Experts are particularly suspicious about China's sincerity towards pushing Russia to end the war against Ukraine. For China, the war in Ukraine seems to be a blessing in disguise as it is draining out the West and Russia of their economy and strength, reported Geo-politik.
The Paris-based agency said much of the increase was due to a rise in exports of oil products, which returned to pre-COVID levels as they climbed by 450,000 bpd to 3.1 million bpd, reported The Moscow Times.
On his website, US journalist Seymour Hersh, citing sources, said, "The Ukrainian president and many in his entourage have been skimming untold millions from the American dollars earmarked for diesel fuel payments. One estimate by analysts from the Central Intelligence Agency put the embe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an appeal to the heads of the IMF and World Bank on Wednesday and renewed his call to confiscate Russian Central Bank assets held around the world and use them to help rebuild Ukraine.
Indian medical students, who had returned to New Delhi following Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be allowed to take a key examination from India, Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova conveyed to India during her recent visit.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its flagship World Economic Outlook projected that India will be the fastest growing economy in the world amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, and three years of COVID.
"Ukraine really wants India to come closer to it. We had different pages in history but now Ukraine is gaining independence. We are now capable of being the subject, not the object," said Dzhaparova.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast for the global economy to 2.8 per cent and also said that the recovery of the global economy from both the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine remains 'on track'.
Pope Francis in his Easter address at the Vatican on Sunday prayed for both Russians and Ukrainians and called for a resumption of dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, reported DW News.
Addressing the nation in a video message, he said, "We wanted to get cheap Russian crude oil just like India but that could not happen as unfortunately, my government fell due to a no-confidence motion."