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Israel's Russian-speaking immigrants aren't facing challenges alone
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the face of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Israel has been facing a surge of immigration from countries of the former Soviet Union. With more than 5,000 Russian-speaking immigrants arriving in Israel each month, Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli, a non-profit, has been working to support immigrant fam
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Situation in Afghanistan poses serious threat for CSTO: Belarus Foreign Mi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Collective Security Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.
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PM Modi's muscular foreign policies making India more vocal, confident: Sa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In an exclusive interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash, he said, "Even though today the leaders in the US may be fighting the elections on different issues but in the 20th century, in America, India was seen as a country close to Soviet Block."
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Collapse of Ukraine's Kakhovka dam sparks region-wide evacuations
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The critical Nova Kakhovka dam is the largest reservoir in Ukraine in terms of volume. It's the last of the cascade of six Soviet-era dams on the Dnipro River, a major waterway running through southeastern Ukraine. There are multiple towns and cities downstream, including Kherson, a city of
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Kazakhstan is most economically profitable country in post-Soviet space
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
While continuing to be a component of the "arc of instability", Kazakhstan, nevertheless, has been attracting increased attention from businesses and investors in developed countries since last year.
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US 'India Caucus' representatives arranging for PM Modi to address US Cong
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We're working to ensure that the Prime Minister gets to speak to the United States Congress. The co-chairs will be requesting the Speaker to issue that invitation," Ro Khanna told ANI.
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US working on jet engine deal with India before PM Modi's visit: US Congre
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Saying India wants jet engines, he added, "And the first thing is to make sure that deal gets done, hopefully before the Prime Minister's (Narendra Modi) visit. And we are working on that."
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China respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states: Foreign Ministry after upr
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While responding to a media query during the press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning reported that China's position on the relevant issues has not changed.
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Baltic states express dismay after Chinese envoy questions status of ex-So
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics called Lu Shaye's remarks "completely unacceptable." He said that Latvia expects the Chinese side to issue an explanation and complete retraction of the remarks.
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Chinese envoy Lu Shaye questions status of ex-Soviet states, sparks furiou
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Former Soviet states do not actually have the status of independent nations, China's ambassador to France, Lu Shaye said in a statement, bringing Beijing's efforts to mediate a settlement between Russia and Ukraine into doubt, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on espionage charges, says Russia's
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In a statement, FSB said, "Gershkovich acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex," read a WSJ report.
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China slowly becoming suffocating police state like former Soviet Union: R
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The sources have expressed concern over the possibility of creating a new police and state security organization, which would be placed under the direct command of Xi, the "core" of the party's Central Committee.
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