself - could get caught in a cover-up, even if what they're trying to hide isn't itself criminal. (npr.org)
  • Trump's aides had grown worried that Trump could use the meeting to once again attack the Russia probe on the world stage, particularly since Mueller recently agreed to testify before Congress next month, he did not utter the special counsel's name. (nbcwashington.com)
  • Since the dawn of the 21st century, bilateral U.S.-China trade has grown nearly five-fold, from $116 billion in 2000 to $577 billion in 2016, while bilateral U.S.-Russia trade has barely doubled, from a mere $9.75 billion in 2000 to $20.3 billion in 2016. (upenn.edu)
  • Answering such questions is closely related to how the EU will situate itself in the accelerating geopolitical competition with the U.S., China and Russia. (dailysabah.com)
  • InstituteofPhthisiopulmonology,St.Petersburg,Russia and legal commercial trade protocols. (cdc.gov)
  • Turkey has a long, complicated relationship with Russia that stretches back centuries. (brookings.edu)
  • Turkish history textbooks highlight the many wars Russia fought against the Ottomans, but also how the Soviets assisted Turkey in pushing back against the Western occupation of Turkey in the aftermath of World War I, as well as how this close relationship remained in the early years of the Republic. (brookings.edu)
  • But it would seem to do little to silence questions about Trump's relationship with Russia in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller's conclusion that he could not establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Russia. (nbcwashington.com)
  • That's why it is so important for a UK Prime Minister to forge a close and candid relationship with the President of the United States - on every global problem, you will see us working side-by-side. (inquirer.net)
  • At this time, overvalued notions, such as tradition, played common ground and composed the academic and non-academic discourse, as well as the avant-garde and desecularization character which these theories presented themselves, highlighting the close relationship between these subjects in an esoteric milieu and a strong internalism or the emic character of his speech. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although Russia has significant natural resources, a qualified workforce and huge potential, its weak points include an "unstable investment climate, complicated and sometimes contradictory accounting regulations and legislation," endemic infringement of intellectual property, and the fact that many sectors considered to be strategic are closed to foreign investment, the Santander Trade Portal notes. (upenn.edu)
  • The meeting, which featured an expected frank exchange between Netanyahu and Netanyahu's Cabinet, seemingly signaled a hardening of Israel's strategic alliance with Russia and Iran, two countries that the EU has shunned in recent years. (suncoraz.com)
  • Even though Moscow's NATO bid never materialized, Russia and the alliance agreed in 2002 to establish a council to coordinate policies and cooperate on fighting terrorism and other issues. (wskg.org)
  • EU and NATO accession in 2004 transformed the geopolitical world of the three Baltic states," says Agnia Grigas, former adviser to the Lithuanian government and author of The Politics of Energy and Memory between the Baltic States and Russia (2013). (gfmag.com)
  • After Putin succeeded Yeltsin in 2000, he moved quickly to bolster relations with the West, even testing the grounds for Russia to possibly join NATO. (wskg.org)
  • Putin later said NATO was unwilling to embrace Russia because the West feared its power and independent stance. (wskg.org)
  • Russia grumbled further when Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined NATO in 2004. (kunm.org)
  • This role suggests that America's European allies increase their military capabilities either within NATO or the EU in such a way to help lessen the burden on the shoulders of the U.S. For the European allies to guarantee the continuation of the American commitment to their security, they should support the U.S. deal with Russia and China more effectively by taking on more security responsibilities in and around Europe. (dailysabah.com)
  • Deeper down, however, Iran is also worried about Azerbaijan's close and increasingly public relations with Israel. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • In Tehran's view, the latter scenario threatens to shift the regional balance away from Iran and Russia, especially regarding control of regional transportation infrastructure. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Azerbaijan's reclaimed territory includes areas along its border with Iran, as well as a portion of the main highway linking Iran to Armenia-a crucial trade route to Russia and the Black Sea. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The United States and Russia are also on opposing sides of the escalating crisis with Iran, which shot down an American drone last week. (nbcwashington.com)
  • Currently, we are ready to export military equipment and weapons,' Heydari said, a week after the United States acccused Iran of preparing to send 'several hundreds of drones' to Russia. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • But Iran has made no secret of it's support for Russia. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • Indeed, Tehran has heavily supported Armenia in the past, while Russia was Yerevan's main security guarantor for years and is allied with it in the Collective Security Treaty Organization. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Intelligence reports show that Russia recently proposed conducting joint military exercises with North Korea along with trade in artillery shells and missiles. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Trade between Russia and China last year was about $10 billion, compared to Russia's overall trade turnover of about $150 billion a year. (rferl.org)
  • In November, thousands spilled onto the streets after Yanukovych did a U-turn over a trade pact with the European Union that had been years in the making -- with Yanukovych favoring closer relations with Russia instead. (blogspot.com)
  • Although Russia is rich in oil and gas resources, and provides investors with a consumer market of 143 million people, its role as a supplier of goods for the U.S. and a market for U.S.-made goods has steadily weakened despite Russia's ascension to membership in the World Trade Organization in 2012. (upenn.edu)
  • He added that the fire occurred close to midnight on Saturday (6 p.m., Friday EDT) and said that an investigation is underway to establish the cause of the fire. (ibtimes.com)
  • While many aspects of the Justice Department's Russia investigation remain shrouded in secrecy, one thing at this point is clear: Special counsel Robert Mueller isn't finished yet. (npr.org)
  • Orthodox Christianity spread from there through Eastern Europe and Russia. (fandm.edu)
  • Previously, the migrants who went to Russia would come back, but the migrants who have their sights on Western Europe try to stick around and not come back," Libanova said. (nbcnews.com)
  • Who's a better economic ally, Europe or Russia? (blogspot.com)
  • Such an overt statement of intention for regime change in Russia has not gone down well in most of Europe. (lse.ac.uk)
  • If implemented, the decision will make Russia the first nation in Europe to offer African language instruction in public schools. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • Since they regained independence in 1991, their proximity to Russia and memories of the Soviet era have provided strong motivation for them to be model Europeans. (gfmag.com)
  • Meanwhile, Konstantin Kosachev, a member of the Fatherland-All Russia Duma faction, was quoted by RIA-Novosti as saying that Russian participation in the upcoming summit can pay off if 'the summit concentrates on the formation of a new security organization that would combine the UN's universality and NATO's efficiency. (rferl.org)
  • Nikolić stated that the newly formed party would be the party of the "modern right", whilst supporting strengthening relations with the European Union and Russia. (wikipedia.org)
  • London wants to forge better relations with the U.S. after they were strained by Britain's departure from the European Union in 2020. (inquirer.net)
  • Meanwhile, Interfax quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko as saying the same day that 'Russia has no grounds to mistrust repeated statements by American officials that the deployment of U.S. military units in Central Asia will be temporary and transparent. (rferl.org)
  • Since the Biden-Putin meeting, US officials have watched closely for changes in behavior from the Russian government and for any change in the pace of cybercriminal operations emanating from Russia. (cnn.com)
  • This news brought excitement in some circles in both Russia and Africa, with the Russian embassy in Uganda happily tweeting the news. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • According to the Study in Russia organisation Racus, over 100,000 African students have expressed interest in studying there, and about 30,000 of them are currently enrolled in Russian universities. (thenewsmatrics.com)
  • North Korea is speculated to have made requests to Russia on repairing aging military equipment and technology transfers," Rep. Yoo Sang-bum of the People Power Party, told reporters following a closed-door meeting with NIS officials. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • BEIJING (AP) - President Xi Jinping says China is ready to "forge closer partnership" with Russia in energy. (apnews.com)
  • It said Xi made the comment in a letter to the 4th China-Russia Energy Business Forum. (seattletimes.com)
  • A state news agency says Xi made the comment in a letter to a China-Russia business forum. (apnews.com)
  • The US government has "shared information with Russia regarding criminal ransomware activity being conducted from its territory," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules that the White House set for the call. (cnn.com)
  • In it, he lamented that Russia was "becoming Portugal" - a once-important land mass slipping into second- or third-rate status. (fandm.edu)
  • Gilbert Durand follows paths that forge with important authors for the emergence of academic research on Western esotericism such as Henry Corbin, Antoine Faivre, C. G. Jung, among others. (bvsalud.org)
  • CDC to work in collaboration with its partners in venting infectious diseases must be a high priority safeguarding this nation from the threat of emerg- in a reformed health care system and requires close ing infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)