Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): The Shehbaz Sharif government has discontinued energy talks with Russia involving a deal to buy crude at discounted rates, Pakistan's former energy minister Hammad Azhar has claimed.
Paris [France], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said it is necessary to maintain a channel of dialogue with Russia on Ukraine, including at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
London [UK], May 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom will ban Russia from access to the island country's services in fields of management consulting, accounting and PR, the UK Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 (ANI): Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Wednesday met Dmitry Zhirnov, Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan and discussed further strengthening ties between both countries.
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], April 30 (ANI): Marking the 75 years of Indo-Russian diplomatic relations, a walk of friendship was organized at Besant Nagar beach in Chennai on Saturday.
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 30 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the mass grave with 900 bodies had been found in different places in Kyiv Oblast.
Moscow [Russia], April 29 (ANI): Although Beijing has extended firm diplomatic support to Russia during the Ukraine conflict, it appears unwilling to back Moscow in a whole-hearted manner to avert Western sanctions due to the fear of secondary sanctions.
Toronto [Canada], April 27(ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government has introduced legislation allowing it to seize and sell off assets of sanctioned Russians, the National Post reported on Tuesday.
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], April 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Uzbekistan is hoping an increase in trade with Russia, the press service of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in a statement.
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that India is "carving out" opportunities from challenging situations as the world continues to face hikes in fuel prices and shortage of food grains amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
Tokyo [Japan], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has described the Southern Kuril islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories, as the area illegally occupied by Russia in its Diplomatic Bluebook for the first time since 2003, media reported on Friday.
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals for alleged activities that threaten Ukraine as well as on three Russian officials for purported involvement in human rights abuses in Donbas, the Treasury Department said on Wed