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.
London [UK], April 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK is imposing a ban on the export to Russia of technology and goods that may be used against Ukraine, the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) said in a statement.
Moscow [Russia], April 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Swedish newspaper Expressen on Monday confirmed the information of the Finnish media that Sweden and Finland are preparing to jointly apply to NATO on May 16-20.
Moscow [Russia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has declared 40 German diplomats "personae non gratae" in a tit-for-tat move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
New York [US], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke with US officials before heading to Russia and Ukraine, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Monday.
Moscow [Russia], April 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones in Russia's Ukraine-bordering Kursk region, Kursk's Governor Roman Starovoit said Monday.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that China is an "economic competitor and a systemic rival", adding that the European Union will continue to encourage Beijing to play its part in a peaceful and thriving Indo-Pacific region.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Referring to the aggression against Ukraine as "a direct threat to European Union's security", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday took on Russia as well as China, saying the friendship between the two countries have "no limits".
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI/Xinhua): US President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Bridget Brink for U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, a vacant post since May 2019.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that strengthening and energising its partnership with India is a priority in the upcoming decades, noting that the core principles that underpin peace and security across the world are at stake.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): The ongoing Russian-Ukraine war has posed a threat to Pakistan as an acute wheat crisis looms over the country. Most of the imports arrive from the Black Sea region, one of the four top wheat production areas.
Moscow [Russia], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's newest anti-aircraft missile defense system S-500 (Prometheus) has already been put into mass production and promises to become the basis of the Russian aerospace defense system, Yan Novikov, the head of the Russian defense technology company