Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have vowed to deepen their bilateral cooperation against the backdrop of Moscow’s bombardment of its neighbour.
In a major development, Russia has accused Kyiv of carrying ot cross-border sabotage in the Belgorod region. Kyiv has denied these accusations by saying that the groups responsible for the attacks don’t follow their orders…and they act on their own. Two groups have claimed responsibility for this cross-border raids….The Freedom of Russia Legion…and the Russian Volunteer Corps. Both have said that they had carried out the attacks and liberated a settlement in the region.The Free Russia legion was formed in March 2022. Reportedly, its first members were soldiers who had defected from the Russian military shortly after Moscow launched its massive, unprovoked Ukrainian invasion on February 24 last year. In their manifesto, they describe themselves as free citizens of Russia who take responsibility for themselves and are beginning to fight for a New Russia. The exact number of fighters in the organization is still a secret, but it is speculated that figures are as high as up to 4,000.
#LegionofRussia#Russiavolunteercorps#Belgorod
A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals – who are aligned with the Ukrainian army – has claimed responsibility for an attack in Russian’s southwestern region of Belgorod…as Moscow said it was fighting a group of saboteurs there. Shelling damaged an administrative building, several residential buildings, and a kindergarten in the area, according to Belgorod’s regional governor who said there were no fatalities. In a Telegram post, groups calling themselves the “Freedom of Russia Legion” and “Russian Volunteer Corps” said they had “liberated” a settlement in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. Ukraine has disavowed connection to the Russian partisan fighters, saying that they act independently and are not subject to military control. The Freedom of Russia Legion, which describes itself as an anti-Kremlin militia seeking to liberate Russia from Vladimir Putin, said it had crossed the border and overrun the settlement of Kozinka, while sending units into the town of Grayvoron in Russia’s Belgorod region. Another anti-Kremlin militia, the Russian Volunteer Corps, which is led by a prominent Russian nationalist, also said it had taken part in the raid.
#Legionofrussia #Belgorodsabotage#Russiaukrainewar
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The Russian government has put the British prosecutor of the international criminal court or the ICC on a wanted list in an act of retribution after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for allegedly overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children. The arrest order said Russia’s interior ministry was seeking to detain Karim Khan, who has been serving as the ICC prosecutor since 2021. The ministry's listing does not specify which crime Khan has been accused of. As the court’s prosecutor, Khan had played an intimate role in the arrest warrant against Putin. He visited Ukraine four times in the year before the accusations were made public. Kyiv has accused Russia of abducting more than 16,000 children from the country since the full-scale invasion began in February last year.
#KarimkhanICC #ICC #Vladimirputin
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After a whirlwind week of diplomatic visits that has taken in the Vatican, Saudi Arabia, Europe's capitals and Japan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's world tour has left his Russian counterpart looking increasingly isolated.
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Russia and China seal economic pacts despite Western disapproval; China will likely be hit by new Covid-19 wave with up to 65 million weekly cases; F-16 training begins for Ukrainian pilots in Poland amid Russian invasion, says EU; Russia claims it defeated insurgents after cross-border incursion in Belgorod.
#MikhailMishustin #RussianPM #RussiaChina
China Bolsters , Counter-Espionage Laws , to Prevent People From Leaving.
NBC reports that China is barring
more people from leaving the country,
including foreign executives.
According to a report by the rights group
Safeguard Defenders, exit bans have been
imposed on both Chinese citizens and foreigners. .
An analysis by Reuters found
a surge in court cases related
to travel bans in recent years.
NBC reports that foreign business
lobbies have also voiced concerns
about this alarming trend.
Since Xi Jinping took power
in 2012, China has expanded
the legal landscape for exit bans
and increasingly used them,
sometimes outside legal justification, Safeguard Defenders report, via NBC.
Since Xi Jinping took power
in 2012, China has expanded
the legal landscape for exit bans
and increasingly used them,
sometimes outside legal justification, Safeguard Defenders report, via NBC.
Between 2018 and July of this year,
no less than five new or amended
(Chinese) laws provide for the use
of exit bans, for a total today of 15 laws, Laura Harth, Campaign Director at Safeguard Defenders, via NBC.
The Safeguard Defenders cite a 2022
academic paper that found 128 cases of exit bans
placed on foreigners between 1995 and 2019. .
The Safeguard Defenders cite a 2022
academic paper that found 128 cases of exit bans
placed on foreigners between 1995 and 2019. .
NBC reports that the list
of foreigners included
29 Americans and 44 Canadians.
The news comes despite China's claim that it has
reopened to overseas investment and travel after lifting
some of the world's strictest COVID restrictions.
The news comes despite China's claim that it has
reopened to overseas investment and travel after lifting
some of the world's strictest COVID restrictions.
NBC reports that China has broadened its
counter-espionage laws, which now allow authorities
to impose bans on anyone currently under investigation
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China's Xi Speaks , With Ukraine's Zelensky .
NPR reports that Chinese leader Xi Jinping called Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky, following weeks of
pressure to help broker an end to Russia's invasion.
NPR reports that Chinese leader Xi Jinping called Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky, following weeks of
pressure to help broker an end to Russia's invasion.
Western leaders have reportedly been urging Xi to use
his influence with Putin to help negotiate a deal that
would end the war which began in February of 2022.
Western leaders have reportedly been urging Xi to use
his influence with Putin to help negotiate a deal that
would end the war which began in February of 2022.
According to the Ukrainian government,
it was the first call between Zelensky
and Xi since the invasion began. .
According to the Ukrainian government,
it was the first call between Zelensky
and Xi since the invasion began. .
Zelensky later tweeted that the call was
"long and meaningful" but offered no
specific details of the conversation.
Zelensky later tweeted that the call was
"long and meaningful" but offered no
specific details of the conversation.
Following the call, the Chinese government
said that it would send a representative , "to Ukraine and other countries to have in-depth communication with
all parties on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.".
Following the call, the Chinese government
said that it would send a representative , "to Ukraine and other countries to have in-depth communication with
all parties on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.".
Following the call, the Chinese government
said that it would send a representative , "to Ukraine and other countries to have in-depth communication with
all parties on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.".
As a permanent member of the UN
Security Council and a responsible
major country, China would not sit idly
by, nor would it add oil to the fire, still
less exploit the situation for self gains. , Chinese government statement, via NPR.
No matter how the international
landscape changes, China is willing to
work with the Ukrainian side to move
forward the mutually beneficial
cooperation between
the two countries, Chinese government statement, via NPR.
NPR reports that, after the call, Zelensky appointed
Pavlo Riabikin to be Kyiv's ambassador to China.
On April 24, Zelensky's chief of staff,
Andriy Yermak, said that Ukraine welcomes
China's role in advancing peace efforts. .
We appealed to China and presented
President Zelenskyy's peace plan. Of course
we can't say that we accept China's plan
or political position, but it's good that
they are ready to be involved, Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian Chief of Staff, via NPR.
We appealed to China and presented
President Zelenskyy's peace plan. Of course
we can't say that we accept China's plan
or political position, but it's good that
they are ready to be involved, Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian Chief of Staff, via NPR
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held a telephone conversation with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
#XiJinping #Zelenskyy #UkraineWar
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The first of the three Russian hypersonic missile scientists to be arrested on suspicion of treason will go on trial next week in a case which apparently involves accusations of betraying secrets to foreign adversaries. The criminal case against Anatoly Maslov, 76, will open in Saint Petersburg’s city court on June 1. The St. Petersburg City Court also ruled on May 24 that Maslov's detention would be extended until at least November 10. Soon after his arrest, authorities had flown him to Moscow and put him in pre-trial detention in Lefortovo prison…a former KGB interrogation site where Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is also being held. The details of the case are classified, but some local media reports cited sources close to scientific circles as saying that the three scholars are suspected of handing information related to their research to China.
#Russiascientisttreason #russianmissile #russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar
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Russia is planning to move its newest nuclear submarine… Generalissimo Suvorov to a permanent base in the Kamchatka Peninsula in August this year as Moscow is trying to step up its military presence in the Pacific. Generalissimo Suvorov, which entered service at the end of 2022, can carry up to 16 nuclear-tipped Russian Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, each of which can carry more than one nuclear warhead. This nuclear submarine will make an inter-naval transition from the Northern Fleet in the Arctic to the Pacific Fleet in August. The transition will be carried out along the Northern Sea Route including in a submerged position.
#Generalissiomosuvarov #Russiasubmarine #Russiafleet
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Belgium is among the largest wholesale buyers of rare gems from Moscow, and local professionals fear that a Western ban on Russian diamonds could result in less oversight.
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops have started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.
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Days after claiming full control of the war-ravaged city of Bakhmut, Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has started withdrawing fighters from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said. "We are withdrawing the units from Bakhmut. From today at five in the morning, May 25 until June 1, most of the units will rebase to camps in the rear. We are handing our positions to the military," Prigozhin announced.
#WagnerGroup #Bakhmut #RussiaUkraineWar
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Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick says net migration is “far too high” after newly published figures for 2022 showed around 606,000 more people are estimated to have moved to the UK than have left. The Office for National Statistics said factors contributing to relatively high levels of immigration over the past 18 months include people coming to the UK from non-EU countries for work, study, and for humanitarian purposes, including those arriving from Ukraine and Hong Kong. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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