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Russia’s Foreign Policy
Putin and Xi condemn Israeli actions, reaffirm partnership in Middle East call
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone call on Wednesday, focusing primarily...
Putin rejects Iran’s capitulation, proposes compromise solution to end hostilities
SAINT PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out the possibility of an Iranian capitulation and called for a...
Putin signals openness to talks with Zelensky, says peace must be based on “legitimate authority”
SAINT PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but...
Putin and Trump discuss Israeli strikes on Iran and future of nuclear talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, focusing...
Russia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran at UN Security Council, warns of regional war and nuclear risks
NEW YORK (Realist English). Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s recent...
Russia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran, warns of regional destabilization
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a sharply worded statement on Thursday condemning Israel’s overnight military strikes on Iranian...
Russian envoy sees “window of opportunity” in US ties under Trump despite deep rifts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Russia’s new ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, said Moscow is seeing the first “tangible results”...
Russia and Uzbekistan deepen strategic economic ties
TASHKENT (Realist English). Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak concluded a working visit to Uzbekistan on June 10, where he...
Russian Senate speaker meets Armenian PM, pledges deeper economic and cultural ties
YEREVAN (Realist English). Chair of Russia’s Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on June 6...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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