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Lukashenko’s rare visit signals Belarusian backing for Myanmar’s junta ahead of disputed elections
NAYPYIDAW (Realist English). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Myanmar on a state visit seen as a clear show of...
Russia and Belarus launch joint ‘Zapad-2025’ strategic military drills
MINSK (Realist English). From September 12 to 16, the armed forces of Belarus and the Russian Federation are conducting Zapad-2025,...
Lukashenko holds talks with Iranian President Pezeshkian in Minsk
MINSK (Realist English). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on August 20 at the Palace of...
Naryshkin in Minsk: Russia and Belarus coordinate response to Western intelligence activity
MINSK (Realist English). On April 15, Sergey Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), visited Belarus for high-level talks...
Kadyrov says he may run again as Chechnya’s leader if backed by Putin and voters
GROZNY (Realist English). Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he is prepared to take part in the upcoming election for head...
Thailand dissolves parliament amid border clashes with Cambodia and looming no-confidence vote
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand has dissolved its parliament and will hold a general election within 45 to 60 days, after...
U.S. House approves $901bn defense bill with Ukraine aid and new limits on Pentagon, sends measure to Senate
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping $901bn National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for...
Musk says Trump-era cost-cutting unit DOGE was only “somewhat successful,” rules out ever doing it again
AUSTIN (Realist English). Elon Musk said the Trump administration’s cost-cutting task force known as DOGE — the Department of Government...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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