MOSCOW (BLOOMBERG) – President Vladimir Putin offered to have Russian Railways invest in Indonesia’s new capital, in a sign of warming ties with South-east Asia’s biggest economy as the United States and its allies seek to isolate Moscow. Mr Putin said Moscow could take part in President Joko Widodo’s plan to move Indonesia’s capital to […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia’s President ended a trip to Ukraine and Russia saying he hoped for progress reintegrating global food and fertiliser supply lines disrupted by the conflict. He likewise offered to be a diplomatic bridge between the two nations. Mr Joko Widodo, who is the Group of 20 (G-20) president this year, was speaking […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo shake hands after a joint news conference after their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on June 30, 2022. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO, POOL / AP PHOTO) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday discussed the current situation in […]
Smoke and dirt rise from the city of Severodonetsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 17, 2022. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) BEIJING – The Russian military on Saturday announced full control of Severodonetsk, the administrative center of the Ukraine-controlled part of the eastern Lugansk region. With the support of Russian troops, the […]
Freight cars stand on the railroad tracks of the freight station in Kaliningrad, Russia on June 21, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the current tension between Lithuania and Russia over Kaliningrad, said his spokesman. "We are, obviously, following these developments very closely in […]